He put his hand on his cheek and whispered into a microphone his sleeve. No one in the coffee shop took any notice. A surveillance van was parked acro...s the street on Broadway. Soren digested this little speech as he ate his eggs, rice, and beans. He was still very quiet, trying to hold back the tears. On the way back to the dorm they had stopped at a corner waiting for the light to change, and Soren put his arm around his roommate, around Alan’s shoulder. ‘Thanks,’ he croaked, a half of a. Another long pause “No Peg I really wanted to spend the time in bed with you, having Jim here is a pain in the ass. At the last party, afterwards I got calls saying don’t have the guy back again he’s a pain in the ass”. She thought about what he said, Jim was turning into a petty complainer about everything. “Well I’ve already told him about it so I’m stuck this time, if you ever want to be with me alone I need time to work on it”. Juan sighed, “Ok you can bring him, he is cockold right”? “Yes. It was a memory that I wish I could not remember. The sound of mother’s screams, and the look in my father’s eyes right before he let the wolf kill him. A look of acceptance and pride, but the image that always stuck to me was the beast’s eyes. Golden, wild, and full of malice. Why it had paused to gaze at me, I do not know. So many questions filled my mind about that night, questions that I could only answer when I found that beast that killed them.Once I had finished cutting the boards, I. Dead. I didn't think it was right for me to just..do it. Also, if I do it, I'll be bound to Ashley's body forever. When her body dies, so does my own spirit. No moving on. Ever." I take a minute to absorb this information. *So, the price of a second life..is the forfeit of paradise.* I make up my mind. My voice returns to it's normal tone and I tell her, "Do it. If Ashley's spirit is still in this world. The least I can do is find a way for her to move on. With this situation, I won't be.