Job 14:14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
On death's door but kept away from Heaven, the Essence "rescues" 17 children for them to hold half of their soul, the other have now hol...
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Dark clouds began to fill the sky as I dug my board into the brownish-tan sand. As I held my phone between my ear and shoulder trying to hear my siblings' voices over the sound of the crashing waves, I then shielded the remaining sunlight when I looked up at the sky.
"I'll be back in about an hour, tops, promise, there are some of the most perfect waves here there and I just can't miss 'em." I said, a little loud as to be heard over the crashing waves.
"Since when have you been that into surfing??" My younger sister, Alice asked in disbelief.
"We live by water and I got bored, so I thought "why not?", the summer is almost over so better get it in before the water freezes over." I objected, -then shrugged shrugging a little.
"Since you're not home....does that mean I'm in charge?" Oliver, my brother asked hopefully. Alice and Oliver were six years younger than I and were fraternal twins. Ollie being a few minutes older than Allie and he never lets her forget it no matter how hard she tries.
"For once, can I be in charge, for god's sake??" She asked impatiently.
"How about you two be responsible teenagers and be in charge of yourselves? Keep the house in one piece and don't burn it down and maybe I'll pick up dinner on the way home." I offered.
"And if we don't?" Oliver asked hesitantly.
"I'll disown you, leave the two of you on your own on the streets and use the insurance money to buy a boat-house in nice hot Miami." I replied.
"You wouldn't dare." Alice snapped.
"Wanna bet? Hold on, the wave of all waves is coming in, I'll be home after this one, promise." I said quickly and hung up. I tossed my phone onto my pile of stuff on the sand and grabbed my board and rushed out towards the water as the rain started to fall. I held the board against my chest as I braced myself for the water. Even on the shore, I knew the water would be cold but when I got in it didn't feel like August Seattle water but December Antarctic water.-optional exclamation mark My teeth began to chatter but that didn't stop me from continuing to paddle farther from the beach. The further I got, the harder the rain fell and that didn't stop me either. Finally the wave I had waited for started to peak and I was ready for it.
I dove under the water and bounced back up just as the wave started to curl its end in front of me. In my head I was ready for the wave, but somehow I timed it wrong, it crashed on me, pushing me under and sending my board over my head, which prevented me from getting air. The rough waves and storm tossed me around and kept me under and the struggling only made it worse. Soon I began to run out of breath and it didn't look like I'd be able to get to the surface any time soon. And finally,everything started to fade away into black nothingness.
