Ilya was always in a hurry, but she never told anyone what she was up to. I remember asking her countless times what she was doing after school, but only got glares back as an answer. Once I understood that it was no use asking her, I just kept doing my own things.
When Mar had made himself comfortable in his new place, I started going through everything that I had bought and made sure that they all got stored at a good place. Once I was done the buzzing sound from my phone reminded me to go and make dinner,. Although it was originally made so that everyone would take turns in making dinner, somehow ended with me doing it every day. I didn't really mind it either since I enjoyed making food, looking for new meals and preparing the ingredients was the thing I liked the most after learning about snakes. Today's dinner was going to be a stew with lots of vegetables, a dish I had found by accident while searching for information to my homework. The smell of food filled the air and I started to hum a bit. This had been one of the best days for years, and hopefully everyone would be coming home tonight as well. That was something very rare, mom was normally busy with her work and dad was out roaming, doing whatever he felt like doing. Ilya and my brother Adam had their stuff going on, so most of the time we would eat whenever we got home.
It stung a little when I gave up on waiting for them to get home, they did say that they would come home earlier today. Yet no one had come back. I brought my plate and ate my food in my room, at least Mar would keep me company. His light green eyes seemed to look at me with pity.
- At least you're here with me, so it isn't that bad after all.
I looked at him and smiled, I could feel the tears and the urge to cry breaking through my attempts not to cry. I had no reason to be sad or upset, after all I finally got to bring Mar home. The tears started to roll down my cheeks, there was no way to stop it. If mom would have seen me now, I would have gotten the biggest lecture in my entire life. Talking about how I never should be upset over small things, how I should be grateful for having a family at all.
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The meeting
Genel KurguHow would it feel if you one day woke up not knowing where you are, how you got there or how to get back? And at the same time discover that your entire life had been a lie? Raya grew up thinking that she and her family got along great, they didn't...
