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When I was 12, my mom got too drunk and00:00:05
left me at the after school program.00:00:08
I say it like it only happened once.00:00:11
But it was actually a pretty common00:00:13
thing until she finally sobered up the00:00:14
month I left for college,00:00:17
but the time I'm talking about, a gray00:00:20
day in October when I had just turned00:00:22
12, always stood out to me.00:00:26
By 5:00, I knew she wasn't coming.00:00:30
So, I walked the mile to the bus station00:00:32
and waited until the 5:30 bus came by.00:00:36
It was a hassle, but I knew the way home00:00:38
well enough, and it was a lot easier to00:00:40
get back on my own than deal with her00:00:42
icy silence and glares that night if I'd00:00:45
call in and woken her up. Besides, if00:00:49
left undisturbed,00:00:50
she might not get up until 8 or 9, which00:00:53
meant hours of my pick for TV and00:00:56
Dealer's Choice for dinner.00:00:58
I reached the bus stop about 520 and was00:01:01
glad to find the bench empty.00:01:04
I wasn't too worried about strangers00:01:06
generally, but sometimes there were00:01:08
older kids looking to push someone00:01:10
around or some homeless guy you had to00:01:13
keep an eye on the whole time. Like he00:01:15
was a strange dog that might decide to00:01:17
bite. So having the bench all to myself00:01:20
was a relief.00:01:22
It's different than it's supposed to be.00:01:25
I jumped and looked toward the voice00:01:27
with widening eyes. Surprised to find a00:01:31
middle-aged woman sitting next to me on00:01:32
the bench.00:01:34
I jumped and looked toward the voice00:01:36
with widening eyes.00:01:39
Surprised to find a middle-aged woman00:01:41
sitting next to me on the bench.00:01:44
I hadn't heard her come up at all, much00:01:46
less sit down. And when I jerked my head00:01:49
around, she didn't even seem to notice I00:01:51
was there.00:01:53
dark gray streaked hair pulled back in a00:01:56
tight bun and lips drawn down in a00:01:59
quivering scowl.00:02:01
She was like a character from that old00:02:03
Kabad Crane story.00:02:05
Not because she was dressed00:02:06
old-fashioned, because she wasn't, but00:02:09
more just the way she looked and carried00:02:11
herself.00:02:13
Thin and gawky, fidgety, and yet somehow00:02:17
dignified.00:02:18
She reminded me of a strange, outofplace00:02:21
bird as she stared out with an00:02:24
expression that was both blank and00:02:26
searching.00:02:28
I was about to look away and try to stay00:02:30
quiet when she rolled her large green00:02:33
eyes in my direction.00:02:35
Can you tell me when it is?00:02:38
Flinching slightly, I nodded, looking00:02:41
down at my digital wristwatch.00:02:44
It had been my birthday gift the week00:02:45
before and the plastic strap was already00:02:48
starting to crack, but it kept good00:02:51
time. Um, it's 5:24.00:02:56
Swallowing, I added ma'am to the end,00:02:59
like an offering to some unknown god I00:03:02
wanted to pass on by without further00:03:04
incident or conversation.00:03:07
Instead of satisfying her, it just00:03:09
seemed to agitate her further.00:03:12
No, no, stupid boy. The date. What is00:03:17
the day, month, and year?00:03:19
I glanced around as I studiously avoided00:03:22
reacting to her odd question.00:03:25
I'd seen this before. Some nut job00:03:28
wanting someone to listen or maybe00:03:30
scream at, just looking for you to take00:03:33
a slight interest or trigger them in00:03:35
some inscrable way.00:03:37
Still, she was staring at me and she was00:03:41
an adult.00:03:43
I just answer her and then casually walk00:03:45
away a bit from the stop. I could always00:03:48
run back when the bus showed up.00:03:51
Um, it's October 5th.00:03:55
Her eyes narrowed.00:03:57
And the year? What's the year? I felt my00:04:01
cheeks blush.00:04:03
1992.00:04:06
Gripping the straps of my book bag like00:04:08
they were lifelines, I stood up from the00:04:11
bench and started heading over to the00:04:12
corner. Not looking back or going too00:04:15
fast, wanting it to seem like I I just00:04:18
remembered something I wanted to see or00:04:20
