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Once I approached the stairs, I stopped in front of them. “Here we go.”
Pavel huffed and stopped next to me.
Soon M, Lunita, and the little girl arrived.
I pointed at the steps. “What do you all see?”
M squinted his eyes. “I see a wall.”
The little girl nodded.
Lunita leaned her head down to her shoulder and truly peered. “There are no steps.”
I turned to Pavel. “What do you see, cousin?”
He frowned. “A staircase.”
“My God.” M stepped forward with his gaze fixed on the stairs—or the wall, as he perceived it. “This could be a psychological barrier.”
M turned our way. “Our brain might be shielding us from these stairs, from what lies above, because we’re not ready to confront it.”
Pavel’s expression turned grim. “If that is the case, then maybe you should not push this.”
“I am going up there.”
“Cousin, if the stairs are hidden from their sight, maybe there is a reason. It could mean they are not meant to deal with whatever is up there—yet.”
The hallway was thick with unsaid thoughts. I felt their caution, their fear, even, but it clashed so fiercely with the fire inside me.
This is it. This is the fucking answer.
“But what if,” I put my view back on the stairs. “What if confronting this is exactly what you all need? What if your healing lies beyond this barrier?”
I gestured towards the staircase. “What if this is not about being ready but about facing your fears, challenging your limitations?”
M rubbed his beard. “Kazimir, I understand your urgency, your need for resolution. But diving headfirst into the unknown without understanding the consequences—”
I cut him off, “I am in all of your minds right now. We have already dived head-first into the unknown.”
Silent, Lunita went up to the stairs and reached her hand out.
M and the little girl gasped.
I quirked my brows. “What?”
Lunita snapped her hand back to her side. “My fingers went through the wall.”
“Because there is no wall.” I pursed my lips.
“Hmmm.” M nervously tucked some of his dreadlocks behind his ear. “Our journey has never been about staying in the comfort zone. It has been about growth, about pushing beyond what we believe is possible.”
Pavel looked between M and me, the conflict evident in his eyes. “But there is a difference between growth and recklessness. Kazimir, how do you know this is not the latter?”
“Sometimes. . .” I sighed. “You have to step into the unknown to find what you are looking for.”
The air buzzed with this electric sensation.
I turned back to face the staircase.
