Tori listened to the dead man.
“You met the one. You met the man who not only will heal you, but is the one you’ll start a life with, and it’s going to be a beautiful life.”
Corbin sobbed a little.
As Elizabeth watched, she wanted to weep for him. One day, she’d slowly lose each of the men she loved, and it would be like a million deaths each time.
She didn’t doubt that.
Tori continued.
“He said you weren’t meant to have a family back then, and now that he’s found his way into your life, it will all open up and be what you need. You missed meeting him because of your mourning, and Will has been trying to make you cross paths for over fifteen years.”
He blinked through the tears.
“I don’t understand.”
Tori did.
“Elizabeth, where is Alex from?” she asked.
She was to the point.
“Originally, a small town outside of Philadelphia. Then, he moved to escape it.”
Tori continued.
“Will needs you to stop holding on to what could have been, and to start living your life. He can’t have peace, and he can’t move on until you set him free. You call to him in your dreams, and you think about him. It is keeping him bound here. He needs you to say goodbye.”
Corbin glanced over, seeing something from his peripheral, and in the mirror over the dresser, he saw him.
And gasped.
In it, Will stood there. He was flickering, but he could see him.
“Baby?” he asked, moving toward the mirror.
Tori was letting the dead man use her energy to manifest one last time before going to the light. Yeah, she’d be tired all day, but sometimes, you had to take one for the team.
Team Dead.
“He said that he loves you, and you were the love of his life, but he’s not to be the love of yours. You need to move on, because there are children who need you, and Alexander James Bartlett. You’re going to name your first son after him, in honor of Will, and that one day, he’ll become an attorney. He’ll carry on a legacy, and save people, but it won’t happen if you don’t let him go.”
He braced his hands on the dresser.
“Will, I miss you. I didn’t get to say goodbye.”
Will held up his hand, and it looked as if he was holding it to the mirror. Taking a chance, Corbin did the same thing, and he placed his hand over his. When he did, the ring on Will’s left hand disappeared.
“If you love me, you’ll let me go home,” Tori said, channeling him. “Staying to watch over you as you suffer is making me angry, and I’m going to become a monster. I need you to say goodbye, and learn to love again. Alice was right. You found him, Corby. You found the one, and it’s going to be more than what we had. It’s going to be everything. I need you to trust me.”
Corbin stared into the dead man’s eyes.
“Thank you for watching over me all of these years,” he said, seeing his love in the mirror. “I just needed to know it was okay to say goodbye, and that you wouldn’t hate me.”
Tori answered for Will.
“He said that he loves you eternally, and one day, when it’s your time to cross, he’ll be there for you. He wants to go see John. He wants to be with the people who went before him. Making him stay is a fate far worse than dying.”