do. Not that I was trying to get away00:04:22
from anyone. Certainly not the crazy old00:04:26
woman who didn't know what year it was.00:04:29
I made it to the corner before I gave in00:04:31
and glanced back. I was half afraid00:04:34
she'd be staring at me, or worse,00:04:37
following behind me,00:04:39
but to my surprise,00:04:42
she wasn't there at all.00:04:45
I glanced further down the street and00:04:47
across to the other side, but there was00:04:49
no sign of the woman anywhere.00:04:52
This was at the edge of the suburbs, so00:04:55
there were a few houses around she could00:04:57
have gone behind. But why?00:05:00
I stuck to the corner for a couple more00:05:02
minutes, but she never came back.00:05:06
And when I saw my bus rounding the turn00:05:08
on the far end of the road, I made my00:05:11
way back to the stop.00:05:14
That was when I saw it. Lying on the00:05:17
bench where the woman had been sitting00:05:19
was a small blue pamphlet.00:05:22
At first, I thought maybe it was a00:05:24
church tract, but when I looked closer00:05:27
at the cover, I saw a pencled figure00:05:30
walking down a dark road that split into00:05:33
a dozen directions ahead.00:05:36
Below the drawing was a slash of red00:05:38
words that burned out from the indigo00:05:40
like a scar.00:05:43
Did you know time travel is both real00:05:45
and possible?00:05:48
I heard the bus hiss to a stop behind00:05:50
me.00:05:52
Taking a final glance around, I snatched00:05:55
up the pamphlet and ran onto the bus,00:05:58
showing the driver my pass, laminated by00:06:01
Mr. Fel at school when he saw how00:06:03
tattered it had become, and heading back00:06:05
to an empty seat to look over my prize.00:06:09
It was only a few pages long, and many00:06:12
of those pages were filled with abstract00:06:14
symbols and figures I didn't recognize00:06:17
then and don't remember clearly now. But00:06:20
the text was clear. And I committed00:06:23
those words to heart.00:06:25
First, because of their exotic flavor,00:06:28
and later as a touchstone, to something00:06:30
miraculous during the days and years00:06:32
that followed.00:06:35
Times when the weight of reality was00:06:37
roughed and heavy and gray.00:06:41
And when I sat back on that same bus00:06:43
bench almost three years ago, waiting00:06:46
for something, though I wasn't sure00:06:49
what, those words kept me company until00:06:53
I was no longer alone.00:06:56
Seize the hand of fate.00:06:59
The path of time travel isn't found00:07:01
through scientific mastery. It is a00:07:04
thread of perception00:07:06
or a line of experiences your00:07:08
consciousness defines into a sequential00:07:10
order.00:07:12
The razor of human reason is far too00:07:14
blunt an instrument to fully understand00:07:16
it. And that coupled with the inherent00:07:20
fallacies associated with time as a00:07:22
construct for the perception of reality00:07:25
leads to one of the major obstacles most00:07:27
face when attempting time travel.00:07:30
It bleeds the vigor from those that00:07:32
attempt to manipulate it with quantum00:07:34
theory, wards you away with vague ideas00:07:37
of impending scorn or mockery, if it is00:07:41
discussed seriously among most circles00:07:43
of discussion and schools of thought.00:07:46
Well, until you realize that all the00:07:49
tools you actually require,00:07:52
those you already possess.00:07:56
To finish your journey, you must simply00:07:59
know how to begin it. And it depends00:08:02
almost entirely on your ability to00:08:04
perceive the world. Not as it appears,00:08:06
but as you wish it to be.00:08:10
Fiction or lunacy, you may ask.00:08:14
When it comes to this matter, friend, it00:08:16
is neither.00:08:18
Everything finishes as soon as it is00:08:20
properly begun.00:08:22
and you begin by understanding one maxim00:08:24
above all others.00:08:27
Time00:08:29
is a lie.00:08:32
The rest of the pages were filled with00:08:34
more drawings,00:08:35
but the only one I remember clearly is a00:08:37
drawing of a blue chess piece. A knight,00:08:41
I think.00:08:43
A man stares at it, a thought bubble00:08:46
above his head, saying, "I am in a place00:08:49
