Chapter 14 13

Julia sat in an uncomfortable iron chair, her eyes red and swollen from crying.After ten o'clock in the evening, the moonless night sky enveloped the whole world. She arrived in Boston on time today, took a taxi to Dr. Colfer's office, saw the incredible life on the screen, and she had a new experience.She's a mother now, and her and Nick's baby is growing inside her and will come out to meet them in seven and a half months, and they'll love this baby unconditionally. However, as she was leaving the doctor's office, her cell phone rang. Marcus' voice was unusually calm.

He said Shams' private jet was waiting for her at Logan Airport in Boston and would fly her directly back to Westchester Airport, where Marcus would pick her up at the airport and take her to the hospital. On the plane, she couldn't concentrate the whole time.Why was another life taken away when one life just entered her world? Julia got up from her chair and stood beside Nick.Seeing him full of tubes, the steady beeping of the heartbeat monitor in her ears reminded her how close death had been to Nick.Nick fell into a coma, and no matter what the doctor said, she still worried that Nick might never wake up.

Nick is locked in darkness, lost in the abyss of despair.He kept seeing Julia dead on the ground, Marcus killed in front of him, and the bodies that sank at the bottom of the Kesque Reservoir.He saw the plane falling from the sky like a fireball, thick black smoke rose up, and the sky was covered with black fog; he saw hundreds of dead bodies of the victims, and he was also trapped there, walking aimlessly. As he spoke, the dead whispered in his ear. Then Julia filled his eyes, her face perfect, calling to him, coaxing him, leading him to heaven. He opened his eyes suddenly and saw that she was staring at him, her eyes were red and swollen and filled with tears.

Hi.he whispered. She hugged him, all the sadness of losing him welling up. After a long time, Julia finally took a few steps back.Paul walked over and looked him straight in the eye.Glad to see you survived. Nick smiled slightly, and gradually regained consciousness. This man saved your life.Shano emerged from the corner. I haven't brought anyone back from the brink of death since the Vietnam War.Paul said: It is the credit of the electric shock device. I don't know how much time has passed.Paul smiled and took something out of his pocket.He took Nick's hand and slid the thing over to him.You do lose your sense of time when you're trying to save someone, though.

Nick knew immediately what Paul had given him.The pocket watch was back in his hand, and the familiar feeling was reassuring, like a child's quilt. Hey.Marcus leaned against the wall watching this touching moment. Hey.Nick barely managed to speak, happy to see his buddy alive and well. He looked at everyone around him, Julia, Marcus, Paul and Shano, and felt as if he had just returned from the Magic Kingdom.His mind is full of incredible experiences that no one can understand. He looked at the mahogany box on the table beside him. I gotta say, Shano tapped Nick's leg.What you did today was really brave.

Thanks.Nick said. Glad you're safe and sound.Shano walked over to open the door.But I have to go home, tomorrow I have a new partner, a rookie named Burnahart, I have to find a way to get him into the situation.Nick, although your friend Paul told me part of it, you still owe me an explanation.Take care of yourself during this period and get plenty of rest. Shano walked out the door. Thank you for visiting me.Nick said to Marcus. Don't say that, Marcus leaned over and said to his friend: I would be willing to block a bullet for you.I'm not like that with everyone. I know you're happy to see me, Nick said, but you look so happy that you're hiding something.Are you in love again?

You won't believe it, but Marcus seems happy to be talking about it.This is Jason.young man of selita Serita?Julia was taken aback when she heard the name.Is it a blond young man in his twenties? do you know him We took the same flight to Boston this morning. Really?The world is really small.Marcus continued: Anyway, he called a few minutes ago.This kid is very bright, very talented, he is like me when I was young with thick hair.Marcus touched his bald head.Just not as handsome as me.He went to Boston today to fulfill my dream of owning the Harris Ski Company.Now I have to hire a team of people to run the company.But it's all worth it anyway.

Marcus, I want to trouble you with something.Nick sat up in bed.I know a guy who just got his master's degree in management and is in the National Guard. Are you a soldier?That's not bad. He had seen too many deaths.You have to hire him. Did you even skip the interview?Marcus was a little surprised.What's his name? Manas, Private Manas. His mother had chosen the perfect military name for him.But does this private have a name other than Manas? His name is Neil. Marcus stroked the back of his head.I'm going to have a bit of a headache taking the risk of hiring a new guy, but since you say that, he's accepted.

