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Part Two / Chapter Fifty-Nine
Venus was sure there was life after death.
Even if the body was gone, the soul never was. After you die, you never stop living and you never stop prospering. It was more that she wanted to believe you never truly died than actually knowing it. She didn't want Jackson Copeland's parents to believe he was gone forever. She wanted them to know that they'd see their son again soon, but she was a child, she didn't know any better.
With her feet inches away from the edge, she looked over the steep, mountainous terrain and breathed in air so cold and so bitter, it hurt her nostrils. She'd never seen a scene so beautiful. The stars were so bright it was as if you could jump up and grab on. The air was so fresh and so clear. The grass beneath her feet were softer than anything she'd ever felt and brighter than any greenery she'd ever seen. The flowers sprouted different hues and shades all around her, Lilacs, Tulips, Roses, Dandelions. It was just like Heaven.
"Venus," said Castiel. He was standing upright, face clean shaven and eyes bluer than ever. "We need you to focus."
"Okay okay," Venus sighed.
"Once again, do what we tell you to and you'll be able to do it." Corinne said orderly.
Venus nodded, then furrowed her eyebrow. "What am I even doing?"
"You'll see," Corinne said patiently after Venus had asked for the millionth time. "Consider this a lesson and an early birthday present."
"You guys know my birthday?"
"June twentieth, nineteen eighty at two twenty two in the morning." Castiel's recited.
"Close your eyes," Corinne said. Venus did as she was told.
Now Corinne's voice was the only own she could hear at this point. Anything else covered in pitch blackness. "You need to think fixedly. No distractions. No interruptions."