where that piece is red.00:08:52
And then the next drawing is of the man00:08:54
smiling as the night becomes red.00:08:57
It sounds silly talking about it now,00:09:00
but the impression I got from all of it00:09:02
back then was that you could change time00:09:05
or at least change what path of time you00:09:08
were on if you could just find a00:09:11
particular thing.00:09:13
It could be anything really. Just00:09:15
something you could alter so completely00:09:17
in your mind that it changed reality.00:09:20
Except it wasn't really it that changed.00:09:25
It was you.00:09:27
You traveled to another place, another00:09:30
timeline00:09:31
where that reality you had pictured was00:09:34
for real.00:09:37
I spent hours trying to make it work. As00:09:39
a kid, I'd pick out a poster on my wall00:09:42
or the color of my pen or the type of00:09:44
car that always sat across the street00:09:45
from our apartment building and try to00:09:48
will some detail of it to change.00:09:51
It never worked, of course. But that00:09:54
never stopped me from trying from always00:09:57
looking for that magic switch that could00:09:59
flip things from bad to good.00:10:02
Come to find out, the switch was just00:10:04
getting away from there.00:10:07
Not that I didn't have any problems or00:10:08
heartaches after I left home, but00:10:11
college showed me so many new ways of00:10:13
living. So many new friends and00:10:16
opportunities to learn and grow.00:10:20
Well, it may not have been a secret path00:10:22
to a different timeline,00:10:24
but it was good enough for me. And over00:10:27
the years, I've been fairly lucky. No00:10:30
big romances, but a few small ones. And00:10:34
I've never done without work or fun for00:10:36
long.00:10:37
All things considered,00:10:40
this version of things has turned out00:10:41
okay for me.00:10:43
Or at least I thought it had.00:10:49
On June 30th, 2018,00:10:52
I got a text message from a number I00:10:54
didn't recognize.00:10:56
It didn't say who it was, just simply00:10:59
this.00:11:01
Go back to the bus stop. It's different00:11:04
than it's supposed to be.00:11:06
My heart leapt in my chest.00:11:09
I knew immediately what it was referring00:11:11
to, impossible as that seemed.00:11:15
I'd never told anyone about that day at00:11:17
the bus stop. Never showed the pamphlet00:11:20
to anyone before it eventually got lost00:11:22
somewhere between moves over my early00:11:24
adult years.00:11:26
And normally, I'd be a thousand miles00:11:28
away from any shot of visiting the old00:11:30
spot.00:11:32
But not that week. In June of 2018,00:11:37
that week, I was home burying my mother.00:11:42
I thought of a hundred reasons not to00:11:44
go. The chief among them being it was00:11:46
going to be some weird coincidence or a00:11:48
waste of time.00:11:50
Still, what were the odds of getting00:11:53
that exact message that was uniquely00:11:55
meaningful to me?00:11:57
Especially when I happened to be back in00:11:59
town for the first time in years.00:12:02
And it wasn't a question of time. My00:12:05
flight back out wasn't until the00:12:06
following day. And I'd had all the00:12:09
memories and mourning and catching up I00:12:12
thought I could stand for one trip.00:12:15
So I went.00:12:18
The bus stop wasn't much different than00:12:20
it had been 25 years earlier.00:12:23
Someone had installed a new overhang00:12:25
that was maybe a little better at00:12:26
keeping rain off than the old one. And00:12:29
the neighborhood itself had grown up00:12:31
considerably since I'd stopped coming00:12:32
out that way for the after school00:12:34
program at 14, but the benches were the00:12:37
same as I thought. Glancing around and00:12:40
seeing no one, I sat down in roughly the00:12:44
spot I'd been that day when the woman00:12:46
had appeared and left the mystery book00:12:48
behind.00:12:50
My pulse was up a little, some faint and00:12:53
prickly mix of fear and excitement00:12:55
riding in my blood as I waited for a00:12:58
sign that this was something other than00:13:00
the diversion of a middle-aged man not00:13:02
wanting to spend more time around his00:13:04
