After digging for a while, I stopped because there obviously wasn’t anything there. Part of me hoped that maybe Kai had left some sort of sign and since I wasn’t too far out of town yet, I guess it was possible. However, of course, it was just wishful thinking. I didn’t find any food but thankfully I still have the jerky from the truck that I searched. I sat there, under the tree, for a while holding the unloaded gun and part of me wished I had a bullet. Just one, that’s all I would need to end this nightmare. What is life if you don’t have love? And Kai was my love. I needed to find her and, hopefully, alive. I’m not sure if she went out this far and part of me wanted to head back to the town to search for her but I know that would be far too dangerous. Although, if I head into the woods now, and away from the town, with what I have, I don’t think I will last very long, a day or two at most. I can see the sky starting to turn a wonderful orange color and, for a moment, I lose myself in a memory. Kai and I, at the ocean and watching the sunset. It seemed like a photograph. Something imagined and painted onto a canvas and then hung up into the sky, to hide the world that I am stuck in now. To hide a world without her. Then I hear a gunshot in the distance and it brings me back. I must make a decision and now. I stood up and gathered, what little supplies I had and started back toward the road a little bit. I think that I have to search the outskirts of town some more before I move on or I won’t make it very far. Maybe there could even be some ammo for this pistol around here somewhere. On the other hand, maybe that’s just some more wishful thinking. I have to move on and if Kai is still alive, then I must live long enough to find her. And if she isn’t then, hopefully I have some ammo for this gun, so I can join her.
