Reaching for Hope Book 2

Chapter 10

It was freezing. I hadn't noticed that I was only wearing a white dress, no shoes. The snow began to fall it started off slow, but it picked up quickly. my hair was sticking to my bare skin. the tips of my fingers were pink, along with my toes, making it hard to move. I had to keep going, I didn't know where to yet, or even if I was going in the right direction.

How much did Leo tell me was a lie? Is my name even Grace? something keeps telling me that my dad has answers, but not my mom. Kind of like my mom isn't around to tell me. Like shes far away, at a place, I can no longer reach. If I ever could.

"Mom?" I looked up facing the falling snow, tears slowly falling down my checks, "Help me, Guide me through this. I don't know where I'm going, what I'm doing. Not even who I am." The tears were flowing like a warm waterfall "Are you even alive, are the people I saw real?"

I fell back in the snow, numb. I continued to watch the snow fall around me. I knew what I had to do, I had to focus every part of me into seeing what I couldn't see. 

"Grace, this is your mothers Diary. It has all of the answers. I know I should have told you about it sooner, I just wanted to make sure you were ready." I couldn't tell who was telling this to me, but it felt so familiar. Like a lost memory, and I knew I needed to find that book. There were people waiting for me to come home.

I walked till I couldn't walk anymore. My legs were weak, I was out of breath, my whole body shook. Yet I kept going. At that point, I felt like I was about to drop dead. Let the snow bury my body till spring. The way my life seemed to be going, I wondered if that was the best option. Still, I kept going. Not knowing where I was going, no memories to give me the slightest hint.

The last thing I remember was laying in the snow, and the snow piling on top of me. Almost like a blanket. I saw my hair in front of me as I lay there. It was long and a Hazley brown, just like my moms. The women who calls out to me when I need it most.

That was the moment. It was the moment that changed my life. Just a little bit of hope, though I never got up. Something within me protected me, something sent off a signal from within me. It was a like a string of light that collected in the air above and exploded into hundreds of pieces. Then they seemed to regroup and flew off. I lost conciseness soon after that, "A-"

~Authors Note~

I know this chapter is short, about half the words as a normal chapter. But, I truly feel I did what the story needed. If that makes sense. Anyways, I should see you next Monday, or Wednesday, in one of my other books.

Love,

Hannah A, Williams