old home than necessary.00:13:06
I saw no one out on the street, despite00:13:09
it being just after 5 on a weekday.00:13:12
Looking around, my eyes caught on a rust00:13:15
red word scrolled onto the bench down00:13:17
from where I sat.00:13:20
Squinting, I read it out loud.00:13:23
What?00:13:25
Just that, nothing else. And the writing00:13:29
seemed new enough that it was unlikely00:13:31
something more had been obliterated by00:13:33
time, the elements, or even waiting bus00:13:36
passengers,00:13:38
as the word what was in the middle where00:13:40
someone would sit. and it seemed wholly00:13:43
intact.00:13:45
I stared at the word, trying to puzzle00:13:48
out what it meant or if it had any00:13:51
meaning at all, aside from being some00:13:53
kid's idea of cool graffiti.00:13:56
I wasn't even sure what it was written00:13:57
in. Thought it almost looked like00:14:00
[ __ ] [ __ ] I turned with a jolt to00:14:04
see a man a few years older than me00:14:06
standing a couple of feet away. Dressed00:14:09
in a rain jacket and jeans. He might00:14:12
have just been some random dude coming00:14:14
to wait for the bus if not for the faint00:14:17
buzz he set off in my head.00:14:20
It was a feeling that said this man with00:14:23
his thin face and deep set dark eyes was00:14:27
serious and dangerous00:14:30
in a way most things I'd encountered in00:14:32
life were not.00:14:34
My legs began to tremble as I searched00:14:36
for the right response.00:14:39
He smirked at me as he met my eyes.00:14:42
Not you.00:14:44
The man gestured toward the writing on00:14:46
the bench.00:14:47
The woman behind that. I think she's00:14:50
very cute, always encroaching on00:14:53
someone's territory,00:14:54
acting as though she was above it all.00:14:58
His expression was hard as he found my00:15:00
gaze again.00:15:02
She's not.00:15:03
I nodded, trying to act like I knew what00:15:06
he was talking about when I had no clue.00:15:10
Then a thought occurred to me. Are you00:15:13
talking about an older woman? She'd be,00:15:17
I don't know, maybe 65 or 70some by now.00:15:22
When he just stared at me, I rambled on.00:15:26
I met someone like that when I was a00:15:28
kid. Right here at this bus stop.00:15:33
His eyes widened as he let out a braid00:15:35
of laughter.00:15:37
Her? No, that's Rich. She'd think that00:15:41
was funny, though. I frowned.00:15:45
Who? The woman I met here. The man00:15:48
nodded.00:15:50
Yeah, she's my mother. Her name's00:15:53
Rowena. Mine's Owen. I offered a weak00:15:58
smile.00:15:59
I see. Good to meet you. I'm Mike.00:16:04
Owen chuckled.00:16:06
Well, yeah. You know I'm the one that00:16:09
sent you that text, right?00:16:12
Swallowing, I gave a nod.00:16:14
I was guessing that when you said she00:16:16
was your mother. I don't know how you00:16:18
found me or got my number, though. I00:16:21
paused, giving him a chance to answer.00:16:25
After several moments of silent staring,00:16:28
I looked away and went on,00:16:31
but I guess I was curious.00:16:33
Curious why I got the text and what it00:16:36
meant.00:16:38
The man stepped closer, sitting down on00:16:41
the what, pointedly as he turned to face00:16:44
me.00:16:45
Do you remember much about meeting00:16:47
Rowena?00:16:49
I nodded again, more emphatically.00:16:53
Yeah, I do. Very much so.00:16:57
She surprised me. I hadn't known she was00:17:00
there until she said something.00:17:02
And then when I um when I looked away,00:17:08
she left without me seeing her go. I00:17:10
think she must have left this little00:17:12
booklet I found.00:17:14
Oh, and grinned.00:17:16
Little blue book talking about time00:17:18
travel and [ __ ]00:17:20
Brightening. I smiled back.00:17:24
Yeah, it was really cool. I read that00:17:27
thing over and over growing up. Always00:17:30
wished I could figure out how it worked.00:17:32
I laughed.00:17:34
I guess every kid wants to go back in00:17:36
time.00:17:38
The man's smile froze on his face.00:17:42
That's not what the book said.00:17:45
Frowning. I shook my head.00:17:48
No, I guess not.00:17:51
He leaned forward, his teeth gritted.00:17:55
Tell me what it did say then, if you00:17:58
