"Hello? Is anyone there?"144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqF1P3hjJo
Why did I agree to come to this stupid cabin? I knew the storm warnings were serious.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkF2u5o9y8C
"Sarah? Come on, this isn't funny!"
Maybe the power's just out. That has to be it. The wind was picking up before I got here.
"If you're trying to scare me, mission accomplished!"144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmd27Q15B95
Keep it together, Michael. You're a grown man. It's just an old family cabin in the woods... with no cell service... during what might be the storm of the century.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZM5Xom98R
"Oh! You scared me half to death!"144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7THCiutAxY
"Sorry about that. I was in the cellar checking the circuit breakers. No luck though. Power lines must be down somewhere."144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnxd0uHtl8
She looks different somehow. Something about her eyes...144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqgUMBs5fp
"Well, at least we have the fireplace. I brought some logs in before the rain started. How long have you been here, Sarah?"
"Just since this morning. I wanted to set everything up before you arrived. We haven't spent time together like this in years."
Not since before the accident. I still don't know how to talk to her about it.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQPtP1wxWd
"Did you bring the food supplies like we planned?"
"Everything's in the kitchen. But I think we should start that fire first. It's getting cold in here."
Why isn't she mentioning what happened last time? Maybe she doesn't remember. The doctors said there might be memory issues.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Xzu6HI0ar
"The flames look beautiful, don't they? Like they're dancing."144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdkOBFroh9
"Yeah. Remember when Dad used to tell us ghost stories by the fire?"
"How could I forget? I didn't sleep for a week after the one about the lumberjack."
She remembers that? I thought... no, don't bring it up. This is nice. Normal.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHR4DIIVTb
"Michael, why are you looking at me like that?"
"Like what?"
"Like you're seeing a ghost."
If only she knew how accurate that was.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFokV8iRyG
"Sorry, it's just... it's been a while."
"I know. After everything that happened... I wasn't sure you'd want to see me again."
So she does remember. But how much?144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoDcFu8UY0
"Listen to that rain. It's really coming down now."144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1p6WVW89C
"The weather report said it could last for days. Are we going to be okay here?"
"We should be. There's plenty of food, we have water, and the fireplace will keep us warm."
Unless the river floods. Like last time.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZU2B1GbzL
"Sarah... can I ask you something?"
"Of course."
"What's the last thing you remember... from before?"
Please don't be upset. I just need to know.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXPEYhoAGo
"You mean from before the accident?"
She said it. She actually said it.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1aVkvMPdn
"Yes."
"I remember everything, Michael. I remember the argument we had. I remember storming out into the storm. I remember the bridge collapsing."
But that's impossible. She couldn't have survived that.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGBqsN2PSK
"Then how are you... how are we having this conversation?"
"What do you mean? I'm right here."144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MKnOYHGPy
Is she really not aware?144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBP3xdwmG6R
"Sarah, they never found your body. The current was too strong. We searched for weeks."
"That's ridiculous. I'm sitting right across from you!"
Her expression... it's changing. Can she see the truth in my face?144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnJzXwdfVw
"Then why did you ask me to meet you here? After three years of nothing?"
"I didn't ask you anything. I got your message. You said you had something important to tell me."
This isn't happening. This can't be real.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWVHrh4Nob
"No, that's not... I got a text from your number. It said to come to the cabin. That you'd be waiting."
"Michael, my phone was lost in the river. With me."
Oh god.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrXkXLXXVV
"Did you hear that?"144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRUxfO1xTe
"Hear what?"
"It sounded like footsteps. On the porch."
Please be the wind. Please be the wind.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYpXMBe5yD
"I don't hear anything. Michael, you're scaring me."
She's scared? How does that work if she's...144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNk2HtNQxQr
"Wait, there it is again!"
"I still don't hear anything. Maybe you're just on edge because of our conversation."
Or maybe whatever sent that message is here now.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7MiWY2uzvR
"Stay here. I'm going to check."
"No! Don't leave me alone!"
If she's really a... then what is she afraid of?144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoW7tO12hje
"There's nothing out there. Just the storm."144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjl4KLj3cD
"Are you sure? You seemed convinced."
"I guess my mind is playing tricks on me."
Or something else is.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWsHgrY96m
"Michael, there's something I need to tell you. About that night."
Finally, the truth.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcFRQ34d22
"What about it?"
"It wasn't an accident. I went to that bridge on purpose."
No, no, no. Please don't say it.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgQHi3JK7w
"What are you saying, Sarah?"
"I wanted it to end. Everything was too much. The pain, the memories... I just wanted peace."
