The Stranger in the Lifeboat

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created this world, I made two Heavens?”
“When you created this world,” I mocked.
“Yes,” he continued. “Two Heavens.” He pointed. “Above and below. At
certain moments, you can see between them.”
Little Alice was staring at his face. Why she idolizes him so, I can’t say. I
don’t imagine she understands anything he’s talking about.
“Just stop, OK?” I said. “Can’t you see we’re slowly dying here?”
“People are slowly dying everywhere,” he said. “They are also
continuously living. Every moment they draw breath, they can find the glory
I put here on Earth, if they look for it.”
I turned toward the dark-blue ocean.
“To be honest,” I said, “this feels more like Hell.”
“I assure you it is not.”
“I guess you would know, huh?”
“Yes.”
I paused.
“Is there a Hell?”
“Not the way you imagine it.”
“Then what happens to bad people when they die?”
“Why, Benjamin?” he asked, leaning forward. “Is there something you
want to tell me?”
I glared at him.
“Get away from me,” I said.