Life Comes Full Circle

2. She's Not The Home

"Hello!", greets Björn at the doorstep, with the biggest smile on his face. He was carrying a massive Louis Vuitton bag and flowers.

"Björn.", Agnetha greets back, but with a less excited smile on her face.

"Congratulations to you too, for giving birth to a wonderful girl. Here are your flowers!", Björn handed over a pink roses bouquet. Agnetha accepted it, with a dazed look of bewilderment of his action.

"Thank you.", she said.

"Will you let me enter?", he asked.

"Uh, yes. Of course.", giving him the green light to come inside, which he instantly did and took his trainers off.

"Linda! Happy birthday, sweetheart.", said Björn as he approached his daughter and gave her a hug and a kiss, with the bag and flowers still in his hands. Agnetha only observed the insanity of this man.

"Thank you, dad.", Linda said, looking deep into his eyes and trying to understand what was going on.

"I have a gift for you! And flowers for my biggest flower.", Björn gave her the bag, keeping the flowers so she could open the main gift.

"Uhhh, mum is getting boogie with a designer.", said Tilda who had entered the room in the meantime.

"Hello, child. I missed you.", Björn hugged his granddaughter and kissed her forehead.

"Hey, grandpa. How are you?"

"Amazing. Better now with all of you.", he replied. "Where are your sisters?"

"Ester is vlogging today so she got late to get dressed for the dinner. And Signe, God knows.", Björn laughed at her granddaughter. It was crazy to see her so grown up. She was now an adult and he didn't even realise how fast the years had passed.

"Dad!!!", exclaimed Linda, who had opened the box with a gorgeous khaki coloured bag. "You didn't have to! This is expensive."

"Don't be silly. I knew you'd like it so I decided to give this to my oldest daughter that changed my life.", said Björn. Agnetha was observing the whole interaction from the beginning and she couldn't understand why was he acting so normal. Just like nothing was happening.

"I love it, dad. Thank you so much!", Linda hugged tightly her dad.

"And your flowers."

"Please, you're spoiling me. I love them, dad. Let me put them on water.", Linda left the room and picked up her mum's flowers too. Tilda, Björn and Agnetha were left alone and in silence.

"How have you been?", Björn broke the silence.

"How have YOU been, Björn?", Agnetha fired back.

"Grandpa!!!", screamed Signe who run towards her grandfather, jumping into his arms.

"My sweet pie!", Björn tried to catch her. "You are getting heavier, one day I won't be able to pick you up anymore."

"I am 12 now!"

"Aren't we a young lady now, uh?", Björn said while tickling her.

"Yes but I like being picked up."

"And you, camerawoman?", asked Björn to Ester who was filming everything with her phone.

"I'm doing a vlog for mum's birthday."

"So you don't greet anyone anymore?"

"Of course I do, grandpa.", replied Ester. She stopped the video and changed to the front camera, so she would record herself hugging Björn.