Chapter 39
Valerie closed her apartment door, latched the chain, and leaned heavily against it. It had taken hours to get from Heaven to here, but she was home. Hopefully the system had held together long enough for Michelle to get home and reach Plato.
Home. This adventure had become too much for her. She’d wait for Eric, or the end of it all, here. She was almost too tired to care which it was.
No, that was a lie. If only he could finish and come home. She’d try the apology she’d been practicing and see how he reacted. The Buddhist Software’s last message as she and Michelle were leaving Heaven had been less than informative, Elephants at the Seattle Zoo. Lesson: Right Speech. Hadn’t they already had that lesson like a dozen times? How slow a learner was this Hungry Ghost?
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