A Legion Xmas Story - Chapter 13

[Phil 5,129]

A Legion Xmas Story

 

Chapter 1 - @stevo

Chapter 2 - @DollarAndADream & @Molholt

Chapter 3 - @sterling & @Phil

Chapter 4 - @Victor

Chapter 5 - Hotel Breakfast

Chapter 6 - The Swap

Chapter 7 - Lighter Spirits

Chapter 8 - The Paradox

Chapter 9 - Last Christmas

Chapter 10 - The Second Dinner

Chapter 11 - Do Not Grieve What Is Not Lost

Chapter 12 - The Power of Voice

 

 

Chapter 13

 

 

Mary tried to comfort World, but something didn’t seem right. Mary wanted to feel like he just hadn’t told all the details, but it seemed like something else was off. Rubbing the middle of his back she told him to take big breaths, which he did. After 30 seconds or so, he had calmed down a bit.

 

“Can I ask you a couple of questions, perhaps to take your mind off the ending of that story?”

 

“Anything to help me not re-live that nightmare.”

 

“When did you and your wife meet?"

 

It seemed almost as if a fire was lit in his eyes. He sat bolt upright and leaned forward to begin talking. “We met in Germany while I was there for a week because of back-to-back games in Cologne. I went for a stroll downtown and saw her standing at a bus stop waiting. Her strawberry hair glistened in the sun to make her look like a Greek Goddess. I don’t normally wander up to strangers and strike up conversations, but it was like I was sucked in by her. She had her own magnetic field and was just naturally drawn in to her. We talked until her bus came and I begged for her number, and the rest is history, as they say”

 

“That’s a beautiful story. Very romantic and unique. And how long before you guys got married?”

 

“We married almost exactly a year later. Her parents were both traditional Germans from Upper Bavaria, so we had the wedding there in a Church. It was magnificent."

 

There It was, it clicked. Mary nodded in understanding of the situation, not the words World had just finished saying. As World went into detail, extreme details about the wedding ceremonies, the vows and the reception, Mary tried to figure out the best way to bring up what she must. Then World handed it to her on a silver platter.

 

“...but now that’s just a memory. She’s gone… forever.”

 

“Why did she leave you World?”

 

“..wha..what?” World asked perplexed.

 

“Tell me the truth. Why did she leave you?”

[stevo 795]

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