Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

There was an inclusion in a plain-paper envelope. Sincehe had been an Angel for more than two hundred years now,he was no longer amazed by the fact that he could pick up theplain paper envelope from the screen of the phone. Inside theenvelope was a handwritten note. Since he was a little boy hewould always recognize his mother’s handwriting, and thiswas the same strong but dainty style she’d had when he was alittle boy. He had a hard time getting to the words in the letter,he was reeling just from the impact seeing her handwritinghad on him. There was no need to ask Thom to provide moreauthentication for this note, his mother’s handwriting was allthat he needed.My dear wayward son,God asked me to write to you Kelvin. Now that we're herein heaven we can speak with God in every prayer and hearhim clearer than the telephone, so that's when he told me,when I prayed for you. He told me you're near us right now,though you're not in him like we are.I’ve never been hurt so bad as I was on that morning in2174 when you strode so proud and straight into thatfreeze chamber and gave up your soul for that falsechurch. I don’t think you even knew that my attendants hadtaken me out for the ceremony. You probably didn’t298