The heavy wooden door opened, and a very old man walked in.He carried a mahogany cane, topped with a carved elephant's head, that supported his slow, swaying gait; his hair was grizzled, and his pale skin was wrinkled and seemed to be twice the size of his bones .But his eyes were piercing and focused. Nash, who accompanied him, was wearing a neat double-breasted coat and white linen trousers with gold.Nick recognized Nash, the man who gave him the pocket watch and started him on this trip back in time. Nick, Julia pointed to the old man and said: This is Shams.Hannickle. Hello, Nick, Hannikle nodded to him.Nice to see you alive and well.I would like to formally introduce my assistant, Sacreya.Nash.

Nash nodded to Nick as well, as if this was their first meeting.Shams turned to Paul and nodded slightly. The two seemed to be old acquaintances. Julia?Nick took a deep breath and licked his lips.Can you get me a Coke or a drink? of course.Julia smiled, turned to Shams and Sacreia, and raised her eyebrows questioningly. We don't have to, dear.Shams said. Can't believe you're actually coming over for this, Julia said: "It means a lot to me. I know you are on the same flight as my wife today.Shams smiled warmly.Hope you have a pleasant trip. Julia looked puzzled. She was petite, white-haired, and talkative, and Shams gave her a hint.

Catherine?She is your wife?Julia asked in surprise. She told you that you are very nice.said Shams kindly. I don't know anything about it.Julia looked puzzled. This shows that your kindness is innate, not intentional. I'm a little hungry.Marcus told Julia that he came over and opened the door for her.I'll go with you. Now, only Paul, Nash, Nick and Shams are left.Shams pulled up a chair and sat down beside Nick's bed.Your wife is a very nice person, Nick, you are very lucky. I know.Nick said. She is even more fortunate to have a husband like you, Shams continued: Only a man with a heart full of emotion will not abuse the power in your hands. Nick finally opened his fist, revealing the pocket watch Paul had in his hand. Julia's death, my wife's death, it's all my fault.Shams said in a rueful tone: "Sadly, time has taken away my youth.If I had been younger, I would never have let you do this drudgery, nor would I have forced you to take this incredible journey.I couldn't take the time jump and my mind was no longer clear so I couldn't go back in time and put the world in its proper place. Wait a minute, Nick asked puzzled: Did the crash happen? No.Shams said. What about robbery? No.Ethan.Dance disappeared with the man named Lukai, and no one knew his whereabouts after that.After they held Paul and Nash hostage at the airport this morning, Detective Shanor arrested Randall and Elio on multiple charges. What about Sam?Nick looked at Paul. Sam left first, Shams explained: He wanted to clear his head.Paul would have liked to have Sam arrested, but I don't want his brother in jail.Those two police officers had already alarmed the internal investigation unit of the police, and they would get their retribution sooner or later.But I think Sam should be given a chance to be born again. If none of those things happened, Nick paused.So how do you remember all this? I do not remember.Shams said matter-of-factly. How do you know this?Nick asked. Shams took out the letter that Nash had handed to Nick in the interrogation room, and pointed out the strange lines below.He has never been able to understand what those words mean. This is the ancient Gaelic branch.I wrote that paragraph for myself, just like you asked your friend Marcus to do.I think our thinking is very similar.Shams said with a smile: "I use this to tell myself about Julia's death, my wife's death, the plane crash and the robbery, and explain how those events got tangled up with this box.Shams patted the mahogany box on the table. In particular, I have written out the reasons and intentions for asking Sacrea to find you.I know you love your wife dearly.Shams pulled out the printout of the Wall Street Journal and the picture in the middle of the crash of Flight 502.But seeing this photo, seeing the wreckage of the tail of the plane my wife and your wife were on, and hearing you tell Paul about Julia's murder and the robbery, I know the rest of the details. Nick turned to Sacrea.what do you remember Sakria just smiled.I just remember your heroism at the airport. Nick turned to Paul.how about you? Paul took the Wall Street Journal from Shams.I knew you had what you had as soon as I saw you had this piece of news from eight hours ago.And I know that if you go back in time with that thing, it means that Shams gave it to you. It has such a powerful force, Shams said: just get close to it and people's hearts will change. When you only want to get wealth, morality and values ​​​​will collapse.But in the face of true love, these have become secondary things. Hannik took out a key.It was an octagonal key that Paul had specially made for him, and Paul took out an identical key, as did Nash.They each inserted the keys into the three holes of the wooden box, and opened the wooden box on the table beside the bed. Hannickle opened the lid of the box, revealing the velvet that was spread out around the edges. There was a