Today is my 40th birthday. It's also my last day on Earth. I get to do anything I want today, within reason, as long as I make it to the portal before my time is up. What I want is to spend the day with Cara and my two young children. I don't know what awaits on the other side of the portal, I only know that certain death awaits me here if I refuse to go.
Some light adult content 14,600 word short story/novella
