Chapter 25
(Max's POV)
I could feel the cold. I frowned, reaching for my husband. He wasn't in the bed. My eyes slowly opened and checked the time. 3:57 am.
I sat up, an unconscious hand on my stomach. This didn't feel right. Something was wrong. My thoughts immediately went to Fang. I swallowed when I saw something white on the bedside table. I leaned over and picked up the piece of paper and turned it over, reading Fang's messy scrawl.
Max,
I love you so much. There is something I need to do. It has to do with the letter. The person who wrote it calls himself the Sheppard and he said that couldn't tell you what the letter said before I left.
Yeah, Max, I'm gone, but I'll be back. I have no idea where I'm going or when I'll be back, but rest assure I will be back. Nothing on this Earth, heaven or hell could keep me from you indefinitely.
I am so sorry, you have no idea how hard this is for me to do knowing it's going to hurt you but I promise I will do everything in my power to be back soon. I'll give you my heart to hold onto until I come back to you.
I love you.
With all my heart,
Fang
I let out an agony filled cry and I held the letter close my heart. Fang, my Fang, was gone and I didn't know when he'd be back. Shadow burst into the room and held my sobbing form until the sun rose.
(Fang's POV)
I flew for hours and hours, searching for this stupid 'endless green of yellow' but I haven't come across it yet. As far as I can tell it doesn't exist but I'll keep going until otherwise. Just as I was prepared to fall out of the sky I saw a giant yellow coloured field and I stared in shock and amazement. How dumb was I? An 'endless green of yellow' was just a huge field of yellow plants.
I landed in the south east corner and looked at the plants. I started searching for the letter. I stopped halfway through my search and saw something that made my stomach lurch. Lying in the yellow grass I could see a sneaker and the start of a pant leg.
I approached slowly, unsure what to do. Once I reached the person I knelt down by their face. I gasped in shock, not only did I know this person, but clutched in their hand was a white envelope. Her name was Kelsey; she was the girl I danced with at Iggy's bachelor party.
Pain, what do I do? Pain? I called in my head but he didn't reply. I checked her for a pulse; it was very, very weak.
I looked around frantically before looking at the letter. I slowly pulled it from her grasp and opened it. Once again there were two letters. I opened the first.
Fang,
Don't panic.
I'm glad you got this far. The girl in front of you is Kelsey Burgess. She is 18 and works at a local cafe and has two younger brothers and a two loving parents. Her friends though, don't respect her or love her like friends should. They drove her to do all sorts of things she doesn't agree with. Right here in this very field is where she does all the drinking and drugs and unprotected sex you could throw a stick at and she's depressed. She doesn't actually like any of this. Last night she decided that this was the end and loaded up on drugs and drank until she went to sleep. You know her don't you? You danced with her at Iggy's bachelor party.
Yes, I know these things. Your first lesson right now is to look at her and decided.
Is it her time to live or die?
The Sheppard.
I stared in shock at the letter. I was supposed to decide if she was supposed to die? I swallowed. On one end she might try to commit suicide again, but on the other end if I save her maybe she might stop. She had a family and... I danced with her and I could never kill someone.
I stared at her and leaned down by her face. "Kelsey, Kelsey, wake up," I whispered in her ear.
She opened her eyes and they were clear from all hazy of drugs or alcohol and she just stared at me. "Cole?" She asked sounding surprised. "What... what are you doing here?" She asked and wiped her eyes.
"I'm here to snap some sense into you. You are a beautiful girl," I wasn't sure where I was going with this but I figured I better roll with it. "And you have an amazing family and a courageous heart. Don't let one little flaw break your hold on life."
Kelsey just stared at me in shock, "What are you talking about?" she sounded near tears.
"I mean, don't let your friends put you down and rule your life," I said with confidence.
"B-but we've been friends forever and if I stop being friends with them they'll be mean to me and... and I won't have any friends and..." she trailed off as she broke into sobs.
Oh jeez, I thought, "Listen," I said putting an arm around her shoulders. "Just forget them, you've got your family and you're smart and you don't need them. You can do it. What are you good that? What do you like?" I asked her gently.
She swallowed, "Um, well... I kind of like writing I guess...," she mumbled.
"Well then work on that, work on your writing and commit to it and continue on with your life and just go with it, and do only what you want," I told her and she nodded wiping her tears.
I patted her back, "Alright, well, I have to go I think, but I'll come back one day and I expect to see great things," I said sternly and she laughed and nodded a small smile on her lips.
I smirked, "Just remember, there is a whole world outside here that you haven't discovered yet, so don't give up hope!" I yelled as I ran and took off, I glanced down one last time to see her gazing up at me in surprise before sprinting off into the field.
I opened the next letter.
Fang,
Well done, guess what? Whichever you chose was the right choice. Don't second guess; don't think that you made the wrong decision. The choice was yours and whatever choice you made was right no matter what.
Now, take a trip up to your first home and travel through the woods and the hills to the North till you meet my home. It's a wooden temple built years ago and it has quite a lovely Asian theme to it. Careful, the first step is usually quite slippery and it hangs off a cliff so watch your step. I'd hate to see you fall before we meet.
The Sheppard
What the fuck? I thought. This guy had a split personality or something. I shook my head and though about 'my first home.'
Now did he mean the school or Colorado? Well I figured it was easy, there were not trees or hills by the school. I smiled and headed towards Colorado.