[ WP ] You and your spouse of 30 years are in a fatal car accident . When you get to heaven , you find out that you get to spend eternity with your soulmate . You realize a problem when you wake up next to a total stranger .

Jessie and I did n't see that truck coming. It came screeching down the corner, like a beast that was out of control. By the time we noticed it was headed straight at us, we just held hands, and closed our eyes. We had a good life anyway, both of us already in our 60s. Death no longer scares us. 
 
 The pain was brief, quick. I heard a loud crash, followed by the sound of my bones breaking, before everything turned dark. When I opened my eyes, I was standing outside of a house I did n't recognize, on a street that I've never seen before. A young boy dressed in a white robe was standing next to the pavement. His golden hair and white wings sparkled under the midday sun. 
 
 `` Am I dead?'' I asked the boy. 
 
 He smiled at me. It made me feel warm and fuzzy inside. `` Yes, Mr Parker. This will be your eternity,'' he stepped aside to let me have a better view of the house. It was a simple two storey house, with floor to ceiling windows on the second floor, and a rather large porch. There was a swimming pool beside the house, with a garden at its side. It was more than anything I could have afforded when I was alive. 
 
 He walked along the driveway, towards the house. We stopped at the front door. `` You have lived a good life, one with love and kindness, and as a reward for the life that you've lived, your eternity will be spent together with your soulmate.'' 
 
 The boy then turned back towards me. `` Do you have any question, Mr Parker?'' 
 
 I looked around me. If this was eternity, it was not bad at all. I wondered if Jessie was experiencing the same thing as me. 
 
 `` Where is Jessie?'' I asked, curious. We were supposed to have died together. But it was only me around. Did she survive? Or was she given a same tour as me, only to be reunited later? 
 
 `` All will be made known to you, Mr Parker,'' the boy simply replied. As if reading my mind. His eyes gestured towards the door. 
 
 `` Alright then.'' I exhaled deeply, suddenly feeling nervous. My hand reached out for the door knob and turned it. Perhaps Jessie will be waiting for me on the other side. The door creaked as I pushed it open, and as I took a step into the house, I found myself free-falling, like how you do in dreams. 
 
 My body jerked awake in response, and I was lying on a bed, no longer outside the house. The morning sun was peeking through the window next to me, a sweet scent of lemon hung in the air. I turned to my side, to find someone else on the bed too, with her back next to me. 
 
 `` Jessie?'' I called out instinctively. After sharing the same bed with the same person for 30 years, you tend to get used to a person. 
 
 The woman yawned as she turned over, her eyes fluttered sleepily at me. But she was not Jessie. It took me awhile to recognize who she was. After all, it was a face that I had not seen for close to 40 years. A face I thought I would never see again. 
 
 `` Tiffany?'' My surprised voice barely left me. 
 
 She smiled at me. `` Hi Parker. It's been a while.'' 
 
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