him and they both set on the edge of the bed looking at me waiting for some explanation I’m sure.
Finally Michael said something.
“Baby, I knew it was dangerous for you to be climbing that wall. You could have been really injured instead of just having the wind knocked out of you. Maybe you should put the fence climbing behind you; you’re not 12 years old, you know.”
Until I could piece more of the red spark travel together, I kept it to myself.
“I’m sorry to have worried you guys but I feel much better now.”
“Helen, do you want to explain what that was all about?”
Michael was pressing on with questions that I wasn’t ready to discuss.
I simply said, “An accident doesn’t need to be further examined and you can bet that I’ll be more careful in the future.”
“Would you and Lu care to report about last night? Michael it took a greater toll on me due to our time in the pool and because of that, I need to know how things went for you guys. Please let’s talk about that.”
Michael looked at me for probably a full minute before he turned to Lu.
“You want to start?”
“Ok, I report that first I felt the buzzing then I heard you two kiss and then we kissed. I held on to Michael and I could feel Michael shake from the wave for the first kiss and then the wave hit me and Michael very hard. The wave was so strong that I was scared and cried but I held on to Michael and it got to feeling good.”
“Yeah, she’s right Helen it was extremely intense. I think we got a good solid connection because hours later when we made love it was like the first time you transferred the connection, spiritual.”
Michael looked at Lu and smiled.
“You were amazing Lu, if I didn’t tell you before. I was so proud of you.”
The love in his eyes for Lu was the best thing for a wife to see.
Lu was happy that Michael was pleased. A little embarrassed, she picked up my sketch pad that was on the side of the bed and started looking through it. The first few drawings were new designs for Wyatt but as she turned the pages, she got to the drawings I’d done of Charlie and she slowed down to examine each picture. I saw a small smile on her beautiful face which broadened out to reach her eyes when she got to the final picture which was a nude study of my sweet Charlie.
Lu looked at me and smiled. “You love Charlie, I can see that.”
I just nodded my head.
As if to change the subject, all of our stomachs growled at the same time. Even though I felt fine, they insisted that I stay put while they put our dinner together. They each kissed me on the top of my head and went to the kitchen to prepare our evening meal.
Making good use of the time I again tried to examine what the travel with the red spark was showing me. I added the latest information, which wasn’t much to the list of things I’d already picked up.
The fourth trip, I surmised was showing me Michael’s attitude on a deeper level because I was already aware that he was irritated at the time. You might think that I’d be upset that Michael would have been happier if he had been connected to my sister but my sister had that effect on everyone and it didn’t bother me that Michael was taken with her, too. The part that did kind of bother me was that he thought so little of me at least in the beginning. That was new to me and if I dwelt on it, I’m sure I would have been disturbed.
When dinner was ready, they both came for me and we walked to the dinning room hand in hand in hand.
We talked and laughed at dinner and even long after while we were cleaning up the kitchen. But eventually Lu excused herself to attend to something. Michael and I went into the music room and sat with our coffee.
We talked about the songs that we completed the day before and the one that we were working on. Michael had talked all around what he really wanted to discuss and when he had exhausted every topic he addressed what was on his mind.
“Tell me the truth about today Helen. I have a feeling that you did something that put you in great danger, is that correct?”
“I did another foolish thing without thinking but Michael it wasn’t my fault, the draw was as insane as the physical and emotional draw that you have on me. So I couldn’t help myself but in hind sight I see that it was dangerous.”
“What did you do?” Michael didn’t beat around the bush.
“I jumped the particles while I was atop the wall.” I said it as simply as I could.
The look on Michael’s face was that of disbelief but recognized that I was unaware of my location when I took that ride.
“How about you add something to your routine and before you do something like that again you ask yourself about the danger that it could be to you?”
“That’s a good idea.”
I saw the wisdom in Michael’s words.
“I’ll do just that, I promise Baby.”
“Did you gain any insights during the trip?” Michael was being practical.
“I relaxed a bit more with that ride but the information needs to be deciphered before any of it means anything.”
“What information?” Again Michael was pressing.
“That particular trip showed me a bit of your thinking and the fact that you would have rather been connected to my sister. It also pointed to the fact that you were more than annoyed with me at not just allowing you to poke me and get it done with. You questioned ‘who I thought I was’.”
“Are you telling me that you had access to my thoughts?”
“Yes,” again I simply stated the fact.
“How about the other trips you took, were you able to read my mind?”
“No, I was given only a glance at something, like a puzzle piece that needs to be added to the collective.”
“Can you tell me what the other trips gave you?”
“Well you know about the first trip and the storm. But I have to just leave that piece where it is because I‘m not sure of what it means. The second trip showed me some of your attitude about the people in your life. You weren’t happy with others and said that you didn’t need any of them. The third trip I think was a peek at a change in the ‘grand design’ where your life is concerned.”
“What change?”
Michael asked.
“Before I’ll tell you that, you need to know that none of the trips have been about me. They have been all about you.”
“What change?”
Michael repeated.
“I think you were cursed to need me for the rest of your life.”
“What makes you say that?”
“You know that I’m crazy but here goes. I heard a cosmic voice screaming at you that you would need this woman, meaning me, for the rest of your life.”
Michael just sat there staring at me when he saw me start to cry.
“What, baby?”
Michael’s voice soothing.
“I think that maybe I’m a kind of punishment for you for something you did or didn’t do back then.”
That was the first time that I put that together and thinking about being a punishment for someone was a cruel pill to swallow.
Michael was either very brave or foolish like me.
“The next time we see the red sparks, I’m traveling