Years pass and somehow, Raleigh evades notice - Janine tries to find him and damn, but she gets close. He sees her in Sitka once, asking around for a Raleigh Becket and he hides out in his shitty little apartment for a week, feigning illness until he's SURE she's gone.
He doesn't know if she's looking for him for her own benefit or if she's teamed up with Sam, but he doesn't want to find out.
He keeps his promise to Chuck and manages to take care of himself - he stays relatively healthy, keeps in shape, but he's miserable. He works to eat and eats to work and he's a little skinnier than he should be, but he's alive and he's healthy.
Years pass and Raleigh ages and by the time he's thirty he feels ninety, and he's slinging his work sack over his shoulder and heading off for the day when he sees a familiar face.
The bag he's holding hits the ground with a clank, and he's standing there staring, open mouthed, unaware of people bumping past him and grumbling things like move it, Lapierre--
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He doesn't know if she's looking for him for her own benefit or if she's teamed up with Sam, but he doesn't want to find out.
He keeps his promise to Chuck and manages to take care of himself - he stays relatively healthy, keeps in shape, but he's miserable. He works to eat and eats to work and he's a little skinnier than he should be, but he's alive and he's healthy.
Years pass and Raleigh ages and by the time he's thirty he feels ninety, and he's slinging his work sack over his shoulder and heading off for the day when he sees a familiar face.
The bag he's holding hits the ground with a clank, and he's standing there staring, open mouthed, unaware of people bumping past him and grumbling things like move it, Lapierre--
He's too busy staring at Chuck.