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Authors: Peggy Holloway
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the future, I saw Joe and Josie live almost a lifetime. I saw you try to find Joe.”
“Yeah,” I interrupted, “He was an old man and I had great grandchildren. It was horrible.”
Joe pulled me to him and kissed the top of my head, “Let her finish, baby.”
“At one point I tried to intervene. I messed up big time and sent you into someone else’s body and you were hung. I’m so sorry you had to experience that, Ashley.”
“I wasn’t crazy about it myself,” I said and I must have looked at Irene like I blamed her.
“Don’t blame her, Ashley,” Joe said. “She was trying to help.”
Irene chuckled and then continued, “What I finally learned by trial and error was that there are certain places where you can see over into the different universes. These are usually clear places or slick surfaces. There are many but, to name a few, mirrors, lakes or pools with no ripples, and windows. Did you ever think you saw someone out of the corner of your eye but, when you turned to look, no one was there? Well you had just gotten a glimpse into a parallel universe.
“What I found out was that I couldn’t interfere, but I could get messages across the thin membrane between the different universes. I learned to project my image into these membranes and that’s how I was able to tell you to come back to New Orleans.”
“But how did Joe get here?”
“That’s a little harder to explain. You already know that time is not linear. Well I learned to not only project my image into some of the membranes, but I found that I could manipulate the time in which I did so. I’ll teach you some day, b ut it has to do with the fact that time and space are interconnected. All I had to do was to get you both to end up at the same time an d place.”
“Oh, is that all?” I asked an d we all got a good laugh out of that.
“With Joe, it was easy. I projected into the assisted living place where he lived and sent him a message while he was looking in his mirro r , shaving.”
“I thought I was going senile,” Joe broke in. “Then when she told me I had to walk to the riverboat and I had to go alone, I felt like she had lost her mind. I thought there was no way I could walk that far. But the farther I walked the younger and stronger I became. It was amazing.
“I stopped at the bank and withdrew some money and got in a poker game and that’s where you found me.”
“So, not only is time not linear but it’s also space related?” I asked. “I hope you both know that this is blowing my mind.”
Suddenly Joe grabbed me and kissed me and it shut me up. I responded to his kiss but I was still feeling frustrated. Everything I had thought I had finally figured out about the universe was not what it was at all. It was so much more complicated than I would have ever imagined.
I had some more questions but the most important one was what I now asked, “Irene, where and when is Josie ?”
Joe and Irene looked at each other and I saw tears in their eyes. Then Irene spoke, “Sometimes, there is a price to pay for moving around within time and space. Sometimes someone or something is sacrificed.”
I pulled away from Joe, “You sacrificed Josie so that we could be together? How could you? She was your own flesh and blood.”
I took a deep breath to continue berating Joe but Irene jumped in, “It wasn’t his choice, Ashley. Quit acting like a two year old. Sit still while I explain. I didn’t say that either one of us sacrificed Josie , not on purpose anyway.
“By coming back here and now, you and Joe changed history. We didn’t realize that everything affects everything and everyone else. If you want to blame anyone, you could blame me but you know that my heart has always been in the right place concerning your family. ”
I sat still for a few moments and I became ashamed of myself. I whispered, “What happened to her, Irene?”
“ She still
“Yeah,” I interrupted, “He was an old man and I had great grandchildren. It was horrible.”
Joe pulled me to him and kissed the top of my head, “Let her finish, baby.”
“At one point I tried to intervene. I messed up big time and sent you into someone else’s body and you were hung. I’m so sorry you had to experience that, Ashley.”
“I wasn’t crazy about it myself,” I said and I must have looked at Irene like I blamed her.
“Don’t blame her, Ashley,” Joe said. “She was trying to help.”
Irene chuckled and then continued, “What I finally learned by trial and error was that there are certain places where you can see over into the different universes. These are usually clear places or slick surfaces. There are many but, to name a few, mirrors, lakes or pools with no ripples, and windows. Did you ever think you saw someone out of the corner of your eye but, when you turned to look, no one was there? Well you had just gotten a glimpse into a parallel universe.
“What I found out was that I couldn’t interfere, but I could get messages across the thin membrane between the different universes. I learned to project my image into these membranes and that’s how I was able to tell you to come back to New Orleans.”
“But how did Joe get here?”
“That’s a little harder to explain. You already know that time is not linear. Well I learned to not only project my image into some of the membranes, but I found that I could manipulate the time in which I did so. I’ll teach you some day, b ut it has to do with the fact that time and space are interconnected. All I had to do was to get you both to end up at the same time an d place.”
“Oh, is that all?” I asked an d we all got a good laugh out of that.
“With Joe, it was easy. I projected into the assisted living place where he lived and sent him a message while he was looking in his mirro r , shaving.”
“I thought I was going senile,” Joe broke in. “Then when she told me I had to walk to the riverboat and I had to go alone, I felt like she had lost her mind. I thought there was no way I could walk that far. But the farther I walked the younger and stronger I became. It was amazing.
“I stopped at the bank and withdrew some money and got in a poker game and that’s where you found me.”
“So, not only is time not linear but it’s also space related?” I asked. “I hope you both know that this is blowing my mind.”
Suddenly Joe grabbed me and kissed me and it shut me up. I responded to his kiss but I was still feeling frustrated. Everything I had thought I had finally figured out about the universe was not what it was at all. It was so much more complicated than I would have ever imagined.
I had some more questions but the most important one was what I now asked, “Irene, where and when is Josie ?”
Joe and Irene looked at each other and I saw tears in their eyes. Then Irene spoke, “Sometimes, there is a price to pay for moving around within time and space. Sometimes someone or something is sacrificed.”
I pulled away from Joe, “You sacrificed Josie so that we could be together? How could you? She was your own flesh and blood.”
I took a deep breath to continue berating Joe but Irene jumped in, “It wasn’t his choice, Ashley. Quit acting like a two year old. Sit still while I explain. I didn’t say that either one of us sacrificed Josie , not on purpose anyway.
“By coming back here and now, you and Joe changed history. We didn’t realize that everything affects everything and everyone else. If you want to blame anyone, you could blame me but you know that my heart has always been in the right place concerning your family. ”
I sat still for a few moments and I became ashamed of myself. I whispered, “What happened to her, Irene?”
“ She still
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