Chapter 887: Keep a Heart from Sorrow

When the videotape was changed, the Tommy appearing in the picture had also matured a lot.

His chest had become thick, his shoulders had become broad, and he was the appearance of an adult man.

His face was filled with happiness and satisfaction, and a kind of expression Christina had seen before but was not so familiar with now.

—A longing for life.

【Long time no see, videotapes are expensive... so I thought, try to save as much as possible when filming.】

【We have a child, a boy. We named him Albert.】

【The recent situation in Walkwood is very good; everyone is contributing their strength to build it.】

【Last month I was injured in the production workshop, the little finger of my left hand was broken, and the doctors had to cut it off. But it's not a big problem; it doesn't affect me doing big things.】

【Anyway, I am also a father now.】

【Our city has built a central lighting tower during this time, and the world is finally no longer in darkness. The heating plant has also gradually started running, and we have planted a few green plants on the balcony, including orchids and hyacinths.】

【The videotape is coming to an end again, what should I say, hmm... you know, I—】

Christina wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, trying her best to show a decent smile.

At least, Tommy was doing quite well... wasn't he...

She could only comfort herself like this.

Then, biting her lip, she put in the next videotape.

The Tommy appearing in the picture had already entered middle age, with a few strands of silver-white hair on both sides of his head, and fine wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and mouth.

His figure was kept quite well; although he was no longer as lean as in his youth, he still looked healthy and full of strength.

It seemed as if he wasn't living in the apocalypse at all.

【Good evening, I recorded this video to tell you that we are all "one five three" doing well.】

【My wife said I look like I've aged, and she's right; 40-year-old Tommy is no longer young, Albert has already started elementary school, and his younger sister is past the age of breastfeeding.】

【I became the city's engineer and participated in many important plans.】

【We have our own house and bought a car. Although Walkwood is very small, it's only a four-hour drive from one side to the other, but having a car still makes the children very happy.】

【I can be considered to have achieved a little, sister.】

【Sometimes I wonder if all this is a dream before I die in the blizzard. This is truly a life I never thought of.】

【Sometimes I wonder if I should let you go. It's been almost thirty years; are you still drifting in the Outer Realm? Or were you rescued to some city like me? Is it treating you well there?】

【Tell me you are still alive, sister, tell me by any means, I beg you.】

I am still alive, brother... time flies so fast... I miss you so much...

Christina smiled while shedding tears and changed to another videotape.

Including this one, there were only two left... Christina thought silently in her heart.

Tommy living a happy and fulfilling life was enough for her.

A deadly blizzard rudely separated the two siblings, and fate thus embarked on two different paths.

But at least Tommy seemed to be doing well.

Thinking this, Christina pressed the play button.

However, when Tommy appeared in the picture again, Christina's heart suddenly twitched.

The Tommy in the picture looked dejected, his skin dry, his eyes red and swollen.

His hair was almost completely white, disheveled, and he held a bottle of strong liquor tightly in his hand.

He faced the camera silently, intermittently and mechanically sending the liquor into his mouth, as if sending unspeakable pain and sorrow into his stomach.

After a long time, he slowly raised those eyes, his bloodshot eyes staring straight into the depths of the camera.

【She passed away, sister.】

【In the last few days, she was terrifyingly quiet. I never thought she would go before me.】

【We held a funeral for her, and our friends, relatives, and neighbors all came.】

【She lay there with her eyes closed, as if she would open them in the next second and call my name again—but she didn't.】

【It will never happen again; she will never wake up again.】

Tommy's body suddenly trembled with a spasm, then he raised the wine bottle hard, and as his Adam's apple rolled, he gulped down the strong liquid.

Suddenly, he hugged the camera, as if roaring, and as if begging.

【You were never there at the most important moments of my life. I only have the children by my side now. Where are you? I just want to know where you are?】

Christina silently inserted the last videotape.

Neither Kerwin nor Alice knew what she was thinking, only feeling that the atmosphere in the room was very oppressive.

This oppression accumulated more rapidly after a white-haired, fragile Tommy appeared in the picture.

He lay flat on the bed, his skin extremely thin, and the blood flowing underneath could be seen; the light of life seemed to be gradually dissipating.

And those eyes that were once full of vitality and once very tired now had more of a peace that transcended the world, and a longing for rest.

After a while, Tommy slowly spoke, his tone very weak.

【This is probably the last recording.】

【Time flies so fast; after people get old, they will take many things very lightly.】

【I believe you are still alive. You must still be alive. But your time is different from ours.】 ===== CHAPTER 889 =====