The Decks and the Road book 1- Freeborn Chapter 4 Dr. Kat Shepherd - I got the text from my sister late on a Friday night.  We hadn’t spoken much in recent months.  We always seemed to go a distance between calls.  It wasn’t because I led a busy life, but because we led such different lives.  She was older, and my progress had become offensive to her.  I wanted her to do better.  We all wanted her to do better, but something great pulled her to see her life in a simplistic way.  Anyway, the text was simple.  It read, “You’re going to meet someone.  Put aside everything you think you know.”  I didn’t respond.  She never needed my feedback, and besides, it got me all in my veins.   I was useless.  Almost instantaneously hope raised its head.  That was the thing about hope— it’s light-hearted that way.  Naturally, my mind wandered, but not too far.  My heart wasn’t as light-hearted, and I did...