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face drifted into his memory and he felt her presence. This would work. It had to. The Ancients wouldn’t strand him here with his guide and leave his wife alone to carry their child. “Please…” he heard himself whisper.
    They stepped out onto the street. Hadley looked around. The cars. The people. He closed his eyes and said a silent prayer. He was back in 2013.
    Now he could breathe.

Chapter Ten

    Jewel took a short step and then stumbled to a stop. Her mouth dropped as a strange mini-sized car blasted its horn and whizzed by on the street. She still had ahold of Hadley’s hand as she asked, “Where the heck am I?”
    He smiled. “I took a gamble that it’s where you want to be.”
    Behind her, a choked voice said barely above a whisper, “Oh my God, it worked… you brought her here.”
    Why did that voice sound familiar? She’d tried to forget that voice, but it was back. Someone took her by the upper arm and turned her around. When she saw Glenn’s face, she stared at him for a long moment. She’d been a strong women her whole life, so why were her knees not supporting her? She didn’t care how or why he was here, he just was. Jewel let out a cry and threw her arms around his neck. He stumbled back a step from the impact, but she held on. Pulling him to her, she kissed him. His lips were warm against hers and he tasted like Red Vines licorice.
    He took her face in his hands. His voice cracked, “You’re here,” he repeated as he pressed his forehead to hers.
    She closed her eyes tight and then opened them wide. He was still there. She kissed him again to see if he would disappear. Her body trembled with emotions so explosive, Jewel wasn’t sure what to do first. Should she laugh? Cry? Scream? Hell, she’d deal with the roller-coaster going on inside her later. Right now, she’d kissed Glenn again to make sure he was real. She brought her mouth to his forehead and pushed his soft, sandy brown hair away to kiss his temple. From standing in the warm sun, his skin tasted salty from perspiration. “I… did I take the rest of the pills? Am I dead?” she asked not letting go of his arm.
    He took a step back and looked at her with so much love in his eyes; she thought her chest would cave into her backbone. “No… thank God. Neither of us is dead.”
    “But… you are. You’re dead.”
    “In a sense, I guess I am, but here, I’m alive. It’s a long story.”
    “Jewel, I know this is difficult for you to comprehend,” Hadley said. “I spotted a small park bench around the corner. If you allow us to take you there, Glenn will try to explain some of what’s happened,”
    Jewel let the two men take an arm and walked with her until they reached the bench. She sat and Glenn joined her.
    “I’ll come back in say a half hour.” Hadley looked at Glenn. “I know it won’t be easy but try your best to explain. Good luck.”
    “I’ll need it.” Glenn gave him a thin smile. “Thanks.”
    The bench and the small park were off the busy street and offered them privacy. “Your mother called me,” Jewel began. “She said you were lost at sea and declared dead.”
    “My mother…” he stopped, and his face grew dark. “It must have been so tough for her to receive the news. I’m not sure how to explain this or how all of this happened either, but this is what I remember. On the last night we spent together, I was on the way back to base, and I stopped at the bookstore you were just in. It’s some kind of a time portal. When I went through the door, I was in the year 2013 and not in 1942.”
    She shook her head. “This is impossible.” She wanted him there, so he’d appeared. A convenient story her mind told her and conjured another illusion. Jewel couldn’t allow her heart to be pulled through hell again.
    Glenn took her hand, squeezed it, and then touched his hand to her cheek. “I know how crazy it all sounds. I’ve been telling myself this the last few months too. Common sense tells me