I let the tears from my eyes flow everlastingly. I sob too hard that my chest blows up. Jess is not dead. He's still alive. But how can I lie to myself? It's impossible. You can't lie to yourself and try to go back to what's happened already. "Accept it." That's what other people say.
I look out from the helicopter window. The ground shrinks, and we were right above the crumbling remains of the compound. Everything that's left down there, gone. Nothing. But Jess was never nothing. He's been something. He's always been everything.
Everyone's sobbing, especially me.
It's all a dream.
It's not real.
It's an illusion.
Eiffel's arms wrap around me, her tears drenching my jacket. I can't breathe, not because of the hug. I see the other aircrafts fly next to us. Those other kids think they're free, but you know who isn't? Me.
Somehow, all the things that Jess has felt in his lifetime, it's like they all merged into one whole fist and crushed me to pieces. Someday, my missing pieces will find each other, and I will rise at some point. I will gain Jess's death justice. His demise won't be just nothing.
So goodbye...for now.
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Fracted (Book #2)
Science FictionYOU THINK YOU ESCAPED, BUT YOU DIDN'T! After a devastating experience in Capricorn Academy, Jess tries to heal his wounds. Both physical and emotional. No matter where he goes, his nightmares still follow him. In the midst of growing up, he wonders...
