Evol

CHAPTER I

"Dad, a shooting star!" cried Julianna from her room.
She quickly peered into her telescope again, the one her dad got her on her thirteenth birthday. She was sixteen now.

"Yeah, that's just one out of the many, my dear," Her dad shouted back from his study. "You should go to bed now or better still, do some studying."

"Sure dad, but this one looked quite different. It was just so- I can't really describe it, too bad I couldn't view it through my telescope just in time."

"Don't worry, honey, I'm sure you'll find another one to look at some other night. I'm try'na finish up some work here and would love some quiet, if you don't mind."

"Oh sorry dad."

"Its alright, sweet. Goodnight."

Julianna had always been delighted to see shooting stars. In fact, she loved gazing at the myriad of stars every night. She loved the beauty of it, how they form in their varying degrees of brightness and colors. She was always trying to make out the constellations. She felt her mum was amongst them, watching over her and keeping her safe. She blew a kiss upwards towards the sky and went to bed.

Karl Parker lived with his only daughter, Julianna, in a secluded part of the country side. He had a wide expanse of cornfield and a barn behind the house with some cattles and horses. His wife,Mariam, died of cancer of the lungs when Julianna was just five.

Julianna was awakened in the middle of the night by a very loud sound, somewhat like that of crashing. She thought she saw a flashing light the moment her eyes got opened but everything seemed silent, normal and still the very next moment. She wondered what it could have been. She went over her dad's room to inquire if he'd heard anything as well.

Dad was sleeping soundly. He was such a heavy sleeper especially after a weary day.

"No honey, I heard nothing," Karl said in his sleepy voice. In fact, you woke me up."

"But dad, I'm sure I heard a crashing sound. Must have come from the fields."

"Well, it isn't the first time now, is it? Last time you were awakened by the sound of a bottle of cream which was probably knocked down by a scampering mouse and you screamed, thinking the house was coming down." He was having a teasing smile on his face.

"Not again, Dad," Julianna pouted. "You're always teasing me about that."

"Go back to bed, honey. You know we got a long day tomorrow."

"Okay, dad." She kissed her dad and bid him goodnight again.

Julianna got to her room and checked the time. It was just past eleven p.m, not up to an hour and thirty minutes before she had gone to bed. She walked to her window and gazed at the stars. They looked so peaceful. The moon was hidden behind a cloud towards the east. She laid down under her blanket and tried to go back to sleep. It took a while before sleep finally came.

She rose up very early next morning and went outside the house still in her pyjamas. Dad wasn't up yet. She decided to take an early morning walk round the house.

She walked towards the barn behind the house and opened it. The animals welcomed her with their braying and mooing. She walked from one to the other, rubbing down their backs.

She came out again. As she turned the corner of the house, who should she see but a dashing young man with long black hair sleeping on the porch close to her window!

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