Chapter 278: Hart of Gold (1/2)
”Sincerely, Alex Hart, the dead man that hopefully accomplished something with his death and brought happiness to others.”
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”Smily face…”
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The air around them went silent almost as if time had slowed down to a stand-still.
Moby was holding the paper in his hand, literally shaking, trying to hold back the waterworks from exploding from the dam of his already teary eyes.
He now fully understood the watermarks on the paper from Ray who had read the letter prior to him, and even he was once again in tears although it was his second time hearing it.
Slowly, Moby lifted his head and looked around at all of his comrade's faces…
Jayden was trembling and shaking, her eyes more than watery and her hand on her head trying to take everything in.
Nags on the other hand looked completely indifferent, although Moby did notice subtle changes in his expression as he looked out into the distance, he did not know Alex like they did after all.
Moby took a long, shaky breath and set the paper down on the table ahead of him, deep in thought.
'The amount of purity in that man's heart is truly astounding… I kinda see now why he sacrificed himself… Alex, I don't want to say that your death made us happy… But in a way, it might bring long-term happiness because who knows what would have happened then… You did save Abby's life who I'm 100% sure will recover… I'll personally make sure of that... If you want us to look at your death that way… Then I guess we have to…'
A small smile appeared on Moby's face that did not seem at all odd or out of place.
”Jayden? Did you know about any of this?”
She slowly looked up and looked Moby dead in the eyes, her tears and expression only getting worse before she took a deep breath and wiped her face with a nearby tissue.
”Honestly, I knew some of it, but definitely not all of it… Definitely not all of it…”
”I see…” Moby nodded back to her words before focusing his gaze on Ray.
”Have you shared this with anyone else? Have you shared this with his parents?”
”No, I haven't… You guys are the only people that know about this… I was gonna tell his parents but I didn't just yet...”
”I think it's good you didn't tell the parents, I'm sure he sent them a personal message as well. After all, they weren't mentioned even a single time in his letter which seemed to be done on purpose. This is directed at us alone. Even if it doesn't say so on the paper, I'm sure of it.”
Ray nodded slowly before weeping and wiping away some of the tears on his face.
Moby also wiped his eyes before he slowly looked around everyone on the silent, down, table once more before crossing his hands and taking in a deep, audible huff of air.
”Okay, guys! Why don't we finish the food and get back to the rides! Which ones have you guys gone on! Smile! We're at an amusement park! I'm sure that's what Alex would want us to do! Right?”
Moby suddenly shot out of his seat and looked at everyone with brightness.
They looked at him completely bewildered, unable to say a word before Jayden took the initiative with hints of a smile forming on her depressed face.
”Yeah! Y-your right… What are we doing! We went on every ride except for the molten drop! Let's go!”
Ray immediately followed suit, looking at the letter on the table that was responsible for lifting him up from the deepest depths of depression, looking at the sky above with a smile before responding too, while Nags simply remained quiet, blankly staring in the distance before a small smile appeared on his face as well.
”Yeah… Let's go…”