“Why are you crying woman? I’m right here,” Robert said as soon as I
entered the realm. He had a joking tone,
but I wasn’t amused. Seeing him made me
feel even worse.
When the sobs stopped, anger replaced the
tears. “Why’d you do it Robert? I told you not to do it!”
“I want to be with you!”
“I told you what could happen.”
“But you don’t know what’s going to
happen. You can’t know,” he said; his
voice pleading.
“Robert, you have so much to live
for,” I responded; my tone matching his
pleas.
He walked closer to me and stared into my
eyes, ”I have even more to die for…”
“I want to be with you,” Robert said
pulling me close to him; blocking any response I might have had with his mouth.
I kissed him back for a while;
temporarily weak. Then I pulled back,
“No, this is a mistake.”
“Mistake?” Robert said appearing slightly hurt as if my
words had stung him.
“Robert, I didn’t check your body. You might not be dead yet. You have to go back,” I said; suddenly
hopeful.
“What are you talking about? The whole plan was for Elaina to kill me and
she succeeded. Now we can be
together.”
“Robert, no…I’m a witch,” I blurted out
before I had a chance to stop the words from coming out.
“Josephina?” He said questioning me and urging me to go on
at the same time.
“I foresaw all of this. I knew you were in danger…that’s why I moved
to Moonlight Falls. I came here to save
you, although at the time, I didn’t even know who I was coming to save.”
“Why are you doing this? Why are you saying these things?” Robert asked holding back his anger.
I ignored his questions. “I’m here to
save you and I’m going to save you anyway I can. You can’t die Robert.”
“If you don’t love me…just say you it,
but don’t make stuff up to be rid of me!”
Robert exploded.
“I love you Robert! I love you and would give anything to be with
you, but this isn’t right. This isn’t
how it’s supposed to be!”
“Well I’m standing right here…right
now! What’s done is done. Why can’t we just let it go and be together?”
“Robert, go back, marry Annie. She’s who you belong with.”
“But I’m dead! I’m dead…Elaina killed me.”
“I didn’t see your ghost,” I said
suddenly.
That effectively stopped his angry
reactions, “What?”
“I didn’t see your ghost,” I
repeated. “When I was looking at your
body, I didn’t see your ghost in the room.
There may still be time, but you need to hurry and try to return to your
body.”
“I’m begging you Josephina. I did this
for us. If I’m dead, we can be
together.”
“But this is not how it’s supposed to be
Robert.”
“Why?
Because you foresaw
it?” Robert said in a mocking
tone.
“Yes…because I foresaw it!” I said
defiantly.
“Why don’t you want to be with me?” Robert said, attempting to embrace
me.
I stepped back; rejecting his advance.
“Robert, I’ve never wanted anything
more. If only you realized how hard this
is for me…but it’s not about me or what I want.”
My emotional dam broke at that moment and
I collapsed into his arms. “Time is
running out…you have to see if…you can return to your…body Robert,” I said
between sobs.
“I’ve failed you Robert. I was supposed to save you…to stop this from
happening but I failed you!” I
continued.
“No you didn’t! You didn’t fail me. I’ll do it.
I’ll try to go back.”
“You have to hurry or you’ll-”
Robert began to appear woozy and had a
hard time staying on his feet.
“Something is happening. I don’t feel so good.”
I became frightened as his eyes became
unfocussed. “Robert! Hurry…I think you’re dying!”
“Okay,” he said, but appeared to have a
hard time regaining his balance.
Robert reached out for me, but couldn’t
focus enough to reach me. “I’m sorry
Josephina,” he said.
“It’s okay,” I said. “Hurry…I think you may be crossing over!”
I watched as Robert walked away; swaying
unsteadily on his feet. I was afraid.
All I could think about was never seeing
him again as I watched him.
He didn’t immediately disappear like he
usually did and that scared me more than anything. I thought maybe his body and
soul were finally separated for good.
He stopped and held his head to steady
himself. I silently prayed, “Not
now...please don’t let me lose him now!”
“I’m sorry,” Robert said one more time…
…before he finally disappeared from the
realm. I prayed that he was alive.
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