Dark Night Dark Light

Chapter 42

The door to the hole opens up. I open my eyes and see the star filled sky. I look around and see Risto and Torsti. I want to rub my eyes or pinch myself so that I can get a better look and tell myself that this is not a dream. This might be the time that Aaron is no longer a threat to everyone and that I am actually set free. Then I can go back to Ville and pretend that none of this ever happened.

"God damn, Lucy. Your roommate stinks to high heaven," Risto jokes around. 

Torsti takes another look inside and then looks away as he vomits out everything that he has in his stomach. I feel responsible for the bile rising up, if it was not for me then none of this would even be happening to them. I feel that I do not deserve them as friends because I am sure that their lives were going just fine till I came around. Yet, I could not be more thankful than I am for them to be coming to get me. 

"You two need to leave. Aaron will come out and find you two here and then there will be hell to pay," I try to warn them.

"Come and get me Aaron. I am going to take Lucy out of the hole," Risto yells out to the skies.

My eyes widen on horror at what Risto is doing. I wonder if he has gone mad. I know that if Aaron hears him then Aaron will try to kill him. Risto looks back at me after a couple of minutes pass by. Torsti takes hold of the wooden door as Risto reaches into the hole to pick me up and get me out. 

His strong arms crawl under me and lift me up. He sets me on the ground and Torsti closes the door to the hole. I wonder if Aaron is asleep and he will wake up any moment and see them with me. Torsti and Risto get to work getting the ropes off of me. My heart begins to leap and flutter, doing tricks as I begin to think about how I am finally free of all of this. 

A pleasant smell fills the air. It is such a welcomed smell after I have spent a while in a hole with Kelly. I turn my head and see a woven picnic basket laying on the ground. My stomach growls telling me that whatever is in that basket I will eat it all no matter what it is. I know that it has been over twenty-four hours since I have ate the last time. 

"We brought you something to eat," Torsti tells me as he takes notice that I am looking at the basket. 

Risto walks over to the basket as Torsti takes out the last knot in the ropes. Risto sits down on the ground next to the basket. I walk over to the basket and Risto. Torsti's hands are lightly touching my sides to make sure that I don't fall. My legs do feel very weak, almost like I can fall at any moment. I reach Risto and the basket and fall to the ground. Torsti tightens his grip around me so that the fall does not hurt me in any way. 

Risto opens up the basket and starts taking out containers that have food in them. The smell of well cooked vegetables fill my nose and warms my soul. Risto hands me a fork and and container. I take the items from Risto and start to dig into the food. I don't think that I have ever been this hungry before. I take a savory bite of the food and enjoy the taste as I chew and swallow. I know that this is Ville's cooking. I have had it several times before and know that there is nothing that I have ever tasted that tastes like his cooking. 

I close my eyes and imagine that I am at the kitchen table with Ville. We are both enjoying the meal that he has prepared. I imagine him looking at me with nothing but love in his eyes. It is these small things in life that I hold on to with all of my heart. While most girls are in love with the thought of what these rich guys can give to them, always hung up on fancy cars and lavish vacations. My feeling for Ville are nothing like that. I am just in love with the thought of being with him, of the way that he looks at me and makes my heart skip a beat, of the way he smells, of the way that he jokes around, of the way that he makes me feel like I am his world.