Bo: Hey guys! After a long break we're back!

Julius: The writer has been very busy with college so she hasn't had time to write like she normally would but…

Bo: She has winter break coming up next week….-grumbles- Which means more chapters.

Julius: That's right Bo! More chapters of fun! Anyway, enjoy the chapter that features a lot of me!

Bo just stared at Julius in utter shock. She blinked and tried to process what he said again. "What?" she whispered. She chuckled slightly. "Julius. You have got to be kidding. I mean, it can't really be true right?" Julius's face still held the same depressed look. Bo began to shake. "Julius. You…it can't be. Did you really know my sister?"

"I did," replied Julius. "She came to the island two years ago. I met her when she was heading towards the Garmon Mine. She had heard the stories of the Harvest God taking residence at the top and she wanted to see it for herself."

Bo nodded slightly. "That's so like her. She would want to do something like that."

Julius walked over and pulled out the desk chair and gestured for Bo to sit before grabbing another chair and sitting down himself. Bo did not know what else to do so she sat down in the chair he offered her.

"I found her to be very interesting," said Julius. He smiled. "Unlike Hikari and Kasey she actually seemed to be genuinely interested in the actual science if there was a Harvest God or not. Unlike Hikari and Kasey who just…well you know."

Bo nodded. Hikari and Kasey were just believed because they could. Beatrice was the type of woman who would only believe if she saw it with her own eyes. "So?" she asked. "What happened?"

"She went up to the mountain top and came back. She said she didn't see anything. She was very disappointed but she didn't want to just give up so she decided to stay on the island for a couple more days than planned. On her second day here I saw her sitting on the edge of the river, right outside my house writing a letter." Julius locked his eyes with Bo. "When I asked her about it, she mentioned that she was writing a letter to you Bo." Julius smiled and ran his fingers through his hair. "She talked a lot about you that day. About how brave and strong you were. How goal orientated you were but lacked confidence sometimes to pull through till the end. She told me how much she loved your letters. About the many things you wrote about. How school was going and such. And about how you wanted to be a great carpenter."

Bo's hands were shaking. "What else happened?" she whispered. She sucked in a shaky breath. What would Julius tell her next?

"A day later I found her at the entrance of the forest, collapsed. I took her to Jin who said…" Julius trailed off. He seemed to be concerned to what to say next. "He said Beatrice was dying from an illness."

Bo's head shot up. "What? An illness?" Bo's thoughts ran through all the letters Beatrice sent her. The letters never mentioned any real illness. Just a cold here and there. Nothing else. "That can't be…"

Julius nodded. "Beatrice confirmed it. She said she got it while traveling through some jungle somewhere. The illness was slowly robbing her of her strength. She knew she didn't have much longer to live. The final place she wanted to see was Castanet. Jin asked her if she wanted to be transferred to a big city hospital but Beatrice refused. She wanted to die on the island."

"Why Castanet?" whispered Bo. "Why did she want to come here? Why didn't she want to come home to her family!"

"She told me when Jin was out one day to the mainland to get some medicine for her so she could sleep more comfortably. It was you Bo. She wanted to check out Dale's carpenter shop for you to see if it was worth it for you to dress up as a boy to train there." Julius swallowed like he was struggling to hold back tears. "And she said it was worth it. She said she knew you would learn a lot there. Her final wish. She told me… to watch over you when you came to the island. To make sure you followed your dream. And her second wish…was for me to continue writing you letters. So you would think Beatrice was still alive. So you would keep going on. No matter how hard it gets. She wanted you to continue to go on."

Bo opened her mouth but closed it again. Her green eyes were set to the ground. This couldn't be possible, could it? That meant for the past two years she had been talking to Julius instead of Beatrice. That explained why Julius knew who she was when she first came to the island. She had sent a picture of herself with her boy haircut to Beatrice. "That means… I've been talking to you for the past two years?"

"Yes," replied Julius sadly. "Beatrice passed away that night after telling me her final wish. And no, your parents don't know either. I've been sending them letters too."

Bo wrapped her arms around herself. She suddenly felt so cold. She didn't know what to believe anymore.

Julius got up and put his hands on Bo's shoulders. "I'm sorry for what I did Bo. But I was following your sister's last wish. She wanted you to be happy. She didn't want you to drop everything because of her death. Come with me Bo."

Julius gently led Bo outside. He took her behind his house, snow gently falling from overhead. He stopped before a small stone in his backyard. It looked like any other stone but Bo knew it wasn't just that. She collapsed before the stone, the tears free-flowing form her face. "Was she cremated?" asked Bo through her tears.

"Yes," replied Julius. "She was and the ashes were thrown over the ocean. Just like she wanted."

"Good," whispered Bo before collapsing into a fresh wave of tears.