you had left, Mary Ann, so that there wouldn’t be any cracks in the system. Every curse is just like a promise though. If one is made there has to be a way to break it eventually.”
“ Promises should never be broken, Liza. Why else would they be a promise? Why bond yourself if you have no intentions of holding to it?”
“I agree to a point. I made a promise when I was 13 years old and thought that I knew everything to always uphold to the laws of the sisterhood and to stand by them as if they were my only family. I broke that promise the night that I put that flyer on Drew’s door. I knew that she would be perfect for you, before I even met you.
She has a way about her that I’ve neve r seen with anyone else. She isn’t afraid of anything in the world except herself, and men, living ones anyway. She has been through hell and back and the worst I hoped would happen was that she would get frightened and leave. My Nana knew what would happen though. She saw it somehow a very long time ago and never told anyone. My grandmother has a very special gift you see. She envisions things. Not just anything but special things.”
“Why is it that your family would break this bond to Lezetta? Whyshould I even trust you?” Brendan asked her feeling skeptical about the whole situation now.
“You should trust me because Drew saved me once a long time ago and I owe her for that. She has been my very best friend for a very long time and nothing will ever change that. I would do anything in the world for her as long as it was in my power.”
“You didn’t say why it is that your family has broken their bond with the witch.” Brendan was standing near the broken window now. He wished so badly that he could be with Drew. He needed to feel her in his arms. He needed her to speak to him and to let him know that she was ok.
“Lezetta had more power than she was ever worthy of. The original intention of every witch is good. No magic should ever be used to hurt anyone. Lezetta went too far when she sentenced you to an eternity in solitary confinement. The bond to the sisterhood isn’t nearly as important as the fact that we believe in decency and kindness. The so called sisterhood evidently forgot that back then or they didn’t realize what exactly Lezetta had talked them into.”
Brendan believed that he could trust her. She was either a very honest and loving person or she was a very good actor. Either way, he had no idea what to do so really he had no other choice but to believe her.
“What happens to me when I fall in love and am loved in return, Liza? Do I earn the privilege of moving on to heaven or hell, and why is my sister still here? She should have moved on before I was murdered!”
“I don’t know about your sister, Brendan. I don’t understand why she is still here unless Lezetta wasn’t her true killer. If that is the case then she probably stayed behind to set the record straight.”
“And Lezetta? Why is it that she would need to be staying behind? She got everything she wanted did she not?”
“You ask questions of me Brendan that I have no answers to. I don’t know all of the ways of the spirit world and up until now I really had no desire to know.”
“Then how in hell do you suppose we get Drew back? Have ye no idea about that either?” Brendan said, his Irish fading in and out again.
“I know that we need to get Drew’s body back to the grave where Lezetta traded places with her soul. Drew needs to get back into her body as soon as possible. I also know that I can’t carry her by myself and I need you to help me.
So, what is it Brendan? Do you love her or do you love her not?” Liza asked calmly. She knew that they needed to hurry but Brendan was the type of man that obviously needed to know all of the answers before making any major moves. Any other time she would have respected that but right now there wasn’t much time for all of the answers.