Chapter Thirty Five:
Eric couldn't keep his eyes off of his maker. He could look nowhere else but at the vampire that had given him life, who had saved his dying form over a thousand years ago. He appeared to be only a boy, but he was much wiser, much powerful than any other being Eric had ever come across. Godric was more than that savage beast that had first turned him, however. He had changed in the time they had been apart. He had transformed into a vampire Eric nearly couldn't recognize. Godric held compassion for humankind. He wished for equality, not for war. Eric couldn't comprehend why Godric had changed so drastically, what had happened to change his maker's hateful view on the world. But now, he would rather that compassionate vampire than the one that sat across from him now. He would rather accept Godric's human, the girl that he had fallen in love with, if it meant more time with his maker.
"What a fucking fiasco." Nan Flanagan spat, shaking her head in disgust. "You're lucky I don't send you all to the magister. Godric, come to my suit and fill out the forms."
"Soon." Godric spoke, his gaze rising from the floor. "First, I have something to say."
Eric's hands clasped one another to the point that he could feel his skin breaking. But he didn't care. His own pain no longer mattered. All that mattered was this vampire before him.
"I'm sorry." Godric looked around the room remorsefully. "I apologize for all the harm I've caused, for our lost ones, human and vampire." his gaze fell on Eric at last. "I will make amends. I swear it."
"Take it easy. It's just a few signatures" Nan patted him on the shoulder before standing, her and her flunkies leaving the suite in haste.
Eric quickly rose to his feet, refusing to accept this as the end. Depression would not be what drove his maker to meet the true death. Depression would not be what defeated the great Godric, the vampire he had idolized for a thousand years. He couldn't bear it. He couldn't lose him. He had fought the past 24 hours to persuade Godric to seek out a different fate, to proceed down a different path. He offered him the world, all that he could. And still, all hope was lost. Still, Godric wished to end his life, to meet the sun and leave those that loved him behind.
"No." Eric towered over Godric.
"Look in my heart." Godric sighed, gazing up at his progeny.
"You have to listen to me." Eric didn't care about the others still in the room, that he was appearing weak in front of his greatest enemy. All he cared about was the vampire before him, the vampire he never wanted to watch perish forever.
"There's nothing to say." Godric shook his head sadly.
"There is."
"On the roof." Godric lowered his gaze, moving around Eric and towards the door.
"What about Taylor." Eric twisted around. "What about her?"
"I've already said my goodbyes." Godric stopped before the door. "I've already released her from my heart. On the roof, Eric."
Eric could do nothing but watch his maker leave, knowing that there was no longer anything he could do to stop him.
Time was moving slowly. It felt like days had passed, but I knew it hadn't been all that long. I had forced myself to dress, waiting for the moment Godric would walk back in here. But a part of me realized that that was never going to happen, that Godric was never going to step back into this room. Because he was going to die. He was going to step into the sun and meet the sun at dawn. And dawn was approaching quicker than I would have liked.
I tried the door again for the hundredth time. But it was still locked. I knew why Godric had done it. He knew I would run after him. He knew I wouldn't let him go without a fight. So he was ensuring that I couldn't do that. He was ensuring that he could burn in peace, without interruption. And I hated him for that. I hated that he was taking my goodbye away from me. Because he may have said his last parting words, but I hadn't even come close. I would never forgive him for that. I would never forgive him for any of this.
"Taylor?"
My head snapped up, the backs of my hands rubbing away the tears as they fell as I recognized the voice on the other side of the door.
"Isabel?" I called out, jiggling the door handle again. "Is that you?"
"Oh Taylor." A small sob escaped her lips. "It's Godric."
My heart ached. "He's going to do it, isn't he? He's going to meet the sun."
"He's gone to the roof. Eric has followed him."
"Can you get me out of here? Godric, he locked me in here. Please Isabel, I need...I need to stop him. Or at least say goodbye. Please." I pleaded, already feeling the flood of emotions rising through me.
I didn't have to say another word as within seconds, the door was torn off its hinges, opening to reveal the blood stained face of Isabel.
"Go." She ushered me out. "Go now, before it's too late. Don't lose him like I lost Hugo. Go to him."
I nodded and rushed down the hallway, searching for the stairs leading to the roof. I had never run so fast before in my life. My lungs were screaming in protest, my legs were aching. But I never stopped as I turned a corner and crashed right through the door to the stairs. I took them two at a time, the dark sky already lightening above me. My stomach churned as I reached the top, as I stepped out onto the roof that looked sickeningly familiar. This was the roof from my vision. This was the roof that my horrors would play out on.
