Laurence continued down the road out of town, but Sammy didn't leave him. As he approached the edge of town, a small, white, picket fence crossed the road and stretched as far as he could see.
"The barrier," Sammy said.
Laurence was shaken. He didn't think it would actually be there.
"Will you still cross it?"
"Of course. It's only a fence and I can always come home when I'm done," Laurence said.
"No. You can't," said Sammy. "The barrier will not let you back in. If you go, you will give up your family. You will never see your mother or father again."
Laurence placed his hand on the fence, hesitating.
"It's tough," Sammy said as she put her hand on his shoulder.
He shook away immediately and looked hard at her. "I will go, Sammy. You cannot keep me here like you do all the others. I'll give up anything for what He asks me."
Laurence hopped over the fence and looked back.
Sammy was gone.
The fence was gone.
He couldn't even see the town in the distance, just fields with a road running through it.
Laurence was on his own.
He continued walking down the road until he came to the small town of Despair.
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