remember it.00:18:00
I felt heat flush my face as a mixture00:18:03
of embarrassment and anger bloomed in my00:18:05
chest.00:18:07
Who was this guy? And where did he get00:18:09
off texting me, tricking me out here,00:18:13
and then giving me attitude about00:18:15
something that happened over 25 years00:18:17
earlier?00:18:18
I wanted to meet his eyes and tell him00:18:20
off, but I didn't quite dare to do00:18:23
either.00:18:25
Instead, I just lowered my eyes and00:18:27
responded as calmly as I could manage.00:18:31
Um, it was about changing your timeline.00:18:35
Like, you imagine something's different00:18:37
until you wind up in the timeline where00:18:39
that difference is real.00:18:42
Owen was smiling again, and before I00:18:45
could react, he reached over and patted00:18:48
my shoulder.00:18:50
That's it, man. Couldn't have said it00:18:52
better myself. His smile widened as he00:18:55
went on.00:18:57
Did you ever try it? You know, to make00:19:00
it to another timeline.00:19:03
I felt myself relaxing a little. Um,00:19:07
yeah, a lot actually. My life was kind00:19:11
of [ __ ] growing up. And it was a cool00:19:13
way to daydream.00:19:15
I trailed off as he started laughing.00:19:19
What is it? Owen shook his head.00:19:22
It's just so funny. You were such a big00:19:25
deal to me at the time. And now I can00:19:30
see how small and unimportant you really00:19:32
are.00:19:34
His eyes widened.00:19:37
Not to me, you understand. You're still00:19:40
hugely important to me, but just00:19:42
generally00:19:44
to imagine that I worried about it back00:19:45
then.00:19:47
I stared at him in confusion.00:19:51
Worried about what? What are you talking00:19:53
about?00:19:55
Snorting, he shook his head again as he00:19:57
smiled rofully.00:20:00
Killing you. That day on the bench. I00:20:03
was supposed to kill you. I dreamed00:20:06
about it. You see? My family always00:20:09
dreams about the important kills. And00:20:12
I'd had a dream about you.00:20:15
I felt my legs tensing as I tried to00:20:17
judge the distance to my car.00:20:20
But then I felt a hard pressure on my00:20:22
thigh.00:20:24
Looking down, I saw a small knife tight00:20:28
against my inner thigh.00:20:30
When I looked up at Owen, any trace of00:20:33
humor or warmth was gone.00:20:37
I don't plan on killing you now, but I00:20:40
can adjust that plan if you decide to00:20:41
act stupid.00:20:43
So, keep still while we have our nice00:20:45
little talk. Okay.00:20:47
I gave a trembling nod and apparently00:20:52
satisfied, Owen sat back with the knife00:20:55
in his lap.00:20:57
"Good.00:20:59
Why?"00:21:01
He nodded as he looked out at the empty00:21:04
street.00:21:05
"That's not unreasonable."00:21:08
letting out a small sigh. He went on00:21:13
my family going back quite a few years00:21:18
special00:21:19
part of a very old way of living. Call00:21:23
it a philosophy or religion if you like00:21:27
though I think it's something both00:21:29
simpler and more complex than either.00:21:33
Glancing at me, he smirked again.00:21:36
Most people are born like you, little00:21:39
more than cattle or sheep.00:21:43
You live small lives and die small00:21:46
deaths,00:21:48
usually with little impact on anything00:21:50
other than the couple of cows standing00:21:52
nearest to you. And even they start00:21:55
grazing around your body soon enough.00:21:58
I don't say this to be condescending,00:22:01
as I truly don't think you have a choice00:22:03
in the matter.00:22:05
It's simply your nature.00:22:08
Clearing his throat, he went on.00:22:12
Then you have the anomalies,00:22:14
the serial killers and mass murderers.00:22:19
Maybe some of them sense something of00:22:20
the truth, but most are just mistakes of00:22:23
nature.00:22:25
mad animals with a drive to inflict pain00:22:29
because they themselves feel so much or00:22:33
because they can't feel any at all and00:22:36
it drives them crazy.00:22:39
And then there are us00:22:42
something higher and better.00:22:45
We kill not out of some warped desire or00:22:49
aberrant purpose,00:22:51
but as part of our journey of ascension00:22:53