"Taylor?" Sookie shot me a glance from where she stood only a few feet away. She held out a hand to me, tugging me to her side as she nodded at the two vampires in the middle of the roof. I wanted to rush forward, but Sookie stopped me. It pained me to keep my distance, but she was right. If this was the end, if this truly was Godric's end, he and Eric needed a moment to themselves, to say goodbye to the thousand years they had together.
"Two thousand years is enough."
"I can't accept this." Eric's voice was strained. "It's insanity!"
"Our existence is insanity." Godric replied sadly, turning to face Eric. "We don't belong here."
"But we are here!" Eric roared and it broke my heart to hear the pain in the usually strong, emotionless vampire.
"It's not right." Godric shook his head. "We're not right."
"You taught me there is no right or wrong." Eric insisted. "Only survival...or death."
"I told a lie, as it turns out."
"I will keep you alive by force." Eric threatened, gritting his teeth together as he stepped forward, trying to intimidate Godric in a way that we all knew wouldn't work.
"Even if you could, why would you be so cruel?"
Eric spoke then in what I thought to be Swedish. I couldn't understand what was being said, but I knew pleading when I saw it. The sight of Eric breaking into tears, his form falling to his knees, it felt like a stake was being driven right into my heart, like I was being struck by those wooden bullets for a second time. I tried so hard to control my tears, my sobs. But it was impossible. Eric was pleading for Godric not to do this. He was begging for Godric not to leave him. This was a side to the blonde I had never seen before, and truthfully, I never wanted to see again. It was too heart wrenching. It was nearly too much to take. I had always known Eric loved Godric, but I never thought it was possible to love someone to this degree. Well then again, maybe I did.
"Let me go." Godric pleaded softly.
Eric raised his head, staring straight ahead. "I won't let you die alone."
"Yes you will." Godric nodded, running a hand through Eric's blonde, slicked back hair before resting his hand at the back of his neck. Eric gaze rose until blue eyes met blue eyes, and I knew what Godric was going to do before he even said the words. "As your maker, I command you."
Eric couldn't do a single thing other than to rise to his feet. I saw the struggle in his body, his wish to just defy Godric's order. But I knew it was impossible for him to, not after Godric had commanded it. Sookie and I stood there watching as Eric bowed his head and turned towards us, slowly making his way towards the stairs. Sookie reached a hand out to take his, squeezing it in comfort. But no amount of comfort would help Eric right now, that much I knew.
"Fix this." Eric pleaded with me, showing no shame in the tears that slid down his cheeks as he stared down at me. "Please."
"I'll try." Was all I could offer him.
"I'll stay." Sookie squeezed his hand one last time before letting go. "Just in case."
Eric only nodded, not speaking another word before beginning down the stairs. He paused however, before reaching the bottom, glancing through the railings at Godric one last time. After a moment, he sighed and pushed through the door, leaving his maker behind once and for all. But no, that wouldn't be true. I refused to allow it. I had to do something, anything to keep Godric here. So I turned back around, my eyes landing on the vampire.
Godric was turned towards the slowly rising sun, a small content smile spreading across his lips as his eyes closed. He took a step forward towards the edge, and I knew that if I didn't try and stop him now, I would never be able to. I dashed forward, Sookie not even trying to stop me as I threw myself at the vampire, blocking his body from the rising sun. Godric halted, his arms drawn down to his sides as I clutched onto his white button up shirt. I refused to let him go, I refused to let him do this. I wouldn't be able to last in this world without him. I didn't even need his at my side. I could be hundreds of miles away from this vampire, and as long as I knew he still roamed around this very earth, I would be happy. Because the heartbreak of knowing that he was gone, that I could never pick up the phone to talk to him, or to find comfort in his arms, that was the worst pain of all. And I knew I wouldn't be able to handle it. I knew it would be what broke me, what sent me over the edge. Maybe right over the edge of this building. Perhaps that was a bit dramatic of a thought. Maybe thinking suicidal thoughts myself wouldn't help anything. Life wasn't some tragic Romeo and Juliet tale. But this was exactly what they must have felt like. When you love someone, you just couldn't live without them. Apart, maybe, but not without. Never without.
