Chapter Fifteen
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"This is a story about a woman named Samantha and it begins at the end, with Samantha dying in the street. It might seem strange to start a story with an ending. But all ending are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time."
– Mitch Albom, The Five People
Every person has that one special memory. That one times that they were truly happy. Not all people share the same likes and dislikes. Some view things the same way, while others turn their head and look away. No two people end up in the same place in heaven. To each their own.
Samantha's happiest moment was one that hadn't happened yet. It was a dream a fantasy, an image that she had implanted in her mind way before she and Jack had married. A dream that she had given up on when the were "over". But once they were married allowed herself to hope to dream that one day she would have this perfect dream that she had always thought of.
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It was snowing out when Sam arrived, at her final stop. She felt as though she had been walking for days. After a while Sam began to wonder where it was that she was actually headed. She didn't know when she started walking, just this pull that made her feel as though she needed to go this way. She knew that once she hit her destination she would know that she was where she was meant to be, but she hadn't felt that feeling yet.
As she walked she saw this hill coming up in front of her. She stopped and looked around. Seeing nothing else she continued walking straight up the hill.
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:: Sam's Dream::
It was snowing out. They didn't live in the city anymore. They lived in urban New York. In a beautiful two story house.
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The first view that Samantha had of the house was as she was coming up over the side of the hill. She reached the driveway and began to walk. As the house cam into view she knew this was where she was meant to be, the house of her dreams. The two story, blue house, with a red door, smoke coming out of the chimney.
As she reached the side of the house, she looked into one the front windows. Inside she was Jack, Hannah, Katie, Marie, and a little baby girl playing on the rug in front of the fire surrounded by her family. Jack looked at the clock and said, "Sam should be here soon."
"Don't worry dad. She's coming," said Katie.
"I know. I just wonder what is taking her so long."
As he said that Sam knew that this was where she was meant to be. Gathering her courage she knocked on the door.
"Coming," said Jack, as he walked towards the door. "Sam," he said, ushering her inside. "We've been waiting for you."
"Yea, I know. Sorry I took so long," she said looking around at everything, trying to take it in all at once.
"No worries," said Jack, placing a kiss on her lips and bringing her into the living room with everyone else. "We were just waiting for you to come home."
"Yes. Home." repeated Sam.
She was home, home at last.
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"Maybe all I need, you need too, don't wait for me, I'll wait for you."
– Badly Drawn Boys, Everybody's Stalking