My vision, already night sharp, confirmed the sleeping forms of my children were safe in their beds. Barefoot, I left the room, silently closing the d...or behind me.A soft breeze was rustling through the trees. Without conscious thought, I took the path leading back down to the beach. At this hour no one was around. I came out onto the sands and the gust of an ocean breeze took my breath away.The beach was white again under the gleaming rays of the full moon. Instead of burning the land as had. "Was that true? What you showed us, did it really happen that way?" Adriana asked me suddenly."What you saw was my memory of what happened," I replied. "It was accurate as far as I remember." So your last life was really that bad?" she thought to me."Comparisons are subjective. Was it as bad as not being able to speak?" I asked her rhetorically. "I really couldn't say. I can tell you that I lived the last forty years of my life in a lonely hell of sadness and despair. Should I have gotten out. “He was supposed to help me with a little tutoring.”The remark throws Emma off for a second. “I would not take you as one needing any tutoring nor Mister Braxton doing any tutoring.”Casey smiles even more, squinting her eyes at the same time. “You can just never really know about people.”“I suppose not,” Emma grins. “Since he is not here, is there something I can help you with?”“No I’ve got to get on to my next class,” Casey says quickly.“I thought you were here to get tutored?”“Yeah, I was but. It was a few seconds before she opened the door, but when she did she met me wearing a robe. The room was completely dark behind her. “Ted, I’m glad you came over,” she said, opening her arms and wrapping them around me. “I just…” “Shhh, shhh,” she said, holding a finger over my mouth. She then reached down and took me by the hand and led be into her apartment. There were several candles lit on the kitchen table and I noticed some music playing faintly in the background. I grabbed the Gold Card.