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Iris didn't speak about her gods often, and I didn't ask. But I did some research of my own. She believes in a place beyond death, somewhere we go in the afterward. At first, I wanted to believe it too. It would mean seeing my mother again - and seeing Thomas. But Iris's afterlife is split in two, separated into paradise and punishment. Certainly I have earned the latter.
And Thomas, my dear Thomas, certainly did not.
If there is something after death, it will not be for both of us.
I return to what I've always known, the burden I've carried with me, the end always waiting. I will never see him again. Not even in my dream.
Afficher en entierMaybe he'll finally know what abyss there is in me, what a cliff I stand upon and throw myself off.
Afficher en entierThere is nothing so terrible as a story untold.
Afficher en entierThe farewell is for another boy, lost years ago, before he became what I am now. Cal lets go for him, the Maven I was. The Maven I still am, somewhere inside, unable or unwilling to step into the light.
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