OK - one more after this - and a special thanks to Hales for the word
choice help! ;) Oh, and Hales - NO SPOILING!! ;)
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'I'm standing here, looking as this casket, hell, I could reach out and touch it, but it still doesn't seem real. One minute we're hiding out in Hong Kong, the next, we're catching a flight back to the States. Screw letting Sydney get better before the flight - but I guess that's a mute point now.
I never thought this day would come. I mean, that was stupid and naïve of me, but hey, what's new? I mean, everyone dies. Everyone. Even the woman who gave you everything that she possibly could. Even her.
I wasn't even with her. I should have been with her when - well, they said she just never woke up. Like she was just sleeping. That's probably what she was thinking when she closed her eyes - that she was just going to sleep for a little while.
I'm just glad that she went first. I can deal with this. At least I hope I can. If I had gone before her, I don't think she could have taken it. I mean she already lost someone.'
Michael Vaughn began to cry softly as a light rain began to fall. He stared at the flower-covered casket as if he was in a daze.
Suddenly, a hand touched him on the shoulder.
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'I'm standing here, looking as this casket, hell, I could reach out and touch it, but it still doesn't seem real. One minute we're hiding out in Hong Kong, the next, we're catching a flight back to the States. Screw letting Sydney get better before the flight - but I guess that's a mute point now.
I never thought this day would come. I mean, that was stupid and naïve of me, but hey, what's new? I mean, everyone dies. Everyone. Even the woman who gave you everything that she possibly could. Even her.
I wasn't even with her. I should have been with her when - well, they said she just never woke up. Like she was just sleeping. That's probably what she was thinking when she closed her eyes - that she was just going to sleep for a little while.
I'm just glad that she went first. I can deal with this. At least I hope I can. If I had gone before her, I don't think she could have taken it. I mean she already lost someone.'
Michael Vaughn began to cry softly as a light rain began to fall. He stared at the flower-covered casket as if he was in a daze.
Suddenly, a hand touched him on the shoulder.
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