toward a higher realm of existence.00:22:57
This may all sound crazy to you. And for00:23:00
that, I apologize.00:23:02
There's a part of me that realizes00:23:05
trying to explain this to you, to make00:23:08
you understand00:23:10
is like you trying to teach a dog how to00:23:12
do calculus or compose a sonnet.00:23:16
But I do feel compelled to try out of00:23:18
some strange respect for you. Or at00:23:21
least what you meant to me00:23:25
and perhaps to honor my mother's memory00:23:28
now better than I did when I was young.00:23:32
sucking in a shaky breath. I shrugged.00:23:36
Tell me what you need to do. I'll listen00:23:39
and try to understand.00:23:41
Just please don't kill me.00:23:44
Worried I wasn't responding enough to00:23:46
what he was saying. I threw in, "How00:23:50
does this honor your mom's memory?00:23:52
Was she00:23:54
like you?"00:23:57
The corner of Owen's mouth ticked up as00:23:59
he watched me.00:24:01
Oh yes, she was quite wonderful.00:24:05
Always so clever and full of life and00:24:08
mischief.00:24:10
He gestured in my direction.00:24:13
The time travel pamphlet, for instance,00:24:16
that was taken from some of her things.00:24:19
At one time, it had been used as a00:24:21
talisman,00:24:23
a means of safe travel in the territory00:24:25
of another.00:24:28
Leaning forward, he tapped below his00:24:30
eye.00:24:32
We can often sense others of our kind.00:24:35
Not always,00:24:37
and that by itself is not a guarantee of00:24:39
anything.00:24:41
But there are talismans.00:24:44
coded books and symbols,00:24:47
behaviors and phrases and acts that can00:24:51
to those that know act like a secret00:24:54
handshake, a way of saying we share the00:24:57
same way of living and walk the same00:24:59
path00:25:00
at least for a while.00:25:03
He let out a small laugh.00:25:06
Mother's way was to make curiosities00:25:10
obscure figurines engraved with the00:25:12
right markings or coded messages hidden00:25:15
in what appeared to be secret knowledge00:25:17
or forbidden ritual.00:25:20
I always thought her time travel00:25:21
pamphlet was silly when I was growing00:25:23
up. But after I lost her,00:25:27
I appreciated it more.00:25:30
She always had quite a sense of humor.00:25:33
wiping at the corner of his eye, he went00:25:36
on.00:25:38
So, I decided to honor her that day by00:25:42
carrying the booklet with me.00:25:45
And when I realized I couldn't kill you,00:25:49
I left it behind on impulse.00:25:52
He leaned forward again and squeezed my00:25:55
arm.00:25:57
I was so happy when I saw you'd picked00:25:59
it up, and it thrills me that you00:26:02
treasured it as well.00:26:04
Owen raised his hand to cover his mouth00:26:07
as he snickered.00:26:09
Though, I'll chalk you're actually00:26:10
buying into the time travel [ __ ] as the00:26:12
credul of youth.00:26:15
I blinked as I tried to order everything00:26:17
he was saying in my mind.00:26:20
Uh, okay. So, wait. You're saying your00:26:25
mother was dead when I saw her at the00:26:27
bus stop growing up? Owen rolled his00:26:30
eyes.00:26:32
Jesus. No, that was me. I know I'm older00:26:37
now and without the school momm get up,00:26:40
but can't you remember enough to see it00:26:41
was me that day?00:26:44
He He was right.00:26:48
I'd put it off as a family resemblance.00:26:50
But if he'd made himself look older back00:26:53
then and used a more feminine voice, I00:26:56
could see it being him. Even if I still00:26:59
didn't understand why.00:27:02
Did you do all this because you thought00:27:05
you had a dream about me back then? A00:27:08
dream that you were supposed to kill me?00:27:11
His gaze grew cooler.00:27:14
Not thought I did. I did.00:27:18
And no, I have never seen or known about00:27:20
you before the dream. And yes, it was00:27:24
specific enough that I knew it was you.00:27:27
Though I admit I didn't understand the00:27:29
details at the time.00:27:31
That's why I made the mistake of00:27:33
thinking I was supposed to kill you that00:27:34
day.00:27:36
I felt my stomach turning to ice as00:27:38
something occurred to me.00:27:41
That's why you said that. It's different00:27:44
than it's supposed to be.00:27:47
