Here’s the final chapter, submitted as a separate post due to size limitations. Enjoy!
*In Distress.*
I descend the stairs with a heavy heart, full of regrets. I remind myself that this was your choice, that your rebelliousness, your willingness to break the rules, your brilliance, were all equally significant in making you the women you were. My protege. Still, I can’t help but wonder, as I step slowly down into he poorly lit basement of the black-market Galactic Real Estate clearing house I found through word of mouth, if I could not have done more, could have prevented you from taking things too far.
We live in a world of over-looked wonders. Few people take even a moment to reflect on how lucky we are, to live when we do, standing on the shoulders of giants. We are all too busy enjoying the conveniences and comforts that modern technology has granted us, to think too much about how it used to be.