Chapter 56
It is with deep sadness that we learned our beloved Danielle won't be able to have children. The young couple handled the news as well as can be expected, and they have spent the past few days coming to terms with the tragic news. On the positive side of things, Danielle has made a full recovery, thanks to the strange man who walked into her hospital room and miraculously healed her.
On a separate note, digital downloads of the Earth book “The Game Is Life,” written by the avatar George R. Knight, are topping the charts in the real world. The little book about the Game has sold over two million copies in the last two weeks on Tygon. Who profits from these sales? George R. Knight was the avatar of Zack, so naturally all profits will go to him and his sponsor Brandon Strayne. It looks like Zack is doing well not just inside the Game this play, but also on Tygon as well.
Join us tomorrow for all day extensive coverage of Zack’s current avatar’s birthday. How will Trew spend his 30th birthday? No one knows for sure, but don’t miss a second of the day.
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Trew - 30
What an incredible day.
My best birthday yet.
I lay back in bed and list the day’s events in my mind.
1. Breakfast in bed, served to me by my lovely wife, followed by a relaxing drive to see my parents and have lunch with them.
2. On the way back, on a whim, I stop into a car dealership and buy my birthday gift.
3. I meet a stranger and it turns out that he knew George Knight, the author of the book that’s changed our lives and the way we truly see the world. Then I get a chance to take him out for a coffee and find out things about George that I’ve always wondered, but never thought I would learn.
4. I spend the evening with my remarkable wife. This year I’m blessed and thankful that Danni is alive, healthy, happy, and still madly in love with me. I don’t know how I’d live without her, and I’m thankful that I don’t have to find out. Most people take so much for granted, but not me. Not ever.
That was my 30th birthday. If anyone was watching me play this game today, then I hope I gave them a good time. If no one’s watching me, well, that’s okay too.
“Today was the best, babe,” I say. “Thank you so much.”
Danielle snuggles into the crook of my arm as we lay in bed getting ready for sleep. “I’m glad you had a good day, love. Thirty’s a big one.”
She sounds so serious. “Nah, 30 isn’t such a big number. The odds are great that I’m not even half old.”
“What do you mean?” she asks.
“I’m thirty today,” I say. “If I double my age, I get the number 60. I have an excellent chance of still being alive at 60, so I’m not even half of the total age I’ll live. I have a lot of time left to live, which is great!”
Danni looks at me with a blank look. After a couple minutes she shakes her head. “That made some kind of sense to you, didn’t it?”
I laugh. “Yeah, it did. I’m just saying it’s good to be young with a lot of life left in front of me.”
“Okay, that I can understand,” she says.
We lie there for a few minutes, enjoying the silence and each other’s company. I start to drift off to sleep when she says something I don’t catch.
I open my eyes again. “What was that, babe?”
“I said, I have one more present for you.”
I turn to face her and smile playfully. “Well, all right!” I pull her close to kiss her.
She kisses me back, but I can tell there’s something serious she wants to talk about, so I sit up and look her in the eye. “Okay, Danni, what is it?”
“Her,” Danni says. “I need to tell you about the time I spent with God when I almost died.”
That gets my attention. It’s been weeks and Danielle has avoided this conversation, saying that she would talk about it when the time was right.
Danni begins to speak, surprising me right from the start. “God’s name is Sylvia and she told me she’s been communicating with you for many, many years, Trew.”
I lay silently and listen. A few moments into the conversation we both get out of bed and go downstairs to sit at the kitchen table.
The next two hours pass in a blur. Eventually she stops talking and sits quietly across from me.
All I can say is “Wow.”
“Yes,” she nods.
“So it’s time,” I say.
“So it would seem,” she says calmly.
“And you don’t think it’s crazy?”
“I think it’s the craziest thing I’ve ever heard,” Danni says.
“It’s going to work, you know?”
Danni gets up and walks over to my side of the table. She sits on my lap and hugs me tight. I can feel a warm wetness on my neck. She’s crying. “I know it’s going to work, sweet man. It feels like this is what we were put on the planet to do. Do you know how to get things started?”
I nod, still hugging her. “I’ve been thinking and studying and planning this for a long time, Danni. Just waiting for a sign. I guess this was it.”
“I guess so,” she says. “Well, from what Sylvia asked me to do, it looks like I’m going to be part of this and very busy. I’m pretty scared. She’s given me a tall order, especially at my age.”
I laugh. “You’re younger than me! And you’ve always been fit and active. It’s a great way to get the world’s attention, to prove to them that it really is all a game.” I tenderly wipe the tears from her eyes. “Are you sorry you married me?”
Danni laughs and slaps my shoulder. “No, I’m not sorry I married you! If I hadn’t, I’d likely be doing something crazier.”
I nod in agreement. “You were always an adventurous girl. This idea is just another boring day at the office for you, babe.”
She laughs.
“It’s settled, then,” I say. “We’re going to start spreading the word and sharing the message.”
“Everyone’s going to think we’re crazy, Trew,” Danielle says.
I grin at her. “I sure hope so. Everyone thought Columbus was crazy when he said the world was round.”
“At first.”