"You must let me go, my seer. You need to let me go." Godric sighed, his arms rising up before his hands landed on my shoulders, squeezing them gently. "Let me do this."
"No." I shook my head, staring up at him through my blurry vision. "I won't let you do this."
"Please, my love. Please just let me find peace." There was a pained expression on his face.
"You can find peace here. With me." I insisted.
Godric looked away while his hands tried to push me from his form. But I refused to let go. I refused to let him pry my hands from his shirt. I couldn't lose him like this. I couldn't just let him meet the sun.
"I want this, Taylor. I want to burn. I want free of this existence, from this pain." He was pleading softly now. "I've hurt too many people. I've hurt you. Let me make amends. Let me make a difference."
"You can't make a difference after your dead, Godric. People don't make differences by dying. Those aren't heroes, those are just cowards." There was no end in sight to my tears as I dug my head into his chest. "Please Godric, please don't do this. I need you. We all need you. You can make a difference here. Not by dying."
"Do you know how much it pains me to know I'm the reason you've nearly died? Do you know how much it destroys me to know that I'm the reason for the pain you've felt? I refuse to hurt you again. I refuse to bring any harm to the only woman I've ever loved. Let me go, Taylor, just let me go." His hands clasped mine now, and without even trying, he was able to jerk them from his shirt, pulling them down to my sides. "Please, my sweet, beautiful seer, just let me go."
"No." I shook my head wildly. "No. I won't let you do this. I won't."
"And what will you do to stop me?" he smiled sadly, smoke beginning to slowly rise from his shoulders now.
"I'll...I'll..." I knew I couldn't stop him with sheer force. He was a two thousand year old vampire. He could move me from the spot with a flick of the wrist. But there was something I could do, that he would have no power over, something I could do that he would never be able to stop. "I'll throw myself from this building if you kill yourself."
Shock crossed his face, his eyes growing wide. "Taylor, you wouldn't."
"Maybe not, the thought of falling and hitting the ground petrifies me." I wrapped my arms around myself. "But I can beg a vampire to drain me. I can search out the closest sharpest object and take my own life. Hell, maybe I'll even throw myself in front of a bus. I don't know. But I'll figure out a way, I'll think of something."
"You'd take your own sweet life over me?" his eyebrows furrowed, a frown spreading across his lips. "I'm not someone you should be killing yourself over, my love."
"You don't even realize how much I love you, do you?" I squeezed my eyes shut, not wanting to watch as the smoke grew more and more, parts of Godric's exposed skin already sizzling as the sun rose higher on the horizon. "I would do anything for you. I would take my own life if it meant seeing you again. I would do anything in the world to keep you alive, Godric. And if not, well I'll do everything in my power to join you in the afterlife."
"I won't allow it." Godric shook his head.
"You won't be able to stop me." I replied defiantly. "You can't glamour me, Godric. You can't help what happens once you're gone. So maybe you shouldn't leave so that won't have to happen."
Godric sighed, his eyes closing as his head bowed. "I don't want your life to be taken over such a monster. That's all I am, Taylor. I'm nothing more than a selfish monster that has caused you pain. I'm not worth your life."
"Yes you are!" I wanted to shake him over and over again until he saw the truth. "You are worth everything to me, to everyone else! Why can't you see that! You made me realize that I wasn't the freak that I and everyone else saw me as. Why won't you just see how good you are!"
"Because I'm not." his eyes snapped open, sorrow in those orbs. "I'm not good for you, Taylor. I'm not meant for this word. I'm tired. I just want peace. I don't want the fighting."
"Then go off and find a nice hut in the woods. Don't kill yourself!" I did reach out to him this time, but I instead cupped his cheeks. "Please Godric. I beg of you. I will do anything. I would rather be apart from you than to know that you were gone from this world forever. I would rather be the one to die than to watch this."
"It's why I locked you in the room." Godric admitted.
"I know, and I'll never forgive you for that." I told him sternly before glancing at the rising sun from over my shoulders. I would barely have a full minute before the rays of sunshine would envelope Godric in flames, much like in my vision. "Godric please. If you don't want me, then fine, I'll go. But please don't do this. Please don't kill yourself. Think about all the good you can still do. Think about Eric, who obviously still needs his maker. We all need you Godric. We all want you. Just please, stay for a little bit longer. There's still so much to live for."
"I...I can't, Taylor. I'm sorry." Godric looked away, a single red bloody tear slipping down his cheek. "Let me go, my love. Release me from your heart."
