LOVE [burns] (ePub)

'Our togetherness will be a beacon of light for others; an example to emulate in their lives,' she said. Her name is Promise, and she has asked Soupy to find her...because love is dying. Before she left, she gave him some advice: 'You're going to fail at finding me over and over again. This task I've given you, it's a numbers game, a game of volume. Only by accumulated experience will you eventually figure out who I am and where to find me. It's also a game of wisdom, because you must learn at least one thing from every person you meet.' And she is right. When he thought about his neighborhood, his parents, his family, friends, practically every one had divorced or dealt with troubling relationships--no one had taught us about love. 'We are meant to teach them,' she said, and then she disappeared. Soupy has been given the first assignment of his life's homework, and it's a grammar test: to better understand himself. There's no cheat sheet or notes for this homework, no map to the destination, no footprints to follow down a path...no path, actually, and no mentors to lean on. He has to make his own way, and it's going to suck. But the reward is Promise. When he finds her he will have found success, and that success is nothing more and nothing less than True Love-two words for the greatest connection the world has ever known, and now needs more than ever.