Part of me still thinks that Reese
is alive. Part of me says that my baby sister has been locked in
a tower, or some nonsense like that –
She was always acting like the faerie
tale princess anyway, so it would fit for her.
Not a lot of people know that I actually
care about my sister like that – some say that it's an 'understood' thing,
that Reese and I don't really talk about it, but we know…
And then there are some people who
think I could care less.
But Reese has been there a lot more
than anyone else has. After the surgery, she'd sit in my room and
just – well, just sit there.
I suppose a lot is understood between
the two of us. We've never really had to say a word to each other
–
She's a few years my junior, but…
There's something about your 'baby'
sister showing up in a hospital room at three in the morning with chocolate
chip cookies and her guitar, saying she was 'in the neighborhood' and thought
that I could use a visit.
She was…is…thoughtful.
Even to people that don't really deserve it.
Of course, she'd be staring at me
right now, those bright blue green eyes giving me 'the look.' It
wasn't something overly threatening, but –
My sister, apparently, had at one
point, had decided she was patron saint of the rest of the world.
I'm the Canadian Crippler.
She's the Canadian Mother Teresa.
It's kind of tough, though, waking
up and knowing that she's not armed with a pillow, or that she's not going
to waltz in on one of her rose-coloured creative streaks and announce she'd
just written the greatest lyrics…
She's…a spirit. Someone told
her that once – she says she's still trying to figure out what it means.
Some days – she tries to figure out
what everything means. She says everyone has a purpose, even if we
can't stand them at times (usually, during this speech, she gives me that
pointed look).
And…yeah.
It's a pain in the ass sometimes.
But…my sister's disappeared.
They think she's dead.
It's taking all the self-control
I have not to rip certain people's faces off
Reese wouldn't like it.
I personally don't care…
But she has…had…
Why am I having issues with this?
She's still alive. Has to be.
There's no other way I can look at it.
But…I'll kill who took her.
