Chapter 10 – going home
"Saracen?" Tanith called as she knocked on his apartment door
"Yes" he replied smoothly opening the door.
"You knew I was there didn't you!"
"Yep, See I have this power where I just know things" he smiled leaning up the door frame
"Yeah I heard about that power" she paused " So, I was wondering if you wanted to come out with me tomorrow?"
This shocked him, they had a relationship before but
"Ummm, What as in a date?" her mortified look told him it wasn't the case.
"No, doesn't matter I'll ask someone else" she turned to walk off, but was stopped by his hand on her arm.
"No wait, Sorry I was thinking that because of the past, but I can see that's not the case" he tried
"It's okay, I just wanted someone to come with me when I go and see my parents tomorrow, their coming over and I haven't seen them since" she paused "Y'know before the remnant thing and Ghastly"
"Okay, I'll go with you" he smiled "What time?"
"Seven, Thank you" she beamed
Skulduggery walked into the airport leaving Valkyrie was hard, he'd known her since she was what? 12. But she needed time, everyone did they just didn't realize it. Some ran away like Vex who decided he was going to go adventuring again to get away from the pain, Fletcher went to Haggard to watch over Valkyrie's family, Skulduggery remembered him saying 'If Val isn't going to be here to look out for them then I will' That day Skulduggery gave Fletcher more respect than he ever had, Tanith was moving back in with her parents, Saracen was... well being Saracen. No one attended the reading of Ghastly's will the pain of watching his possessions being passed out to whom he had left it, was too much for everyone to bare. Ghastly, Shudder and Ravel weren't mentioned anymore, he wasn't sure if that was a good thing.
"Sir, are you moving forward or what?" an annoyed American accent reached his ears.
"Sorry" moving towards the gate, he could have easily asked Fletcher to pick him up, but like everyone else he need time on his own. He was on auto pilot going through the terminals and eventually getting on to the plane, all the while thinking about what the porcelain men showed him. His Wife. His Child. His Friends. Did he deserve to be there with them? Should he go to them? He kept thinking these thoughts, a tear fell down his fake face. If he went to them he would be throwing in the towel, giving up on everything. Everything he worked for down the drain. It was on that plane ride where he decided what he was going to do next.
Next you ask.
Next is the new adventure, continuing what he had been doing for the last god knows how long. But this time he was going to do what Valkyrie had asked and reclaim his family crest. Instead of running from his past, he was going to embrace it. He smiled out the window as a the man sat beside him elbowed him in the ribs, no doubt the man felt his ribs he turned to see his face wasn't scared but shocked.
"You need to eat more mate"
"I know my wife says the same thing" he chuckled
Sorry I'm not really sure where this has gone, but Thanks for reading :)