An Unexpected Opportunity

Alex awoke by Nari's side early in the next morning. The young woman was clinging to him tightly, as if she was unconsciously begging him to stay by her side. But Alex had a limited amount of time in this world. And he needed to go back to the states as quickly as possible.

Because of this he left the woman a note, telling her he'd be back before she realized it, and that he looked forward to watching her compete in the Olympics. It was a subtle encouragement, but one that reinforced his thoughts from their previous discussion.

After leaving this note for Nari, Alex teleported back to the United States and checked his phone to see it was full of messages from Vanessa. Voice mails and texts which had been left the previous night, asking Alex to contact her as soon as possible.