I’ll Wait For You To Come Back To Me

‘Deborah, you’ve been dead for so many years. At least it looked that way to me. How do you expect me to make good on that promise?’ ‘But I didn’t want to be dead!’ she shouted. ‘I wanted to come back so badly! I wanted to come back to you, but I couldn’t! The thought of never seeing you again almost drove me to suicide, did you know that?’ Deborah covered her face with her hands and sobbed. ‘I was kept a prisoner for seven years. I couldn’t leave the house. There was always someone watching wherever I went. I had no one to talk to. I had no phone. I couldn’t ask for help. I tried to escape, but I—’ ‘It’s my fault. I shouldn’t have expected you to wait for me for so many years. I know I’m being selfish, but I just can’t help it!’ Deborah coughed. She was wheezing. She clutched at her chest. ‘It’s all my fault. I sh-shouldn’t…I shouldn’t have expected you to…to wait. I…’ ‘Deborah?’ Austyn noticed her face getting paler. She was having trouble breathing. ‘Don’t speak right now.’ He pulle