Liam was walking down 6th Avenue when he decided to call Audrey. He gently pulled his phone from his pocket and found her contact in his recent calls. An unfamiliar voice answered on the second ring. Liam was informed that Audrey was, "with Anna now."
Suddenly the sky opened and rain poured down. It was as if the world was crying over this tragic loss. Audrey and Liam had changed the world, and now it was Liam's job to make sure nobody fell off the edge, again. First, he failed Luke, now Audrey, and he would be damned if he failed anyone else.
All Audrey left behind was the newly constructed Hope in the world and a small note left on a green sticky note. It read:
After everything I still hate that I can only Hope.
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Hope
FantasyPeople rely on hoping. They Hope that the bad will pass and the good will remain. Hope continuously fails to meet our expectations, but we keep relying on it. It is the backbone of this falling society. What if one day everyone just stopped hoping...