Chapter 23

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6 years later and our civilization has become like a home to us, we decided to call hilltop!

I'm now twenty-four years old and Carl jr is now six. From the first time I took Carl jr to his father's grave I haven't taken him back, so for his sixth birthday I decided that it would be a good idea to take him to see Carl's grave.

"You ready go?" I ask Carl jr as he puts his shoes on. "Yea!" He answers jumping. I lean down so he can hop onto my back, and with that we're off. "Hey mum, where are we going?" He asks resting his head on my shoulder. "you'll have to wait and see" I reply.

When we start nearing Carl's grave I take Carl jr off my back and take a hold of his hand, leading him to the grave. When we get there I sit down in front of the stone we put there engraved with Carl's name. "Carl, come sit down here" I say patting next to me. He comes and sits down, I take his hand and hold it tightly. "Carl, I brought you here for your birthday because I wanted to show you, your dad" I say looking from Carl jr to Carl's grave. "How tho? It's just a rock!" He replies.

"So you know auntie Judith, your dad is her brother. His name was Carl, the same as yours cause I named you after him!" I explain to him how Carl had died and that's when I pull out the photos Carl and I took with the Polaroid camera we found when we went on a walk. "See this boy here?" I say pointing to Carl in the photo. "Thats your dad when him and I first met and then this one is when your dad and I first started dating. Then this one is my favourite one, this is of your dad, auntie Judith and I when Judith was just a little baby"

I hand him the photos and for a second he just looks at them, then he does something unexpected. He puts them to his chest and says something! "I miss you dad." As he says that I feel tears well up in my eyes. I give Carl jr a hug and we talk to Carl for a bit before we head back home. From that moment onward once a week Carl jr and I would walk to Carl's grave and talk to him and finally my life felt like it was complete and there were no more worries.

~The end ~

(Hello everyone so this was the last chapter of this series and I am planning on coming out with a new series soon I just don't know when! Thank you to everyone who read my story and liked it, it means alot to me. Thank you so much guys <3)

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