I can't breathe. This is my fault. I should have seen the signs.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASaDHac20j
"But then, in the water, fighting to breathe... I changed my mind. I wanted to live, Michael. I fought so hard."
Then how are you here? How are we talking?144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37zhqrwt8t
"I need some air."144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKoagc6RW3
"Michael, it's pouring outside. You can't go out there."
"I just... I need a minute. To process this."
None of this makes sense. Either I'm losing my mind, or...144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCfTMbztKa
"The storm is getting worse. Look how the fire flickers. We shouldn't separate."
Was that a flash of... something else... in her eyes?144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpII4vSsxZ
"Sarah, if you survived, why didn't you come back? Where have you been for three years?"
"I... I can't explain that part. Not yet."
What does that even mean?144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcmcn4cLdM
"Do you remember what you said to me? Right before I left that night?"144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffQSdEcJFb
I've replayed those words every day since.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfgYlk9Sp9
"I said I wished I'd never had a sister. That my life would be better without you in it."
"And now you've gotten exactly what you wanted."
Her voice sounds different now. Colder.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrOmlxmrNZ
"I didn't mean it. I've regretted those words every day since you... since you disappeared."
"Regret doesn't change what happened, Michael. Regret doesn't bring people back."
But then what is sitting across from me?144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYiktAVm9R
"What's happening to the fire? It's turning... blue?"144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0V3FGpBMMx
"It's time, Michael."
"Time for what?"
She's not moving. Why isn't she blinking?144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJwegDLcte
"Time for you to make a choice."
The room feels like it's spinning. The walls seems to be... breathing?144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQuDvlt3qX
"I don't understand what's happening."
"Three years ago, I made a choice at that bridge. Now it's your turn."
This can't be real. This has to be a nightmare.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjyOkS47N0
"Sarah, you're scaring me."
"Good. Fear means you're finally paying attention."
"What choice? What are you talking about?"144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFC8tLlIR73
Her eyes... they're completely black now.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8eWo7IkaS
"You can join me, or you can let me go. For real this time."
"Join you where? You're not making sense!"
"You know where I am, Michael. You've always known."
No. No, I refuse to believe that.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYGzEz5XwE
"You're not dead. You can't be dead. You're sitting right here!"
"Am I? Look closer."
I can't. I'm too afraid of what I'll see.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5g1G076qA
"The storm is inside now, isn't it? Not just outside."144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOBtn0L5SL
"It's been inside you for three years. Guilt, regret, anger... your own personal tempest."
The fire is spreading along the walls, but nothing's burning. How is this possible?144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt12gUYvwDk
"What happens if I choose to let you go?"
"Then you live, Michael. You finally live."
"And if I choose to join you?"
"Then the storm takes us both. Together. Like it should have that night."
She holds out her hand. It looks solid, real. But there's water dripping from her fingertips.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJs3C4jVty
"I don't want to die."144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHllHS5tLU
But I don't want to live without her either.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQWbJpvkbY
"Then live for me, little brother. Live the life I never got to have."
"How? How do I just move on after everything?"
"By forgiving yourself. I already have."
The tears feel hot against my cold cheeks.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnaepHMNz9
"I'm so sorry, Sarah. For everything."
"I know. That's why I came back. To say goodbye properly."
Her form is shifting now, becoming transparent around the edges.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kDoJMrOdc
"Will I ever see you again?"144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZL2ndp4dUZ
"Not like this. But I'll be around."
The fire is returning to normal. The walls have stopped breathing.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5YJe9lAYs
"I love you, Sarah."
"I love you too. Now, make your choice."
I know what I have to do. For both of us.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnN1BMCAYv
"I choose to live."
Her smile is the last thing I see before the room goes dark.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGDb2DuxQU
"Hello? Is anyone there?"144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGi2kqhOIC
The cabin is empty. Sunlight streams through the windows.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNRuKrfU8Y
"Just checking in, Mr. Harris. Wanted to make sure you were okay after spending the night. That was some storm, wasn't it?"
"I'm... I'm fine. Better than I've been in a long time, actually."
And I am. For the first time in three years, the weight is gone.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1diVC6mUS0
"Well, good. You had me worried when you said you needed to stay in your sister's old cabin. Especially with the anniversary coming up and all."
"It was something I needed to do. To say goodbye."
The caretaker nods, not fully understanding. How could he?144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFs6gdLlJuH
"If you're ready, I can drive you back to town now."
"Yes, I think I'm finally ready."
As we walk out, I swear I feel her presence, just for a moment. And it feels like peace.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBh3iYYtkI
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