After they were returned, a local news had an interview with them. They decide not to tell anybody the full story. What they were that their ship was crashed into the rock, all the crew died except two of them. This story seemed to be more reasonable for common people, but Eric still warned everybody who listened to them that the Sea of the Dead regions was real. This story sure would be considered as another hoax, but he didn’t care, he know that there would someone like him, somewhere and he didn’t want them to do the same.
They had visited all of their dead friends parents, Karl, Charles and Daisy. She was the last one who they went to visited, of course they were mourning for the death of their niece, but they seemed not to felt into a deep sadness.
Eric and Freesia didn’t had a word. They didn’t contact each other, like they could not made their mind to accept each other again. Throughout those time Freesia still studied at university and lived a normal life, she still had her friends, but she didn’t seem to interested in any man, anymore. She still keep the event as a secret even to her friends.
Eric on the other hand was driven mad by this guilt, he still worked as a normal employee, but hiding his emotional inside. He shut himself from the society. He spend most of his time by thinking about his mistake. He started to have a depressive disorder, but he didn’t try to fix anything, he thought that was the things he deserved.
The news about their “accident” spread across the internet, some were aware of their warning, but some going to follow Eric’s path and that could be the worst thing he had done. The story repeated itself, there were actually people who walked on Eric’s path and met the same fate and that was about to killed him.
Freesia who seemed to always brave and confidence, but her inside was shaken and now it was empty. Eric wasn’t the only person who blame himself, Freesia too, she blame herself all the time that Charles and Daisy or even Karl could survived if not her invited them. She thought about contact Eric many time, but couldn’t made her mind to commit it.
Six month after the event, Freesia and Eric always visited their friends grave, but never met each other, but it was about to change. One day Freesia visited the grave as always, but this time she came with mister and misses Goodname. They seemed not very sad or even felt sadness at all, sure they weren’t heartless person. Goodname family were friend with Freesia’s family for a long time. That made her to asked mister Goodname why they could made up their mind so quickly. Mister Goodname told her that life and dead is a normal thing, we’re born to die someday, no matter how much sadness you have, it would never change anything. Freesia now these fact already, but she couldn’t made her mind, so she asked him again and he told Freesia to let it go, if you struggled with sadness, all you could feel was sadness, so open your mind. Freesia seemed to little bit hesitated about Mister Goodname answer. “But if I open my mind, would I feel about the lose one again?” asked Freesia. Mister Goodname replied that this time don’t lose them again before walked away. Freesia told them that she would stayed there for a while and the last thing that Goodname said was “I guess Daisy don’t want you to sad too.”
Freesia standing there for moment until she noticed some man who was standing next to her, Eric. They stared each other for a moment without any words out. Freesia was the one who started first. “Why are you here?” asked Freesia with her deep voice. Eric told her that who came here to did the same as her. They were back to silent again. Eric was turning back and was about to walked away, but Freesia hold him first.
He turned back to Freesia, asked her that was there any more word for him. Freesia only said that he knew it already and trust it. Eric said thank you to her before they both walked away. There so many stuff in Eric mind, even Freesia needed to take a risk to tried, but at least, she tried. Eric know that the fate still go on and on. The accursed race still have to be punished. He looked at the sky the large and endless sky. It didn’t matter anymore, it was their choice to choose to decide their own fate.
Freesia also thought the same, she hope that Eric could made up his mind. So as Eric now he thought that he may be forgiven someday, forgiven form his sin, the sin of passion, the sin of humanity to create such terror, an aquatic terror.
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