The Decks and the Road Renegotiating Kaylin Chapter 22- No Comic Kaylin- Her book was fascinating, devastating, and inspiring all at the same time.  I’d started reading it without her knowledge, and it added more layers to her than I could have imagined.  I knew I didn’t need permission but it felt like it would be better to keep it to myself.  I’d noticed he had come back and it turned her words into stone.  I was inspired, but I didn’t know if I was motivated to make a drastic rearrangement.  Actually, I knew I wasn’t ready, and my new dress and fresh set could easily make the point.  I was meeting Aaron at the theater.  One of his favorite comics had  broken out in film, and he’d been talking about it for weeks.  I’d started a collection of pictures of my mother with some really interesting ones Rose passed on, and I’d swept my hair up to match the way she’d worn her hair in one of the photos.  I wasn’t crazy about ...

The Decks and the Road Renegotiating Kaylin Chapter 20- Permissions and Alterations Monica Shepherd-    I can see that she’s more happy than worried, but they’re both coming thru.   She sticks her head in.   I’m reading, but it doesn’t bother me that she came.   Instead I’m trying to determine what brought her back so soon.   “Can we talk?”   It’s an unusual question.   I don’t get many requests to talk. “Come in.”   “Why didn’t you tell me it was my husband?   Can’t you see this stuff?” “What stuff?” “The future.” “Not like you may imagine.   Some things are hidden.   But tell me about what happened.” “He left.   Then you said I needed to accept that something had ended and that I should date.” “Are you Meg?”   It was a strange impulse.   I already knew her name and something about her life, but I followed the impulse.   I’d learned that they weren’t stupid or as off ba...

The Decks and the Road Renegotiating Kaylin Chapter 19- She Leaps Wood- I woke up beside her.   It was a call almost like the first.   Her words had kept me in limbo the whole way.   “I need   you” was the size of it.   I still don’t know why she called, but she knew I would come.   I was wearing my ring when I came.   I’d been since the day I found out she was Meg, but her hand was still empty.   I take it she’s not going in, or she’d be up by now.   I hadn’t planned accordingly, and would eventually have to leave, but I pulled her as close as I could.   I was still fully dressed in the jeans I had dragged on, and she was still half naked.   We’d prayed together in bed many times before, but I could tell that her faith had shrunk just a bit, and I prayed silently for us.   Soon she was awake and I tried to make my move to leave, but she begged me not to go.   “You know I can’t be your boyfriend and the...

The Decks and the Road Renegotiating Kaylin Chapter 18- Until Further Notice Eaton- Anyone who can dodge a trip gains his respect.   Ever since I did, I’ve kept my life and my job.   He’s never said so, but it’s in his eyes.   It’s only my third time looking into them, and it could be the last; respect or no respect.   I wait for him to finish his call, and he does.   My heart jumps, but he takes another call.   It’s all code.   Nothing in details, but all the details are in there.   He fished me out of the sea himself, and I’ve been on some pretty high level trips; the money tells me so.   But I’ve never been to Unger International, and there’s a difference between respect and trust.   He finishes up and sets his eyes back on me.   I’ve been laying low.   It was a simple text; the address, room number, and the words “until further notice”.   Then came the words “reset”.   But I never expected to see...

The Decks and the Road Renegotiating Kaylin Chapter 17- A Test of Labels Natalie Shepherd - I’m in Miami.   I don’t get here much, but I’m studying to be a lawyer and Radiance needs someone she can trust.   I had to wait a couple of weeks, but I came as soon as I could.   We’ve decided to meet at a café on the beach.   It’s a picture perfect day today, and there are people everywhere.   I parked the car a few blocks away and walked to the address she sent me.   She said she’d be on the outside, but I don’t spot her and take a seat at one of the tables.   The wind is bringing a nice breeze every few minutes and I use the time to soak it all up.   We talk practically every day, and it didn’t take but a moment to realize that something was off.   It’s quite the curve ball.   After all this album is climbing, and a friend of mines said she heard the song all the way in Nevada.   It hasn’t been a full fifteen minutes ...