Chapter 15-Fin
I stood in the doorway as Caleb walked into the dusty room. Webs covered the walls that I remembered so dearly. This room was something that I had blocked out. It was the room that I met Caleb in, and the room that I was so afraid of. When I first came to the orphanage, I was locked in this room, tormented with the darkness and loneliness. This was the room where I also met Caleb.
"Are you starting to remember." he asked me. I walked slowly into the room, letting my hands glide over any surface that I came close to. " In this very room is where we met. In this room, we were both beaten, close to death really. But we never gave up, and we would smile and hold each other. Even when I met my little sister, I still never forgot what happened, it was you who did. I thought at first that some distance between us would let you forget and be happy, and that is why I left you alone to be with Brent, one who hasn't experienced the torture with you. I knew you hated me for ignoring you, but it was for your own good. All I wanted was for you to be happy. As the years went by and you were adopted, I wanted to see you. I found women that looked like you, but they weren't you. When I found you that day in the park, I had to take you with me. I was messes up, and I still am, I can't help it, but when you are with me, I can feel a little sane.
"In this room, you left something. I came back once in a while to see it and to make sure it was still here." Caleb walked over to a corner in the floorboard and lifted up the wood easily. He stuck his hand into the dirty hole and pulled out a small round object. It was covered in dust, but I recognized it easily.
"My music box," I mumbled. He smiled softly and handed me the object. I winded the tool on the bottom of it before opening the lid to begin hearing old music chimes from a melody I knew long ago about dreams.
"When you first came here, you would listen to this all the time to help you sleep. You told me it gave you dreams that helped you remember your past with your real parents. Lanna, you need to wake up."
"What," I looked up at him as the music began to sing louder in my ears. Caleb's figure and all of my surroundings began to blur as my ears rang, giving me an agonizing headache. I fell to my knees, but lost all feeling in my body. I began to hear voices as they whispered and cried. It was my adoptive mother, and the girls. They were saying my name and telling me to wake up. When silence and blackness came, I finally opened my eyes to have a bright light shines into my eyes.
I saw all the girls and my mother sitting, surrounding me as I lied in an uncomfortable bed. The room I was in was small while I had wires in my arms and a tube in my nose and mouth. My body felt numb and sore all at the same time. I was confused of what had happened.
"Where am I, where is Caleb? Where is Brent? I thought you were dead Katherine." I spouted nonsense, but my mother held my numb hand tightly with joy filled tears dripping down her soft cheeks.
"Sweetie, Caleb is dead. He died in the car that you both crashed in. You've been in the hospital in a comatose state for a month. You hid your head pretty hard against the windshield and you wouldn't wake up. You shot Caleb, so you don't have to worry about him." she said. I sat in silence, my throat feeling swollen and yet relieved. My past with the orphanage I would always remember, but the rest was fake. I never met Jake, he was just a figment of my imagination. Brent did die when we were little, but I guess I just wanted to see him. And Caleb, his soul must have helped me remember.
After a few moments, I was able to finally move my hand. I felt something large and cold in it. When the girls left to get something to eat, I began to slowly lift my arm. In my hand, was the music box, opened. On the inside in a corner was a note. It was from someone, most likely Caleb. It wrote: "Never forget your past, and always remember your future. I will always be with you, my love."
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So there is the ending to the series. Hoped you guys liked it. Give me comments of how the ending made you feel, are you pissed, happy, what? I dont mind of what it is. I like the ending and i wouldnt change it for the world. It makes sense of everything though, doesnt it? But I think when I go to edit the first story, im going to incorperate a small piece of the object into it so that it can hint to this. Hope you like it, thanks for sticking by me through the series!
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