"Fine." I twisted around, not believing what I was about to do.
"Taylor..." Godric reached out to me but his hand was only met with air as I stormed to the edge.
I looked out onto the horizon, to where the sun was rising, and I prayed silently. I prayed that my parents would forgive me, that they knew despite my sudden rebellious nature that I still loved them completely. I prayed that the death would be quick, that it wouldn't be painful. I prayed that I would be meeting Godric once again on the other side, whatever that may be.
"Don't do this. Don't, my sweet, please don't." Godric was at my back now, trying to hold me back as I took the last step towards the very edge.
"You're going to take your own life, why can't I take mine?" I struggled against the vampire. I just wanted this over and done with. If this was how our love was going to end, if we were going to become the modern day Romeo and Juliet, then fine, so be it. But I wanted it over and done with sooner rather than later. Before I lost the courage. "Let me go, Godric. Just let me go. We'll see each other again soon. So just let me go. I don't want to burn to death, and I will if you hold onto me. So just let me do this. Let me die. Then we'll be together."
"This is madness."
"This is what you want."
I felt the first flicker of a flame and I yelped as it wrapped around Godric's wrist, burning right through my clothes and catching onto my waist as he kept his arm around me.
"Please, Godric. I don't want to die this way. I don't want to die at all." I squeezed my eyes shut, more flames beginning to envelop Godric's arms, and in turn, burning me right alongside of him. "Please. Please Godric. I don't want you to die. I don't want any of this. Please you can still end this now."
"Promise me one thing." Godric's voice was strained as he whispered in my ear from behind. "One thing and I will end this now."
"Anything."
"You will go. You will run home and never turn back. We will part and never see one another again. I'll never be able to hurt you, I'll never be able to bring you pain. Promise me this and we'll go inside; this will all end now and we can heal."
I gritted my teeth together as the pain became unimaginable. More of Godric's body was being enveloped by flames, and with the vampire holding onto me so tightly, I too was burning.
"Promise me."
Could I promise that? Could I promise to go home, to go back to Ohio and never seek Godric out again? Could I just leave Godric and go back to my old life like none of this had ever happened? Could I really just turn around and never look back?
I already knew the answer to all of those questions though. It pained me to think about it, and it pained me to say it out loud, but it was the only way.
"I promise."
Everything happened so fast.
One minute, those flames were burning both of our bodies as the sun rose higher and higher in the morning sky, and the next, there was nothing. My eyes were still squeezed shut, and at first, I thought we had died. But I could feel the pain from my burn wounds, and death should have felt peaceful, right? It was for that reason that my eyes slowly opened, that I let out the breath I never knew I had held in. I was more relieved than I thought I would ever be to see that hotel hallway. I was so relieved, that I could no longer hold myself upright. My legs finally collapsed beneath me, and it was only Godric's arms that held me up.
"Master?" Eric's voice held surprise as he stood halfway down the hallway. "Y-you're alive."
"I've realized that perhaps a few more years would not hurt." Godric's voice was monotone as he spoke. "I ask only one favour of you."
"Anything." Eric nodded, moving towards us quickly. His cheeks were still stained with blood, his shirt soaked with the red liquid I was sure. "Ask me of anything and it'll be yours."
"Heal her." Godric slowly began releasing his arms from me.
I tried to grab onto his arms, to keep in his grasps for a little while longer. But he had other plans as he instead moved me towards Eric, who, with a frowns settled on his lips, grabbed me by the waist and held me to his side.
"Godric?" Eric questioned.
"Heal her, my son. That's all I wish for." Godric smiled sadly up at his progeny, not even giving me a second glance. "For that, I'll grant you a little more time."
Eric could only nod as Godric moved around us, walking down the hallway until he reached the door Isabel had ripped off its hinges for me. I tried calling out to him, but he ignored me as he slipped into the room. I knew at that moment, that what I had promised would be true. I would have to return home. I would have to leave and never look back. Godric would make sure of it.
And that killed me.
But he was alive, that was all I could think about now. Godric would still be here, roaming this earth. Maybe things will change. Maybe in a few months, Godric will seek me out, or I'll find enough courage to search him out. Maybe he'll come to his senses and we can live happily ever after. At least there was an if. At least there was a maybe. He was alive; there was still the possibility of a future together. I nearly didn't even have that.
