To My Best Friend

"You can't know the future. And even the little of it you can detect allowed you to save me from the explosion at the reserve. I also can't thank you enough for saving Kyle as well. It's not something I thought I'd say… but still, I'm grateful… and," her words were gone, swallowed up by the growing anguish that threatened to consume her.

"One moment we have a daughter and the next, we don't… Who knew life would be that cruel?" Tom sighed, pulling his wife closer to him. At a moment when he wished he was speaking with his daughter's physical form, his grip on Marie's waist would get slightly tighter.

"I don't think I follow. As far as I'm concerned, I've never stopped being your daughter," the girl replied sternly before softening, "I forgot to tell you back then, but I was excited to see you guys back at the reserve. I hadn't known when I would be seeing you again."