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Bernie's Wife Monologue
My eyes flutter open and I look next to me, expecting to see my wife, Anne, still asleep. To my surprise, the bed is empty, and Anne is nowhere in sight. I immediately become concerned, as this is not like Anne to leave without waking me up first. I search around the hotel room a little more, then decide to go down to the lobby to see if she’s there. When I arrive at the hotel lobby, I find that she is still nowhere to be found. As I’m deciding that she probably just went to the beach for a morning walk, and forgot to leave a note, an old lady sitting at the bar calls me over. “You, look like you’re looking for something,” she vocalizes this as if it is something I don’t already know. The old woman smells of vodka--the kind of smell you …show more content…
I am Maylea, and this is Bernie. We are in search for Bernie’s wife, and I believe you may know where she is.”
Maylea, so that was her name! Also I don’t remember telling her my name, but that’s a problem for a different day. “Of course I know where she is. But it’s not going to be easy finding her. I’m only the first test.” The woman, Laka, spoke powerfully. Maylea was right, my love for Anne was being tested. “I’ll do anything to get her back. What’s my first test?” I plead. “I have only one question. What is Anne’s biggest secret?” At this I pause, I know the answer, but it’s something really personal. I have promised Anne that I would tell no one, but in this case did it mean saving her? I debate for a moment before I finally decide to keep Anne’s secret. “I’m afraid I can’t answer that.” “And why not?” “I promised her I would tell anyone.” “Go to the grove of enchanted trees, there you will find the other half of this,” she says and throws a necklace with half a pendant on it to me. Before I can respond, Laka vanishes. I study the pendant. When whole it will be ovular shaped, and have a picture on it, although right now I cannot make out what the picture
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Maylea seems to be doing just fine, and she pushes me to keep going. Eventually, we reach the top of the volcano and find another woman standing there.
She is standing holding a flame and has a flower crown of red flowers in her hair. Her essence feels more powerful than the rest.
“I am Pele, the goddess of fire and volcanoes. I’m very proud of how far you’ve come, but you have one more test to prove your love for Anne. You have to jump.”
“Jump?”
“Jump. Into the volcano.”
One last thing that’s all I have to do, and I’ve already made it this far. I know what I have to do, but it might kill me in the process. I take a deep breath and look over my shoulder at Maylea. She gives me a thumbs up. I take one more deep breath, and then I jump.
My heart and stomach drop. Everything goes silent, except for a ringing in my ears. I’m free falling through the air getting closer and closer to the smoldering magma below. The heat gets more and more intense the more I fall, and it turns me into an ocean of sweat.
Suddenly, I’m not falling anymore. In fact, I’m floating. A lightning bolt strikes and I black out.
When I regain consciousness, I’m in my hotel room again and Anne is laying next to me.
“What happened?” she mutters.
“Let’s go home. I have quite a story for

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