Searching Shadows

It is two Am on the path of Crows, Jason Gatsby travels it alone this night, or morning such as it is, Jason’s job as an advertising executive has pulled him from home. This year he will not be able to spend his tenth year wedding anniversary with his beautiful wife because of job demands. They have been arguing over the phone as he drives, both are upset. He tells her that he is sorry just as the front left tire blows on his sports car, so he hangs up and pulls over to the shoulder of the road. There are no other cars at this hour, and the moon is hiding behind a thick row of clouds that have engulfed the dark early morning sky. He opens the trunk and takes out the spare tire and a small jack, it is then when he sees the first one. She is a beautiful young woman dressed in a glowing white dress, the image is as faint as a whisper but unmistakable. Now completely consumed by his curiosity, he moves closer to her, he doesn’t feel fear, but a sense of terrible sadness overcomes him and he falls to his knees. She is searching the woods along the roadside about twenty yards in for something or someone that he cannot see.




Moments later he sees the second one, this is a young male, and as Jason Gatsby watches him from across the road, the terrible feeling of sadness intensifies, two of them separated by Crows Crossing Road. It is then when an idea comes to Jason, he goes to the car and takes out his flashlight and falls inline directly in front of the female, he softly begins to talk to the male while flashing the light on and off repeatedly.. “She’s over here buddy!” suddenly as if on cue the male stops and turns to face Jason Gatsby, and then begins to walk slowly towards him, and for the first time in years Jason Gatsby can feel his own heart beating inside of his chest, and he knows that he is alive. The male apparition passes by, within three feet of him and pauses slightly to look directly at Jason before continuing on. the female has now seen the male and has begun to walk towards him and when the couple appear to stop and reach out to touch each other, Jason Gatsby has an epiphany. They pause to look at him before disappearing together from view.. Jason rises to his feet and quickly changes his flat tire, and when he starts the car he finds himself stopping once again twenty feet later. He takes the cell phone from his pocket and calls his wife, and when he hears her voice it calms him. And as they talk he turns the car around and heads for home.. “Honey? I love You..”



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