All the Lonely People by Jen Marie Hawkins
Author:Jen Marie Hawkins [Hawkins, Jen Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781945654794
Publisher: Owl Hollow Press, LLC
Chapter 31
: Eleanor Rigby :
WE MAKE THE mile-long walk to St. Peterâs as the clouds finally give way to the evening sun.
An occasional passing car whooshes through the remaining rain puddles. When we turn onto Church Road, I point to a red brick building next to the church.
âThatâs it right there. The place where John met Paul.â
We both stop and stare. Me, in reverence; him, far away in his own thoughts.
I wonder if he feels the impact of the history and the mythology of the Beatles the way I do. Seeing this place, knowing what began in this very location, sends sentimental chills racing over my skin.
âI know you arenât really a fan, but what if John and Paul had never met, and the Beatles never existed? Like in that movie where lightning sends the guy to a parallel universe where the Beatles were never a thing?â His featherweight gaze lands on me, and I continue. âIf there had been no Quarrymen, there wouldâve been no Beatles. Itâs hard to imagine a past, or even a future, where the Beatles never existed. At least for me. Thatâs why I love them so much. They changed everything.â
He considers this for a few moments. Quiet. Reflective.
âScientists canât rule out the possibility of a multiverse. But we can only live in one at a time, as far as we know. I donât think itâs reasonable to consider the absence of things thatâve already happenedâhere, in this one. Everything happens for a reason, right? You canât undo it once itâs done, so thereâs no use even trying to imagine an alternative present unless you have the ability to travel to one.â
I know heâs talking about the Beatles, but when I apply that to the reason weâre standing right here, right now⦠itâs uncomfortable. Damp air and unwelcome logic hang thick around us.
He says quietly, âYou all right?â
Itâs stunning, the way he picks up on my emotions, for someone who barely knows me.
I nod. âItâs just that I came here for an alternative present.â We start walking again. âBut the best case scenario is a conversation with a ghost.â
I donât tell him how much Iâm hoping Pop is still alive. That he will somehow warp from some parallel universe and come back to me. Or that I will leave this present and go to one where heâs still alive.
I would give up everything to have Pop back.
We walk until we reach the graveyard gate. A roof rises above the brick pedestals separating it from the sidewalk, and itâs outlined in black. Two white flowers are etched into the point below the pitch. The sun has made its debut, only to begin a descent toward the horizon.
âI need to find the tombstone before sunset.â
âWhy sunset?â Henry asks.
âIt was sunset in the dream.â
âAh.â
I finally meet his eyes. Theyâre sea-glass green in the warm evening light.
âI have to go alone.â
He bites his bottom lip and nods. âSo it was just you, then. In the dream.â
âWell, yeah. Me and Pop.
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