The Randomness of Life Chapter 48~ for A Little Drabble Do Ya, Wednesday drabble challenge 6/19

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Prompted by: The Tramps ~Robert Service

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Along the road to Anywhere, the wide world at our feet --

Alexander Waverly sat beside his old friend, now too feeble to move.

He sat staring into space, listening as a book was read or a story recounted.

Those gentle reminders were needed  now to remember the past

all the glories and failures they shared.

Carlo closed his eyes, trying to recall the details.

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Along the road to Anywhere we watched the sunsets pale?

It pained Alexander to see his friend slowly fading away; a man once vibrant and sharp as a blade.  He helped found U.N.C.L.E. so many years ago, and now he was disappearing one memory at a time until he no longer knew those around him.

Carlo was lost.

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The tragic road to Anywhere, such dear, dim years ago.

He died while Alex held his hand, giving strength for one last journey down the longest road of all.

“You’ll find peace when you reach your destination old friend," Waverly whispered as Carlo took his last fragile breath.

Would this be his end as well? Would there be a hand to hold his?