Chapter 5
It was hours later when Jacob came to, his head dizzy and throbbing. Had he gone? Was he back? He sat in his basement, and the last thing he recalled…
“Damn it!”
The storm.
Jacob stood and checked the machine. It was ruined. He collapsed in a heap and sobbed. The motherboard was fried. The electrical system destroyed, possibly the entire cabin’s. He was actually shocked it hadn’t burned to the ground. “With me in it, I wish.” He’d missed his chance.
“Not your only one.”
He almost heard her voice—Wendy’s.
“Get up.” Then Rory’s. “Your life is not over yet.”
“Not there,” he said back. Jacob made himself stand. “As long as you’re both alive, that is where I want to be. At least now, I know it will work.” He had never heard them before. He’d never talked to them so much, or to
