Can
my soul carry this burden?
Will I forgive
be forgiven?
Liz asks, "Why are you back?"
Future Max answers, "We just figured out how to use the granolith as a time machine again. I had to come back to save you and Alex."
Softly Liz says, "What if I don't want to be saved? I'm not supposed to be alive now. I've been living on borrowed time and the price I've paid for your actions has been too high. The pain is too much to bear. Max let me go!"
"I can't let you go. How could I give up part of my soul? I drove you to this. I've never forgiven myself for losing the one person who made it all worthwhile. Maria brought me back from the brink of insanity by letting me read your journal. I began searching for Serena. I knew we could find a way to come back and stop you. I was almost too late. My heart stopped for a second time watching you fall."
"I asked too much of you. I put you through so much pain. Let me show you what your death did to us. Please Liz! If you still want to die after I will not stop you."
I can't speak I can only nod. His strong hand gently cups my face. I never thought to feel his touch again. I stare into his loving eyes opening our connection for the first time in months. I'm overwhelmed by the depth of emotion as images fly by.
Me jumping off the cliff…Funeral…white roses…Anguish…Anger…Guilt…Madness
Reading my journal…Disbelief that I could love him that much…Awe at my courage and strength to do it all alone
Our
marriage…hatred for Future Max…hatred for himself…the utter
horror at having killed his soul mate
He
let's me see how the future unfolds without me. He then gives me
the choice.
The cliff where all hope died. I listen to the wind blow. The ravens no longer cry my name.