Nobody wants to do the Crazy Things We Used to do before
By SaL
Chapter 2: Whispers in the Night
A/N: After I wrote this everyone was like 'you can't end it like that!' I've asked for input and I've been playing w/ a few ideas. I hope it's to your liking.
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*Two years later*
"The Conlon's had been running from their past for years. Never before had they been so ashamed of their previous lives in New York. In those years they never imagined living opposite lives across the country. But having children really does change everything as they soon discovered. They finally had a chance to make things right, to give their children the lives they've always dreamed of.
So, for eight years Erick and Holly made their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Erick had worked long and hard hours at a commerce bank while Holly turned to teaching. I had even found a job on a farm to add to our income, Spot hadn't allowed me to work in the mines though I'd make more money. Their lifestyles had changed dramatically since their move and they were trying desperately to ignore the memories of their painful pasts.
The Conlon's and I are part of the same past in New York though they try to escape it whereas I struggle to embrace it. I miss our friends but most of all I miss my family. We-I-I don't belong here. Santa Fe was Jack's dream not mine I belong in New York. I know Erik doesn't want to return, but it's my home and like it or not he has to face the past sometime! It won't just disappear it's a part of who he is, who we all are and no one can change that! Which brings me to the point of this conversation, David, the Conlon's are so concerned with forgetting their past they never imagined that their past might come back to haunt them, as they put it." Les paused taking the time to admire the landscape of the ranch at night. Spot and Hope had long since put the children to be and retired for the night.
Les had decided to take a walk. Ever since they came to Santa Fe he had trouble sleeping. So he sat on the wooden fence running along the property line as his horse took a drink from the lake. Sighing he remembered how David had the same problem when he was alive. David would often go weeks even months with out sleep and sometimes he drop like a sack of potatoes every night for a year.
Sighing Les ran a hand tiredly through his hair and resumed his conversation with David. He knew his brother was dead but he believed David never left him, that he was still there watching his every move. Les enjoyed believing David to be his guardian angel that he was always there and could still hear him. So Les spoke to him as often as he could. It was had to get a moments peace what with living with the Conlon's and working on a ranch.
"I have somewhat terrible news David but I'm sure you already know what it is. Marina's real sick and the doctors here can't do anything for her. They recommended that we take her to a hospital in New York but you know Spot's problem with that. He's been trying to find a hospital closer however none have the medicine or technology that Marina needs. I offered to take her there so he wouldn't have to face his past. Like it or not he's coming along, because though he denies it he's still the same old Spot that we know and love."
It was late and Les had some packing to do before he and Erik would take Marina and Mathew with them to NYC. He grabbed hold of the reins and slid into the saddle. "Next time we talk we'll be home. Goodnight David." The boy whispered into the wind. As he turned and began galloping toward the small house, Les could have sworn he'd heard his brother whisper 'See ya in New York little guy'.
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A/N: Ok I know you were expecting a little more but just wait for the third chapter it'll be a lot better. Here's a few things to remember:
Spot's real name is Erik
Hope's real name is Holly she was a newsie too and she's Spot's wife
Allison is their first child she's 10 in this chapter since it's 2 years later
Mathew and Marina are twins and both are now 6 (think of them as little versions of Spot)
Les lives with them he's now 17 in this chapter and fro the rest of the story
Ok so the next chapter will definitely have more dialogue and Spot will be in it. I hope you like the story so far!