Chapter 34

“I’ll have to get along in a minute,” said Aunt Beatrice. “Before I leave, I have to tell you that the way out is all around you. You’ve seen it, but because you haven’t realised you’ve passed away, you’ve only caught glimpses of it.”

“The shimmers?”

Aunt Beatrice nodded. “I think so. I can see it now, growing wider and brighter, beckoning me, drawing me towards it.”

Dane saw a faint shimmer in the corner above the potted palms, but no large, bright light such as the one his aunt had mentioned. “Where is it? I can’t see it.”

“It will take some time for all I have told you to sink in. When it does, you won’t be able to miss it.”

“What’s on the other side?” asked Dane. “Can I take Ryan?” His phantom tears streamed down his face. He was so choked up, he could barely speak. “I have to be able to take Ryan,” he said, his voice almost pleading. “I can’t have found love so late in life to have it taken away.”