The World Across

Chapter 1.6

"Good evening. You must be the Andersons?" Dave asked politely to the two tall gentlemen, one of his age and the other of his daughters'; and to the one lady of his daughters' age too.

"Yes. And you must be the Montgomery?" The elder man asked with a deep voice and an obviously british accent which he keeps on trying to hide. "I am Seth Anderson and this are my offsprings, my lovely daughter Amilia and my son Lyndon."

"Yes yes. Gorgeous ones." Dave said with a broad smile and gladly shaked their hands. Jessie did the same too and thought if the young lady infront of her is ill or something for she has this pale as white color of skin and has quite cold flesh but is bearable.

"Please, do come in." She said to them all and gestured for them to come in.

Katherine and Nate we're already at the dinning table waiting for them. "Here are my children, Katherine and Nate." Dave said.

Seth smiled and shaked their hands and so did Amilia and Lyndon but with a poker expression. They seem not smiling. "Where's Sa5m?" Jessie asked in a low voice.

"She's up to the room. Her dress was stained with the juice." Katherine replied.

"I'm sorry. Is there any problem?" Seth said.

"Oh that's nothing. I have three kids actuallybut the other one went up stairs to change clothes. Don't bother." Jessie said politely.

"Come, take a sit so we can start dinner already." Dave suggested.

"Ah yeah! Before I forgot, I brought a raspberry cake for dessert." Seth signaled Lyndon beside him to give the container with the cake which Amilia is holding inside a paper bag.

"Raspberry? Wow. It must be delicious." Katherine exclaimed feeling excited to taste the cake for they only taste it unoften. The town has merely have stocks of raspberries.

"Sorry for being late." Sa5m arrived in the dinning room while Lyndon got the container out of the bag.

"This is my lovely daughter, Sa5m." Jessie introduced Sa5m while she approached closer.

The Andersons seemed to be in shock when she arrived but changed attention when Lyndon suddenly dropped the container and the cake spread around the floor.

The Montgomery looked at him but the Andersons didn't took off their eyes on Sa5m and it's like they don't even blink.

"Is there a problem?" Dave cracked the icy atmosphere.

"My my my . . . " Seth sighed. Then Lyndon came closer to Sa5m while she slowly walked few steps backwards.

"She looks exactly like her." Lyndon said and stopped 2 meters away from Sa5m.

"Is this real?" Amilia whispered in a strong voice.

"What's going on?" Sa5m asked as clueless as her family looking so puzzled.