Beyond the Second Star

Prologue

It was a late fall october night. the wind was blowing a little extra rough. The entire house was asleep except for one person. Peter Marks was sitting in his room, staring at a book he held in his hand. so many thoughts wrestled in his head. He had to go. he had to go and find it, but his whole family was finally together and happy. So he stood up from his bed, packed a bag, and wrote a note to his Wife and children. being as quiet as possible. Inside the letter he wrote:

'My dear Family. I am so sorry to do this but i am sorry. i need to leave again and i do not know when i will be back. I love you all so much and I hope you can all forgive me. My dear Molly, I love you so much and i am sorry i cant be there to see the children grow. i have something that needs to be done first. To my beautiful children, take care of your mother. You all mean so much to me but i need to leave for awhile. Please dont hate me. this kills me to leave you all , but this needs to be done."

When the letter was done, he folded it up, took it out to the kitchen and set it by the coffee machine, where he knew Molly would see it in the morning. He then went back to his room but he stopped as soon as he passed by his son, Judes room. He let out a little sigh as he pushed the door open gentle and stared at the 4 year old boys sleeping form. Peter bites his lip as he walked over and knelt down, his heart breaking when he sees the boy hugging his favorite shark stuffy he won for him the other day at the Fair. this almost changed his mind but he knew what he needed to do. He gave him a gentle peck on the head, before going to Emmas room and doing the same thing, before going to his room, grabbing his bag, leaving a gentle peck on mollys head and leaving, closing the door behind him.. when he got to the end of the driveway, he took one last look back. He took one last deep breath before turning back around and disapeared into the night.

Sometime around 5 am the next morning, the sound of an alarm went off. this woke up Molly, seeing the bed next to her empty, she assumed that her husband had already gotten up, so she dragged herself out of bed and slowly walked to the kitchen to turn on the coffee pot. her hand brushed against a piece of paper, making her blink and looked at it. she gulped as she opened the paper and read the letter. once she was done reading she cried, Staring at the paper. She had been abandoned, again. first her parents were gone, and now her husband has abandoned her and she would be forced to raise her children on her own.

Molly took a deep breath, went to the phone and called Peters Parents, telling them about the letter, though as she talked, two little children were listening from the other side of the wall, crying that their father would never be coming home. Jude stood there with his sister Emma, crying as he clutched the Shark, it being the last thing he will ever get from his father.