"I don't know what you said or what you did but...thank you." Eric's voice was soft, and I knew I wouldn't be hearing those two words from his mouth again for quite some times.
"Don't thank her." Sookie spoke softly and I hadn't even realized she had followed us down from the room. "She gave up everything for him."
Eric frowned as he stared down at me. "What does she mean?"
"Nothing." I shook my head, my voice hoarse from all the crying. "You don't need to heal me. I'll be fine."
"I will." Eric shook his head. "And then you'll tell me what Sookie meant by what she said."
"I won't."
"You will." He insisted.
I sighed but didn't disagree, knowing that eventually, Eric was going to realize that he finally got his wish. I was out of Godric's life. For good.
"You can use my room. To heal her I mean." Sookie offered and I sent her a grateful glance. She nodded in understanding, shooting me a sympathetic smile.
Eric still look confused, not even understanding why it was his job to heal me and not Godric's. But he didn't ask any more questions as he helped me along to Sookie's room only a few doors down from the room Godric had slipped into. I stared at the room longingly, wishing I could just rush in there and be with him. But I knew that was impossible now. I had given him my word, we had struck a deal. What would happen if I broke that promise? I wasn't so sure I wanted to find out. So I will leave. I will get on a plan and fly home; not because I wanted to, but because it was what had to be done.
It was only an hour later that I was waiting by the elevator, trying desperately not to break down and cry. Not again anyways. After Eric had healed me, Sookie had been the good friend I thought she would be, and just let me cry on her shoulder. I cried out of happiness that Godric was alive, that he hadn't died. I cried out of pure agony, knowing that he and I weren't meant to be, that I might never feel his arms around me ever again. I thought I had cried the last of my tears, but as I stood there, waiting impatiently for the elevator doors to open, I found that I hadn't even come close. My eyes were already brimming with tears as I shot quick little glances down the hallway and to where Godric and Eric's room lay. I so badly wanted to run to that door and pound on it until someone let me in. of course, both were bound to be asleep now, and even if they weren't, no one would open the door. They couldn't. Because I had promised Godric that I would leave, that I would never look back.
I just never realized how excruciatingly hard it was going to be.
"You told me you were never going to leave."
I gave a small yelp in fright as I twisted around, my heart pounding in my chest, my eyes growing wide as I took in Eric's tall form standing a bit too close for comfort. I hesitantly took a step back, getting a good look at him. I frowned as I noticed the blood.
"You have the bleeds." I pointed out. "Shouldn't you be asleep?"
Eric looked over his shoulder, almost as if he was afraid Godric would step out of the room at any time and catch him in the act. But in the act of what?
"Eric?" I pressed. "I have to go. My plane is leaving in two hours."
"You're really leaving, aren't you?" He ran a hand through his hair with a sigh.
"I told you that I was, Eric. I told you why." I looked away.
"And you told me nothing would run you off. You told me you weren't just going to walk away from him." his expression hardened as he took a step forward. "You assured me that you wouldn't hurt my maker."
"He doesn't want me here, Eric." The tears were threatening to fall once again. "You know I would stay if I could."
"Then stay."
"Fine, but you might as well kiss your maker goodbye then!" I threw my arms up in frustration. "I love him, Eric. I love him more than anything. But if I stay here, then he'll just go and try to kill himself again. And I refuse to let that happen."
"So you're just going to walk away? You're just going to leave him?" his eyebrows furrowed, as if he couldn't understand the mere idea of self sacrifice. Maybe he was just used to everything always going his way. Because once again, he got what he wanted. His maker was alive, and I was no longer in the picture.
"Why do you even care, Eric? You're getting exactly what you've always wanted. You've hated me since day one. You never wanted me in Godric's life. Well you're finally getting your wish." I threw him a dark look. "Congratulations, you win."
His gritted his teeth and stuffed his hands into his jean pockets. "Do you think I want my maker miserable? Do you think I haven't noticed the looks he's given you? He loves you. I don't understand how. Vampires don't love. Godric taught me many centuries ago that not to be at the mercy of our emotions. And yet with you...he's different. I may not like you or the idea of you but he's...he was, happy."
"And now he's alive. And I'm leaving." I wrapped my arms around myself. "I'd rather be forced to live apart from him, than to live without him."
"Isn't it the same thing?"
"At least now I know that there's a chance he might change his mind. At least now I know that he'll always be there if I truly needed him. We're still blood bonded. We're still connected in this supernatural way. That's better than nothing. That's better than not having him here at all." I shrugged, a tear slipping down my cheek.
