It's been almost a year since I've written anything in this journal. I'm sorry, I didn't intend for this to happen. I almost shut down completely after what... happened.
Laura Laurent quit our team and was promoted.
Laura quitting the team didn't come completely out of nowhere. She had been incredibly pissed at me for multiple things; it all started with how I trashed her faith at the show in the hick town. I forgot that she was also a Christian. And then the few weeks after that...
Now, her promotion? That came out of nowhere.
We later found out that she had traded in info on the Key. The Organization knows now some of the events that occurred because of the Key inside of me. Because of that, she was able to quit the team and hop up towards the higher spots in the Organization.
The entire team hated her because of her betrayal. I was... I don't know. I can't remember. So many emotions. I hated her, and loved her.
After she left, I... almost just shut down, like what happened two years ago. The team kept me together though. The team made sure I didn't slip back into the darkness...
For a while, my compass wouldn't spin, and the Wilderness remained.
Laura moved in with one of the executives in the organization. She's basically dating him now.
And I'm writing this, because I'm trying to come to terms with this. I'm finally getting over her. And because of this, I think I can get back together with the team. We have a plan.
Because of Padriac, we discovered that a few associates in the organization were undercover agents from The Lonely Hearts, and soon, The Lonely Hearts was going to make LIFTED merge in with them.
Padriac and I... we're like partners in crime. He's no longer working against me. Instead, he's started to help me along. He was actually there for me after the whole ordeal Laura caused.
I'm just writing because I want to accept the fact that Laura is happy without me now. And that it's time for me to be happy without her.
I learned my lesson from her; I can't change her. I can change my destiny. But not hers.
I just hope her fiance won't make the same mistakes that I did.
