"Anaeha. Hi, it's Alex..Pessa. I wanted to talk to you...but you're not in right now...but that's okay. You're probably out saving the world. Anyway...call me when it is convenient. I'll be around. Take care."

I hung up. Getting her answering machine, it wasn't what I wanted...but, I had called her and that was a big step. Now, all I could do was wait and hope she wasn't somewhere far away. Like in space, or deep beneath the waves. I really wanted to see her soon.

It would have been sooner, that I had talked to her..but..I needed time. I only hope I hadn't waited too long. She was too wonderful a woman to remain by herself for long. Especially for a man like me...the way I was now. Sick, with my power all but gone. But hope can be hard to kill, so...I clung to it. Weak? Maybe, but..so be it. We can't always be strong.

 

October