Owen immediately brightened. "Yes, very00:27:51
good. Yes, that's exactly right." He00:27:55
chuckled. "Our family is strong with00:27:58
guiding dreams for our important prey.00:28:01
But they are still dreams of a sort.00:28:04
Slippery and easy to misinterpret if00:28:07
you're young and dumb like I was." He00:28:11
shrugged.00:28:13
Still, when I sat down next to you, I00:28:17
immediately saw my mistake.00:28:19
And I was actually relieved.00:28:22
Even growing up like I did, I was still00:28:25
pretty new to hunting. And the idea of00:28:28
killing a kid, he was messing with me a00:28:30
little.00:28:32
The man's face grew a shade of red.00:28:35
I even worried at first that I'd let you00:28:37
go out of some sort of misplaced guilt.00:28:42
Until I realized I could still see you,00:28:43
that is still find you when the time was00:28:47
finally right.00:28:49
I felt my head swimming.00:28:52
I wanted to run, but something told me00:28:55
I'd never make it to my car or any kind00:28:57
of help. And even if I did, I wasn't00:29:00
sure it would stop him.00:29:03
I just needed to keep him talking by00:29:06
time until I thought of an escape or00:29:08
convinced him to let me go.00:29:11
But Well But you said you weren't going00:29:13
to kill me, so00:29:16
I guess it worked out, right?00:29:18
Owen shook his head slightly.00:29:22
No, I said I wasn't going to kill you00:29:24
today,00:29:26
and I won't unless you make a scene.00:29:29
It's not your time quite yet.00:29:32
When he grinned at me this time, I saw a00:29:35
hungry looking wolf.00:29:38
But it's much, much closer than it was00:29:41
before.00:29:43
Please, please don't. Just let me go and00:29:47
forget about me.00:29:49
The man folded up the knife and slipped00:29:51
it into his pocket as he studied me.00:29:55
Don't ruin this with begging.00:29:57
I found you quite likable, all things00:29:59
considered.00:30:01
And I'm glad I decided to share this00:30:03
with you.00:30:05
Yes, it will make you dread and worry00:30:07
until the day comes.00:30:09
But maybe it'll also help you understand00:30:12
that it's a worthwhile sacrifice you're00:30:14
going to be making.00:30:17
I can feel a pathosis00:30:20
or at least epiphany in your blood00:30:23
and I promise not to waste it.00:30:27
He leaned forward and patted my leg.00:30:31
I'll always treasure your death.00:30:35
I sat staring for a while, afraid to00:30:38
move or even breathe, casting about for00:30:42
some magic combination of words or00:30:44
actions to scare him off and make him00:30:46
change his mind.00:30:48
But there was nothing.00:30:50
All I could do was survive the00:30:52
encounter, go to the police, and then00:30:55
make sure I never saw him again.00:30:59
When are you supposed to do it then?00:31:02
I knew I'd said the words, but I barely00:31:05
recognized my own voice.00:31:08
It drifted out of me, disconnected and00:31:11
thin, to hang between us,00:31:15
and I didn't really expect him to00:31:17
answer,00:31:19
but then he did.00:31:21
March 19th,00:31:23
2021.00:31:26
I let out a gasp. The certainty and00:31:29
solidity of his prediction cutting00:31:31
through me like a cold wind.00:31:34
Uh, okay.00:31:37
Um,00:31:39
where00:31:41
where is it going to happen? So I can00:31:44
make sure I'm [ __ ] far away from00:31:46
there.00:31:47
Owen shrugged.00:31:49
I don't know. me meeting you, telling00:31:53
you all this, it's going to change00:31:56
things.00:31:58
You'll try to get help, get me arrested00:32:00
or something.00:32:02
When you realize no one can find me,00:32:05
you'll try to run, maybe even hide."00:32:09
He sighed softly.00:32:12
"I didn't tell you this to make your00:32:14
last years full of fear and trying to00:32:16
escape,00:32:18
but I can see why it would go that00:32:19
route.00:32:21
He patted my leg again.00:32:24
I know it's probably going to sound00:32:26
insincere,00:32:28
but I encourage you not to give into00:32:29
that fear.00:32:31
Live your life.00:32:33
Appreciate it more because you know it00:32:35
has a short expiration date.00:32:38
Don't waste it worrying about me.00:32:41
I surprised myself by laughing bitterly.00:32:46
