The Prophecies Trilogy by Hawley Linda

Author:Hawley, Linda [Hawley, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00A1O6WJ8
Goodreads: 19434086
Publisher: 21st Publishing
Published: 2012-10-23T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON

The Year 2015

With help from my trusty Tylenol, I was able to sleep on the red-eye. After landing, I caught a glimpse of Chow as I left the Bellingham Airport, which reassured me that I was being looked after. I swung by Aunt Saundra’s to pick up Lulu and made sure to give her a sincere goodbye, unsure when I would see her again.

In anticipation of the events to come, Lulu and I went for a run through our Fairhaven neighborhood, expecting it would be our last. After our run, I stood in my bathroom, stripping off my sweat-laden clothes, and then stepped into the shower. I thought about my departure. Leaving Bellingham was bittersweet. I grew up here. Armond died here, and I healed from his death in this place. It was here that we refitted the Woohoo and sailed her in the islands. My aunt lives here. I have friends here. The more I thought about it, the more loss I felt. I couldn’t help the tears that streamed down my cheeks. It seemed like a whole lot to sacrifice.

“What do ya think, baby? Is it right?” I asked Armond out loud—needing reassurance—as the water poured over me. I felt a flow of peace come over me, and I knew that was my answer. “Okay then. Help Eliott watch over Elinor,” I told him, then stepped out of the shower.

I emptied the ground safe under my house into a travel bag, along with my bedroom wall safe. Since I already shipped Elinor all the photos and sentimental things in the house, there wasn’t much more for me to pack, except clothes. I did find some old journals and burned them in the fireplace.

“You’ve been good to me, Sinéad,” I said out loud to my SmartWired computer. Even though she was a computer entity, she had helped keep me safe; she felt more like a friend.

It seemed to me that it was with emotion that she replied, “Thank you, Ann.”

Hearing a car pull up the driveway, I saw through the window that it was Joe’s van. Lulu popped up from her nap and moved to the front window to look out. “Sinéad, open the garage door.”

“It’s opening, Ann.”

I looked at my watch; it was two in the afternoon. With Joe’s arrival, I closed the room-darkening shades in the front of the house. Joe pulled his van into the garage, and the outer door closed. Walking through the side door and into the garage, I met Joe as he was closing his van door. He was holding his workbag. I waved him inside. He followed me into the house before we spoke, since it was the only unsecured part of the house. Lulu forwardly sniffed Joe. He bent down to pet her, and she wagged her bottom.

We turned to each other and had a quick hug. “Good to see you again, Ann,” Joe said in my ear.

“You, too,” I said as we stood facing one another. “Thanks for coming to do this.

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