I wanted you to know I love the way you laugh
I want to hold you high and steal your pain away
I keep your photograph, and I know it serves me well
I want to hold you high and steal your pain
'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you've gone away
You've gone away
You don't feel me here anymore
The worst is over now and we can breathe again
I want to hold you high and steal my pain away
There's so much left to learn, and no one left to fight
I want to hold you high and steal your pain
'Cause I'm broken when I'm open
And I don't feel like I am strong enough
'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
'Cause I'm broken when I'm open
And I don't feel like I am strong enough
'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
You've gone away
You don't feel me here anymore
-Broken-Seether feat. Amy Lee-2002-
-HUNTER-
My phone rang, and I left the room to answer it. Joey had fallen asleep on a pile of books again, and I had just settled him into bed. I don't want to wake him.
"Hey, Jayda," I greet her. "What's up?"
"...How's New Orleans?" she asks.
She's deflecting. I know her too well. Her curiosity is genuine, but I can tell something is wrong. Knowing her, whatever it is, she will find another way if she feels like an inconvenience. I'll let her tell me when she's ready.
"Successful," I admit. "I had to go through these...trials to prove that I'm nothing like my grandfather."
"Oh-so...are you...okay? Now, or.." she wasn't sure how to phrase her question.
"Yeah, I am, thanks to Joey," I sighed in relief. "But they gave me a warning."
"What is it?" she asks.
"Let's just say that the dead won't let me go without a fight next time...if there is a next time," I inform her.
"Yeah?" she counters fiercely. "Well, neither will I!"
"Oh, I know you won't," I chuckled. "What is it, Jay? What's going on?"
"It's my-it's Jason," she reveals. "It's this Blackwood Asylum case; it's..."
She launched into what they've discovered so far, the ties it has to Alice, Nick's theory about our blood ties to the things we've gone through...all of it. I asked her detailed questions about all of it, knowing that the best way to keep her calm was to keep her focused on the task at hand.
"Wait, Jay..." I gasped as I realized something. "Where are you right now? Geographically speaking?"
"Alberta, Canada," she replies with a question in her voice. "Why?"
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FallOut (BOOK 2)
FanfictionCENTCOM has been taken down, and the Marines have been given their lives back, as well as new opportunities for love, friendships, and fighting for what they believe in. After they survived the temple of Naram-Sin for the second time, they head to t...
