King of Nothing

Epilogue - Casey's Letter

Noah is dead. He has died and there is nothing I can do about it. I just feel so bad. Somehow, I only knew him for a couple of months but he managed to make me cry when I found out that he had left me all alone once again in this strange, independant world. 

He was my friend, I may not have knew him long but he was my friend, and I loved him for it. I don't care abou this past. I don't care about his mistakes. He apologized to Liz which was most important, and he never - not once - did anything bad to Liz, or even me. In fact, he helped us both. 

He tied up loose ends with Liz, which I have noticed has made her tremendously happier, and he helped me. He got me a new job, and revenge on a boss that made my life a living Hell. Because of him I even opened up, and believe it or not I got myself a boyfriend that loves and cares for me. At the funeral Mikey did everything to comfort me and make me feel better. He gave me icecream, hugged me until all the cold and darkness inside me turned warm, and even watched a a BBC Sherlock marathon with me. 

Noah made my life so much better, and now he is gone. I jut pray I helped him at least a little bit before his cancer consumed him. 

A pounding on the door enters my ears and won't go away. Perhaps it is Liz. We have been hanging out a lot more lately, ever since I saw her crying at the funeral, I new I had to help her get better as well. We needed to help each other.

I open the door slowly, it creaks on it's hinges making me wince. 

A man in a pristine white shirt and and a black suit jacket over top. Everything about him gives me a professional Jame Bond feel. From the Aviator sunglasses to his hair that is slickly geled to the side of his head so it looks like a really greasy combover. 

"Hello, are you Casey?" The man asks. 

"Yes...why do you ask?" I say, quite reluctant to speak with this creepy man any further. 

"This is for you then." The man states. He hands me a vanilla colored envelope with the words: To Casey scrawled on the front of it. 

"Thank you." I respond, but the man is already gone. He sure it professional. 

I open the envelope and a crinkled paper falls out of it. I immediately know what this is. This is a letter from Noah. 

A tear drips down my face as I read it.

Dear Casey,

I'm sorry. I am so sorry for the great big nuisance I like to call myself. I must have been so annoying. It must have been so painful to watch over me the way you did. I'm sorry that you felt obligated to do that. 

I hope the new job is going well for you, at least I got to do some good things before I died. I hope you and Liz are happier than ever. I don't want you guys to mourn, quite frankly I'd be surprised if you guys did. But under the circumstances that you are, please don't. I don't deserve it and all I want is for you and Liz to be happy. 

Please forgive me and everything I have done in my past.

I am very thankful of what you and Liz have given me, but there is no need to worry. I am with Sarah now. 

Thank you for changing my life Casey. I can't stress this enough. You were the only light in my room full of darkness. You helped Liz forgive me, and I will be eternally grateful for that, even when I'm dead. Casey you did something so selfless, and so kind, so I hereby give you and Liz each fifty percent of my assets from my business. 

That leaves both of you ten million dollars richer. 

Now Casey, I want you to promise to yourself that you will never make the same mistakes as I did. Be happy with what your life is, and be grateful for everything you have been blessed with. I want you to promise this so you don't ever end up even remotely like me, okay? 

Oh, and one last thing. Tell Liz that I love her, and yourself too. And when you guys forget that, I want you to remind yourselve's of that once again. A little bit of love can go a long way, I learned that personally from you.

I hope this letter helped and remember that whenever you two are feeling down, or something bad happens, think of the happy things. Silver Linings, baby! I'll always be by yours and Liz's sides. Now promise to me one last time that you will do your best to not end up like how I used to me. 

Love,

Noah Maverick

I promise. 

                    THE END.

Author's Note: Hi guys and girls, it's the author, Ryan. I just want to thank you all for the amazing experience and all of the suppport I have gotten from this story. I love you all and I couldn't have finsihed my first complete novel without all of you. And in case you were wondering I plan on writing a new dystopian novel that will hopefully end up a trilogy. Thanks again you wonderful readers.