Sure, just give up. make it easy for00:32:49
you, right?00:32:51
It was Owen's turn to look surprised.00:32:54
No, not at all. I thought you00:32:58
understood.00:33:00
He leaned toward me, his face serious,00:33:03
but not unkind.00:33:05
I can always see you like a distant00:33:08
light, no matter where you go.00:33:12
I've seen you since the day of the00:33:14
dream. And I'll see you until I take00:33:17
that light out of the world.00:33:20
And no matter where you go, no matter00:33:23
what you do,00:33:25
it won't matter.00:33:27
I'll always find you."00:33:30
I jumped as I heard a hiss a few feet00:33:32
away.00:33:34
Looking up, I saw that the bus had00:33:36
arrived.00:33:38
Owen stood up and gave me a parting nod00:33:40
before getting onto the bus.00:33:43
The driver looked past him and called to00:33:45
me, "You coming too?"00:33:48
I shook my head.00:33:51
And then the bus took my killer away.00:33:55
In the almost 3 years since, I've tried00:33:59
to live my life while also protecting00:34:01
it.00:34:02
I did go to the police, but they never00:34:05
found Owen or anything about who he00:34:08
really was or where he had gone.00:34:11
Maybe they thought I was lying or crazy.00:34:15
I don't know. But after the first month,00:34:18
I gave up trying.00:34:21
For the next 2 years, I lived my life00:34:23
fairly normally.00:34:25
I got an alarm system and a gun, but not00:34:28
much else changed other than me being00:34:30
more frugal than normal.00:34:32
I started tucking away what money I00:34:35
could when I could, not admitting to00:34:38
myself until late last year that what I00:34:40
was actually doing was building up00:34:43
resources so I could run.00:34:46
And the second week in January, that's00:34:49
exactly what I did.00:34:52
I traveled to New York and then to00:34:54
London. And from there I went to France00:34:58
where I'd already paid cash to rent a00:35:00
small house in a tiny village outside of00:35:02
Nice.00:35:04
I didn't speak a word of French before00:35:06
December and I'd never really wanted to00:35:09
go there, but I thought that made it a00:35:11
better spot than somewhere I might have00:35:13
talked openly about or searched on the00:35:15
internet before.00:35:17
As it turned out, the town was beautiful00:35:20
and the people were very warm and00:35:22
friendly.00:35:24
And by last month, I could stumble along00:35:27
enough in their natural tongue to keep00:35:29
most of them from having to revert to00:35:31
English out of pity.00:35:33
My life here is a good life that I'm00:35:36
coming to not only appreciate but truly00:35:38
love.00:35:40
I had planned on going back at the end00:35:42
of my lease.00:35:44
But the more time that passes,00:35:47
the more I begin to wonder if I'll ever00:35:49
leave at all,00:35:51
especially after today.00:35:54
This morning, I was walking out past the00:35:57
edge of town when I saw a figure00:35:59
standing under a distant tree.00:36:02
It was far enough I couldn't be sure,00:36:05
but it looked like an old woman in a00:36:07
long dark blue dress.00:36:10
Her head wrapped in a thick gray shawl.00:36:14
An old woman00:36:16
or00:36:18
someone wanting to appear as one.00:36:21
I tried to act casual, not glancing in00:36:24
their direction again until I was close00:36:25
enough to get a better look.00:36:28
But then when I did, they were gone.00:36:33
I told myself it was nothing. My mind00:36:36
playing tricks on me as I got only two00:36:38
days from the date of Owen's promise.00:36:41
I'd spent a lot of time in the past00:36:43
couple of years learning to control my00:36:45
fear.00:36:46
And by the time I reached the house, I00:36:49
was almost at peace again.00:36:52
That's when I stepped inside and found00:36:54
the gift waiting for me on the kitchen00:36:56
counter.00:36:58
It was a wooden chest piece, a knight.00:37:03
Originally, it had been a deep blue, but00:37:06
you could hardly tell it now, hidden as00:37:09
it was under the new layer of paint00:37:11
still drying across most of the horse's00:37:13
head and neck. The color vivid against00:37:16
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