three-inch circular hole in the center of the box, and an identical gold watch was placed inside. He finally understood. My grandfather found it, said Shams: I guess it was stolen from a Venetian who seems to have stolen it from Martinot in France.This stuff is how my grandfather made so much money, he made his fortune by jumping through time and manipulating fate, that's how his business was built.My father took over the business and continued to run it.Both of them are greedy and power-hungry, regardless of the consequences. My father passed it on to me before he died, and I swore to myself that I would never fall into the trap of greed like they did.I wanted to use it for the good of the world, but I soon discovered that even the best intentions could lead to disaster, so I hid it and refused to use it again.I later decided to give away the vast wealth that my father and grandfather acquired, it was ill-gotten gains, they didn't care about the deeds, the consequences, or the repercussions of doing it around the world. Who knows how our actions will affect the world?Is it possible for a butterfly flapping its wings in China to cause war in Europe?Such assumptions about fate are endless.If Queen Isabella of Spain hadn't funded Columbus, if Hitler had won the world war, if Roosevelt hadn't written to Einstein asking him to invent the atomic bomb and we didn't know the outcome, how would everything be decided?How to play God? But since you know that pocket watch is dangerous, why don't you destroy it?Nick asked. We all make mistakes, Nick, and no matter how virtuous we think we are, we think our actions and beliefs are right, and that's a strong and unchangeable personality.I consider myself able to resist temptation and use its power only as a last resort. Your wife's death is a case of last resort.Nick felt the same way. Nick, your wife's death is a so-called last resort. Nick tilted his head puzzled. You go back through time and space to save Julia. In order to let her live, you are willing to go to the sea of ​​fire in hell.I know how deep that love is, and I know you're going to see all these deaths around you on your journey, and you won't just save your wife, you'll save my wife and everyone on that plane that died. Shams held up Nash's letter to Nick, pointing to the Gaelic writing.When I heard of Julia's death, I sent Nash to you with this watch and this letter.It's one thing for my wife to die in a plane crash, but your wife died innocently because I didn't handle this thing properly.That's another story.I love your wife like a daughter, Nick, and when my wife and I die the property will go to Julia, but you and I know that.Shams smiled and patted Nick's hand. So please put this watch back.He pointed the mahogany box towards Nick. Nick looked at the gold watch in his hand, opened the cover, and took a last look at the engraving inside.Time flies, gone forever.He covered the box and put the gold watch on the velvet inside the mahogany box. Paul picked up the box from the table, closed the lid, turned the key, locked it, and pulled out the key. He gave one to Nash, one to Hannik, and stuffed the last one into his pocket. Hannickle picked up the crutches, stood up and said: Thank you, Nick, thank you for always keeping your heart.He staggered to the door to leave, followed by Paul and Nash. What are you going to do with it? Don't worry, Paul and Nash will take a boat to the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific, where the water is seven miles deep.Paul and Nash nodded goodbye to Nick, then followed Shams to leave. Julia walks in with a Coke and a packet of Oreo cookies.Breakfast for a hero.She opened the Coke and handed it to him, and then opened the blue wrapper of the Oreo cookie. I asked Marcus to go home first, and he told some nasty jokes in front of the nurse; you also know that once he is successful in his career, he changes, and the whole world is beautiful in his eyes.Julia laughed and said: "I met Shams over there in the lift.I should have told you what a wonderful man he was, and I loved him as much as I loved my father. He feels the same way about you.Nick popped a biscuit into his mouth and swallowed it with a sip of Coke. If I leave, Julia said slowly: We should get by, right? We may have to save a little, but I don't care. I don't care if we live in a hut or somewhere else as long as the two of us can be together.I just thought it was time to think about something other than money. You're funny, Nick said: I don't think we'll have any financial troubles in the future. how do you know?Julia asked. I can see the future.Nick smiled and said: Now, let's talk about starting a family!Nick pulled Julia into his arms and kissed her deeply. You really interesting.Julia sat up on the bed with two wrapped presents on Nick's lap, with teddy bears smiling at him. gift for me?Nick picked up the first package.It feels like a book. Julia couldn't help laughing.You open the other one first. Nick felt like he was a kid again.What's this?Christmas in July? better than that.Julia took Nick's hand and squeezed it lightly, the way her mother had squeezed him when she was a child.Nick tore the wrapping paper off another present.Take out that picture frame, and