Elijah rubbed his head. There were times in his life when he would have dismissed such optimism and gullibility as complete ignorance. In fact, most of his adult life. But for the first time in many years, he actually wanted to find some way to believe Jared’s hopeful version of reality. Some way to believe that Reggie’s act wasn’t in vain. Some way to hope that he and his mom would be reunited one day in a heaven filled with infinite light and brilliant color. Some way to lessen the searing sting of death and the utter desperateness of eternal darkness. Pg. 169
Gerred Lee 