Did I tell you that my life is gone?
One moment it was there the next it was gone.
It grew legs and it jumped out the window and no one has seen it since.
I've tried replacing it hence the reason for my delay.
My life is almost back
It's torn and shattered and the tape I used to put it back together isn't all that great.
We will just have to see if it holds.
Inspiration is hard to hold on to
The interest to keep writing writhers away from lack of desire
I hope to have found the time and desire once more.
Sydney was bored. For the last 6-months she had been running. She had stayed in Canada for a while but the cold was unbearable and with the twins constantly fighting lying down to enjoy a nap or good book was impossible. So she opted for the shores of Mexico thinking that even if the twins were playing soccer with her kidneys she would have a nice view. Instead she has spent the last four months in doors sitting in front of the air conditioner because now the heat was unbearable. But she wouldn't trade a second of it. The curandera had told her that she needed to rest and go to one of the big hotels or at least to town for the next month. Carrying twins was not a laughing matter and she did not want to be held responsible if the gringa died giving birth. Sydney had decided to go to town and see a doctor and if he mirrored the wet nurse's opinion she would book a flight that afternoon to whatever US destination was available.
During her stay in Mexico now reaching its fourth month the twins had slowed down their activity to simple movements, guess the heat had been to much for them too. Hopefully a flight would be available for somewhere like Wisconsin. There were nice quite cabins there or maybe Kentucky, no one would expect Sydney Fox renowned archeologist to be there. She would have to wait and see the taxi was here now.
"Now boarding Flight 893 with non-stop service to San Antonio, Texas at gate 45". Sydney did not return to her rental home after the doctor's appointment. He had mirrored the wet nurse's concern over the twins so Sydney took herself straight to the airport hoping for the best. She had decided against the flight to San Antonio. Since 911 all airports receiving international flights were being scrutinized with a fine tooth comb. No she opted for a flight to Juarez on the Texas border where she would cross on foot. She would rent a car and drive as close as she could to Austin and purchase another set of documents so that she could travel further north. She needed to stay in hiding until she could find a way of contacting Nigel. If only she could remember some more of her time with him. They had been secluded and only been able to see out thru windows he never shared information and she didn't ask, she had thought she was going to stay with him. Naïve that was what she had been at that time. Naïve but happy to be with him one more time that rational thought had left her and now. Now was now and she needed to go to the bathroom before they called for her flight that should begin boarding in about 15 minutes.
Nigel had been beside himself. Six months and no word as to Sydney's possible whereabouts. She had simply vanished of the face of the earth. She had left Karen a message that in six months if she were not to contact her or her lawyer then all of her monetary and worldly possession would be hers now with a small amount being given to Claudia. It was now two-week since the self imposed deadline and Nigel could not bring himself to think the worse. If he did that meant that Sydney and his new family were gone and that was something he couldn't let happen. He still did his work watching, waiting for them to make a mistake so that he could stop them from reaching a new disastrous goal. But in the quite of the night he sought her out. He examined flights in bound and outbound waiting to see if any name or destination rang a bell but so far nothing. He thought he may have had her in Canada but by the time he had arrived the house had been empty for a couple of weeks. Where she could have gone he had not been able to decipher but he would find her. He had a link to cameras at airports, ports and international crossings just in case her image came thru. He had video back logs going back three weeks but he knew he would find her. Today, at least for now he needed some sleep.
At 3am his computer's alarm went off, it had found a match. Nigel's apprentice Samuel fell off his bed with gun aimed at the offensive sound demanding what was the matter from Nigel. "Quite Samuel I've got a hit." Samuel turned on the room's lights and ambled a chair over to where Nigel was sitting bringing up the data on his computer. Camera five on bridge number 2 of a town on the border of Mexico and Texas. He brought the image up on his screen; he wanted to make sure it was her before he got his hopes up. Then there she was, the camera had captured her from the waist up in profile and she looked amazing. Nigel felt tears come to his eyes, she was alive and still carrying the twins. Samuel's question brought him back to reality, "So you gonna try and catch her before she leaves?" "What?" Samuel pointed to the bottom right corner of the screen to show Nigel that the image had just been captured fifteen minutes ago hence it would be a good assumption that she would probably wait 'till sunrise to catch a flight or rent a car so that she could head out of town. Nigel flew out of his chair with Samuel hot at his heels.