Heaven holds a place.

Whispers Fall Silent.
Life passes.
For true believers.
Love is eternal.

Heaven holds a place..





It is 6:30 pm at junction thirty three of Crows Crossing Road, James Osgood and Lila Peterson have been driving all of fifteen hours to get to Newport City. With just one hundred and fifty miles to go they decide to stop and get something to eat it begins to rain as they sit in the Mercedes, they are both young and very much in love with each other, in spite of all of the objections of each ones family and friends. They have decided to elope and get married in Newport City, where James uncle Larry has promised him employment, and they will begin their new life together. The rain is falling harder as the gas station attendant warns James about hazardous road conditions, James swears that he will be careful and the young couple drives away. they don’t speak a word between them for several miles, when Lila places her hand on James inner thigh, and smiles knowingly.


Finding it difficult to concentrate the young mans foot slowly pushes hard down on the gas pedal, out of the corner of his eye he sees something flying towards the windshield of the Mercedes, and he abruptly slams on the breaks. Shaken, he sees to Lila and she says she is alright so he gets out to see what has happened. In the middle of the rain storm across the road he sees a lone Crow, perched almost defiantly on a broken down fence post staring right at him. James stammers. “Man!! You scared me fella!! What are you doing out in this rain anyways? You better find some cover your gonna take sick!” he returns to the car where Lila is waiting they both laugh nervously before going on. Three miles later and she has her hands on him again, and this time he is struggling to pay attention, but failing miserably. The throttle is pushed harder when the second bird comes flying at the windshield, once again forcing him to slam on the breaks. This time when James leaves the vehicle, he sees the bird perched on a road sign, and as he moves almost right in front of it , his heart almost stops when young James realizes it’s the same bird as before.

It cocks its head to one side and ruffles its feathers at the falling rain, and James slowly backs away. Back in the car he stomps on the gas.. Lila is concerned, “Jimmy? What is it? What’s wrong? He stares at the Crow in the rear view mirror. “It was the same bird Lila. The same one as before.” he slowly increases his speed. “we have to get to Newport City now.” the rain falls harder. He is up to 70 mph driving conditions quickly deteriorate, and around the next bend, James has no way of knowing that a logging truck has jackknifed in the middle of the road. He slows down to take the bend but not nearly enough to stop in time, and when he sees the jackknifed truck he slams on the breaks and pulls hard on the steering wheel.



The Mercedes turns to sharply and begins to rollover several times before coming to a complete stop on its side, he feels nothing as he rises to his feet. he doesn’t see Lila right away and moments later the fire truck and ambulance that were already en route to the jackknifed truck arrive to the scene and begin to try to administer aid to Lila. But as they finally cover her face James tries to scream when he realizes that she is dead, the rain falls harder now, they load the second body, and he sees her standing there. Now he is more confused than ever but nonetheless relieved to see her. They come close to each other and watch silently as the wreckage is removed and the road is cleared. Above them in a tree amidst the falling rain sits a lone Crow who silently watches them try to understand what has happened. just two young people that wanted to start a wonderful new life together, and now they would be together forever here on Crows Crossing Road.





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