Revived Souls

P A R T T w e n t y F i v e

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|T W E N T Y f i v e|our Family
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It nearly shook my mind by surprise when he agreed.

Flynn Raymond wanted to come home with me. Back to the same place we had met and our journey had begun. Flynn never failed to surprise me and I often wondered why a guy like that wanted to destroy himself because to me, he was the spark in my dark place. Heck, he was fireworks that lit up my mind. He made me feel the beauty of living. He was beyond beautiful in every way possible. Genie and Flynn were the miracles of my life.

I strongly believed in fate and it worked in inconceivable ways. I relied on fate that maybe some miracle would help us to find Genie.

Back at the park when my mum had asked him the million dollar question, Flynn had looked at her and smiled. The smile won my dad. I saw him smiling beneath the intimidating interface.

I was way too happy and relieved that Flynn had agreed. I did not want to keep away from him. We were so habituated to each other that without each other, it felt incomplete. I know that getting attached to a guy right after having a bad relationship would be essentially not good. On top of that, there were a bazillion tingles and feelings that were gravitated towards him. He was the thread that kept me from breaking. But he was worth every risk.

We had decided to take a flight to San Francisco. Flynn had booked the tickets in the last minute. I was still wrapping my head around the fact that Flynn was coming to my childhood home. He was going to live with me and my family for a week. I could only beam and I never expected everything to go so easy.

Lennox out of my life forever and I was going to live with my family who were never blood related to me and who had duped me into believing me they were. I was supposed to be angry at them but there was no bone in my body which possessed loathe and despise for them. They loved me undoubtedly.

Despite everything, I was hurt that they wrapped my life with a lie. It pained a lot to think that the mother who gave birth to you left you in the cold only to be loved by another family.

"Stop thinking. It's gonna hurt, I know." Flynn who was seated next to me, whispered into my ear.

"It hurts but at the same its a good feeling to know that you are loved. Somewhere deep within my heart I feel okay." I looked at my window where I could see the cloud kingdoms passing by.

"Then that's enough. These people love you and I know that despite all the hurt, you do love them. And trust me, Debbie, you are lucky." Flynn's voice was shadowed by a tinge of hurt especially at the last part.

"Lucky?" I wheezed out.

"Yeah." He averted his face from mine. "You have a family. Love from a family is different, you know. You are lucky to have it."

I nodded my head in understanding. Then I decided to step on an unmapped territory.

"You never spoke about your family. I mean, besides your sister."

I imagined he would react coldly to my question. Perhaps, he would be a raging fire now.

But all he did was smile. That smile broke my heart. His smile was a drowning sadness.