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The first thing I noticed was how dark and cold it was. The second thing was by body lying a few feet away. The third thing I felt was the light appearing.

I felt it appear behind me. When I turned to see it, it was more beautiful than I had ever imagined. Then they all appeared one-by-one, Mom, dad, and Kate. Kate had appeared closer than the rest. I was happy, I missed them all a lot. I was so happy, I was speechless.

"The great Rick Payne," Kate said smiling, "speechless. Who would have thought?"

"Hey, K…Kate." I managed to get out, "Mom, dad. I miss you all so much." Then started walking toward them and the light.

"NO!" Kate said forcefully, making me stop, "Now is not your time. They need you, She needs you."

"Who? Who needs me? Why?" I ask baffled.

"She does, you will know with time." Kate told me. I felt a tug, very light pulling me away from those I loved.

"What's going on?" I ask, trying to find answers.

"It is time for you to go. You will know why in time. I love you Rick." She tells me, and then they and the light vanished. Everything was black again.

I jerked my eyes open, my heart was beating rapidly. "What happened?" I ask to nobody in particular. Good thing to, nobody was there. I began to replay the events in my head, getting up, getting in the jeep, talking laughing, then…then…nothing.

How had I got on the ground? Where was the rest of the crew?

Then I felt it…the statue…in my hand. How had it got there? He didn't have it in his hand while in the jeep. He didn't remember taking it out. When had it gotten there?

Grandview- The Next Day

Melinda's POV

"Where is he?" I asked myself again for probably the thousandth time. Rick was supposed to return today and he had asked me to pick him up. He had sent a letter a while back with the day, time, and flight when he found out when he was returning, and I had agreed to pick him up.

I was here, waiting on him, but he never left the plane. Everyone else exited. I had even asked the flight attendants if anyone else were on board, nobody.

A million thought were running through my head, simultaneously over and over. 'Had he decided to stay? Was he forced to stay? Was his returning home postponed? Had something happened? Was he injured? Killed? Was it because he knew about my gift, like Andrea?'

Same As It Never Was Antiques -Thirty Minutes Later

Delia's POV

'Where is Melinda? She has been gone an hour to pick up Professor Payne, his flight was scheduled to land Forty Minutes.'

Malinda chose that moment to walk back into the store. She did not look happy. She looked…sad? ...confused? "Hey Melinda, what's wrong?"

"He didn't come in on the flight," Melinda answered, "and I don't know why. He never boarded in the Himalayas. I talked to some of the people he had worked with. They took jeeps down the mountain, he was on the last one, but nobody from that jeep boarded. They never pulled in. They don't know why." She concluded.

I walked around from behind the counter, and pulled her into a hug, "It's OK." I told her, she was worried, she was afraid something happened to him, like it happened to Andrea a while back. She died because she knew about Melinda's gift, Malinda couldn't get in touch with her in time, and Andrea died. Since then Melinda got like this if something happened and she couldn't contact them, she worried. "I'm sure he's fine, he's tough. Besides if he was dead, he would find some way to let you know. You would see him, his ghost anyway, and you haven't."

We stood there a few minutes then pulled out of the hug, I could see tears on her cheeks, and a lot more in her eyes, but she didn't seem as upset as before. "Thanks," she told me, wiping the tears away that had started to fall, "I'm sure you're right." Then she gave that smile of hers, that only she could give, "by the way, how was last night?" Then started to tidy up a bit.

I grinned, "It was great, he took me out to eat at that new Italian restaurant down the street, bought me red roses."

"Aww, how sweet," Then the door opened, bell sounding and we got back to work.

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