Gabe slowed to
a stop on the side of the road. Turning off his bike and taking off
his helmet, he raised his bronzed face to the sky, letting the tiny
droplets of rain cascade onto his face. His blue eyes watered with
the tears of a lost boy, one who desperately wanted to find his way
home...only, he didn’t have one.
Home. He thought pensively, Where is my
home? At the church? With my mother? In Greece? Nowhere ever felt
like home. Just a drifting star searching for its own galaxy.
Lily.
Whenever Lily was near him…that’s when Gabe
felt he was home. It wasn’t a town or a profession he sought, not
an apartment or a bungalow with a picket fence on a crowded
street...it was her. She and Gabe were destined to be together, he
always knew it deep down, but was too stubborn to admit it.
He had to find her.
Lily…where are you? Gabe wondered, his heart
full of worry.
Sarah mentioned Lily told her she was going
‘to the only place where no one would find her’.
“Think, Gabe, think!”
Overhead, a rumbling of thunder reverberated
through the impending twilight sky. Gabe cringed as he thought of
Lily, alone somewhere listening to the same storm, frightened.
She’d always been terribly afraid of thunder and lightning. He
recalled an evening where he and Lily sat huddled in the old tree
house waiting for a storm to pass over.
They’d been out fishing in the pond when a
storm rolled in very quickly. The grape-sized hail pelted their
skin as they ran for shelter. Even though her father had forbidden
the children to play in the tree house, Lily ran straight for it,
instructing Gabe to follow her.
It seemed like hours they waited for the
storm to blow over. Every time the sky lit up with electricity and
the thunder growled, she shivered with fear. Gabe held her as close
as he could, her head buried in his chest. She whimpered with each
crash in the sky. Cuddling together to stay warm, they ate old
raisins Lily had stashed there.
When he asked her why she kept food hidden
there, she confessed shyly, “I come here sometimes, when I want to
be alone…”
The words echoed clearly through Gabe’s mind
as he remembered that night.
“Hah!!” He yelled exuberantly, realizing
where Lily was. He hollered so loudly, he startled an elderly
couple walking their dog down the wet sidewalk. They looked at him,
concern clouded their expressions.
Looking down at himself, he realized he was
still wearing his ceremonial robes, white collar and all. He had
run from the exorcism so fast, he’d forgotten to change. It must
have been quite the sight for the old couple. A priest sitting on a
motorbike in the rain.
Gabe laughed as he quickly put on his helmet,
fired up his bike and hit the gas so hard his bike took off
sideways.
Elated, he set his sights on the acreage.
Renewed Vows
Shivering in a corner of the tree house, the
storm raging overhead, Lily wished she were anywhere but here. Her
stubborn nature, however, would not let her surrender herself to
her parent’s home only minutes away.
The rain beat down on the roof like millions
of tiny drums. Wind pushed the old oak tree so hard, the tree house
rocked; making Lily imagine all sorts of terrible predicaments.
Sure, with my luck, the whole tree will fall
over, taking the tree house with it!
Lily stared into the flickering flame, her
only source of light. The red candle had withered away to half its
length. Wax pooled at the base of the holder making it look like a
tiny volcano had erupted. The hardened red wax resembled lava that
had cooled itself into wavy puddles.
Sighing, Lily laid down, curling herself into
a little ball. She was exhausted from the day and desired sleep.
Just as she closed her eyes, she heard a noise from outside the
trap door.
She swore she heard someone coming up the
ladder, but after listening for a moment; she shook off her
paranoia and closed her eyes again.
BANG!
Lily’s eyes flew open. Sitting up straight,
she stared at the trap
a stop on the side of the road. Turning off his bike and taking off
his helmet, he raised his bronzed face to the sky, letting the tiny
droplets of rain cascade onto his face. His blue eyes watered with
the tears of a lost boy, one who desperately wanted to find his way
home...only, he didn’t have one.
Home. He thought pensively, Where is my
home? At the church? With my mother? In Greece? Nowhere ever felt
like home. Just a drifting star searching for its own galaxy.
Lily.
Whenever Lily was near him…that’s when Gabe
felt he was home. It wasn’t a town or a profession he sought, not
an apartment or a bungalow with a picket fence on a crowded
street...it was her. She and Gabe were destined to be together, he
always knew it deep down, but was too stubborn to admit it.
He had to find her.
Lily…where are you? Gabe wondered, his heart
full of worry.
Sarah mentioned Lily told her she was going
‘to the only place where no one would find her’.
“Think, Gabe, think!”
Overhead, a rumbling of thunder reverberated
through the impending twilight sky. Gabe cringed as he thought of
Lily, alone somewhere listening to the same storm, frightened.
She’d always been terribly afraid of thunder and lightning. He
recalled an evening where he and Lily sat huddled in the old tree
house waiting for a storm to pass over.
They’d been out fishing in the pond when a
storm rolled in very quickly. The grape-sized hail pelted their
skin as they ran for shelter. Even though her father had forbidden
the children to play in the tree house, Lily ran straight for it,
instructing Gabe to follow her.
It seemed like hours they waited for the
storm to blow over. Every time the sky lit up with electricity and
the thunder growled, she shivered with fear. Gabe held her as close
as he could, her head buried in his chest. She whimpered with each
crash in the sky. Cuddling together to stay warm, they ate old
raisins Lily had stashed there.
When he asked her why she kept food hidden
there, she confessed shyly, “I come here sometimes, when I want to
be alone…”
The words echoed clearly through Gabe’s mind
as he remembered that night.
“Hah!!” He yelled exuberantly, realizing
where Lily was. He hollered so loudly, he startled an elderly
couple walking their dog down the wet sidewalk. They looked at him,
concern clouded their expressions.
Looking down at himself, he realized he was
still wearing his ceremonial robes, white collar and all. He had
run from the exorcism so fast, he’d forgotten to change. It must
have been quite the sight for the old couple. A priest sitting on a
motorbike in the rain.
Gabe laughed as he quickly put on his helmet,
fired up his bike and hit the gas so hard his bike took off
sideways.
Elated, he set his sights on the acreage.
Renewed Vows
Shivering in a corner of the tree house, the
storm raging overhead, Lily wished she were anywhere but here. Her
stubborn nature, however, would not let her surrender herself to
her parent’s home only minutes away.
The rain beat down on the roof like millions
of tiny drums. Wind pushed the old oak tree so hard, the tree house
rocked; making Lily imagine all sorts of terrible predicaments.
Sure, with my luck, the whole tree will fall
over, taking the tree house with it!
Lily stared into the flickering flame, her
only source of light. The red candle had withered away to half its
length. Wax pooled at the base of the holder making it look like a
tiny volcano had erupted. The hardened red wax resembled lava that
had cooled itself into wavy puddles.
Sighing, Lily laid down, curling herself into
a little ball. She was exhausted from the day and desired sleep.
Just as she closed her eyes, she heard a noise from outside the
trap door.
She swore she heard someone coming up the
ladder, but after listening for a moment; she shook off her
paranoia and closed her eyes again.
BANG!
Lily’s eyes flew open. Sitting up straight,
she stared at the trap
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