I was stilled out of surprise as Eric raised a thumb to brush away the tear before I could do it. I stared up at him, my mouth gaping open.
"You're sad." He commented, more curious than anything.
"It hurts like hell to be leaving. But this pain is more manageable than the alternative." I let my gaze fall down to my feet. "I should go."
"Take this." I felt an overstuffed envelope being shoved into my hands. I peered at it closely before lifting the lip. I nearly dropped the envelope in surprise when I found the wad of bills staring up at me.
"W-what is this?" I stared at him with wide eyes. "Did Godric put you up to this?"
"No. He doesn't know I'm out here. Or maybe he does. He seems to know everything." Eric shrugged.
"Then what is this?" I tried to shove the envelope back into his hands. "I don't want your money, Eric."
"Just take it." He took a step back, refusing to take the money back. "I know how much you hate being given things. But you lost everything in the bombing. You've lost everything in general. Just take it. Go home. Get back to your life. And don't ever tell me I never did a thing for you."
"You saved my life; I would consider that doing something for me." I chewed on my bottom lip as I looked between the vampire and the money. My pride told me to not take it. But my broken heart, well it wasn't really telling me much of anything at the moment. "I don't know..."
"Just take the god damn money and let me do a good deed, for fucks sake!" Eric's patience was growing thin.
"Okay, okay." I raised my hands in defence. "Fine, I'll take it. Thank you."
"Whatever." He grumbled, twisting on his heel and beginning back to his hotel room.
I sighed and turned towards the elevator doors, though not before Eric spoke his parting words.
"Fangtasia." He called to me, glancing over his shoulder as he stopped before his room.
"What?" I raised an eyebrow.
"Fangtasia. It's the name of my bar. In Shreveport. Should anything ever happen..." He trailed off, a pained look crossed over his face and I could tell just how difficult these niceties were for the vampire.
"Thank you." I whispered, though I knew he heard me perfectly.
He just nodded his head and seconds later, I was alone in the hallway. I ran a hand through my hair as moments later, the doors finally slid open to reveal an empty elevator. I stepped inside, leaning against the back wall as I stared down at the money filled envelope again. I was surprised that Eric cared enough to send me on my way with more money than I could ever remember calling my own. I was surprised that Eric cared enough to tell me his place of business in case anything should ever happen. I was surprised that Eric even cared at all. But I suppose a lot had happen in the last six months, more than I ever could have imagined.
I had come here to save the life of a vampire from my dreams. I never imagined any of this would have happened. I never intended on falling in love, on integrating myself into this life. Six months later, however, I was leaving the new life I had built, only to return home after months of absolutely no communication between me and my parents. I wasn't sure if I would even be welcome there anymore. I wasn't sure if I even wanted to go there. But I didn't have much of a choice right now. I needed to regroup. I needed somewhere to go where I could cry all night and busy myself all day. And there was no better place than home for that.
Everything felt like a blur as I made my way down into the lobby and picked up the plane ticket that Eric once again had surprised me by booking. Soon, I was standing on the curb, waiting for the hotel doorman to flag down a taxi. While I waited, I couldn't help myself as I gazed up at the hotel I had just left. Up there, right at this moment, was the man that I loved, the only one I would ever love. And I was leaving him. And he was letting me go. It killed me. It destroyed me inside. But this was how things had to be. There was no choice in the matter. It was the worst ultimatum possible. But there was no other choice than to leave. Maybe it was tragically sad, but it was the way it had to be to keep Godric alive.
"Miss?"
I sighed and turned to find the doorman holding open the back door to a taxi. I offered a smile before slipping into the back, the door closing behind me.
"Where to Miss?" the taxi driver glanced over his shoulder at me. "Miss?"
"The airport please." My voice was strained as I tried to keep my emotions at bay.
The taxi driver nodded before pulling out of park and into the morning traffic. I shot the hotel one last glance, wishing I never had to look away. But I knew only within minutes, it would be lost from view. Even when I had to twist around in my seat to stare at the hotel as it grew smaller and smaller in the back window, I never looked away. Only when the taxi turned a corner did I lose view of the hotel, and in turn, the man that I would forever love.
A lone tear slid down my cheek as I turned back around and settled into the backseat of the taxi. I whispered to myself under my breath, my eyes closing as I clasped my shaking hands together.
"Goodbye Godric."