Power Read Free Page B

after my dad died. Losing him too had been terrible, especially for my mom.
    “There were things I had to take care of. My job used to take me many places, and unfortunately, I was unable to stay in one place for very long. I was very sad to say goodbye, to both you and your mother.”
    He had hurt her a lot – hurt both of us. I was just glad she had come to the earlier service and missed out on this reunion.
    “But you didn’t say goodbye.” I paused for dramatic effect, arching my brow at him. I hoped he would realize that we weren’t really interested in reconciling past friendships. “Well, it’s been nice but I really have to go now. Goodbye, Rick,” I said to him as I marched towards my car and called out to Sam who ran over and took my hand. I held back a sigh at children and their small legs, Sam could never keep up with me at the best of times.
    “Please, Allison. Can you wait for just a second? I did come back for a reason,” Rick shouted at me as I raced to break free from all the weirdness of the situation.
    “I’m sure you did, but I’m very busy, and I really need to get my daughter home.” I tried to stay calm. I had been close to this man, and more importantly, my mother had cared for him. But then he just left. He never dropped by to see how life was or even pretended to care. And now he had chosen a terrible day to reappear. I was still aggravated and tired from last night’s fiasco and did not have the patience for this.
    “Please excuse us,” I said, as I turned to Sam, “C’mon baby. Let’s go.” She looked up at me with her big blue eyes, confusion covering her face. She didn’t seem to understand why I wouldn’t hear him out. But she hadn’t been there when he disappeared. Mom had needed a friend and he left her. And now he had come back to, what, ask for forgiveness or something? To be a part of our lives now? Well, I didn’t have time for this.
    It wasn’t until I saw his reflection in the car window that I realized he was now the one confused.
    “Your daughter?” he asked.
    I got into my car, ready to buckle my seatbelt, when he said something that threw me entirely off guard.
    “Can you honestly say that nothing strange has happened to you today? Maybe at… oh let’s say, 3:38 this morning?”
    What the hell? I hadn’t even told my mom about my dream. How could this stranger know anything about it? Obviously he noticed the awestruck look on my face, a look of complete and utter shock, decided I had taken his bait and continued on.
    “There are things in this world that not everyone knows about. A battle between good and evil, to put it lightly. There are good people with extraordinary power, and there are evil people with terrible power. You have been a part of this world since you were born, and there is a lot that you need to learn if you want to survive. Have you not noticed what is happening in this world? The wars? Did you learn nothing from your studies in this church? What makes you think famine and death won’t come next? However, this is neither the time nor place to be discussing this, so if you would like to drop your daughter off somewhere, we can figure out how…”
    I can’t be sure, but I think he stopped because of the look of pure disbelief that took over my features. Good and evil? People with powers? Drop my daughter off somewhere so I can meet up with him? War, Death, and Famine? What, like the Horsemen of the Apocalypse? He must have gone crazy while he was away. What happened to me last night was just a dream. There was no other logical solution for it.
    “Listen, I don’t know how you know these things about me – like my birthday, and my dreams – but it doesn’t matter. I have had some weird dreams lately, yes. And there are some crazy things happening in this world, of course. But that’s all. Nothing more! There is no such thing as ‘people with powers,’ the end of the world is NOT coming right now, and I have never been a part