Aaron Burr, Sir

4. He Tries To Find A New Home

4. He tries to find a new home.

He cannot stay in London. He sees Angelica's broken eyes whenever he sees a single flower. He feels Alexander's presence whenever he touches a quill. He is surrounded by the painful memories of that fatal night, and he cannot stay anymore.

So he moves to France. He tries to find a new job, he tries to begin a new life. It's useless. He cannot escape.

He then travels to Scotland, Denmark, Germany, Sweden. He moves from country to country, from life to life. He tries to fit in somewhere, anywhere.

He just wants a home.

He returns to the Unites States, changing his surname to "Edwards," his mother's maiden name. Aaron continues to practice law, and he starts to fit in. Then, he makes a decision he will never regret. He adopts two boys, his two sons. Aaron Burr Columbe and Charles Burdett.

They are a miracle to his dull life. They bring joy to his existence, a new purpose.

Everything is looking up. Every day, instead of hesitating to wake up, he jumps out of bed to wake up his sons.

Things are starting to look up.

But of course, everything goes downhill when he receives a letter one day.

There are moments that the words don't reach. There is a suffering too terrible to name. And Aaron Burr just lost his dear Theodosia, his precious daughter.

She was traveling by sea, the letter had said, and the ship disappeared. There are no signs of life to this day.

He remembers his daughter's eyes, her mellow voice, her beautiful smile. And all he can do is sob at the peak of midnight, trying with all his might to not make a sound as to not wake his sons, but it's pointless. He grieves over her death by destroying himself, by obliterating his mind.

Then he remembers his two sons lying asleep under the pale moonlight, and so he wipes his tears and puts on a tired smile.

But she's gone, and Aaron is left to carry another death in his soul.