Riviera:
The Prophecy
Prologue.
"Is she dead," the maid asked.
"Yes I believe so," a man replied holding a new born baby. The conversation was taking place in an orphanage room where the doctor usually gave a checkup to the orphans. Tonight was different though as he had to deliver a poor mother's baby.
"Oh so sad," the maid replied. "The mother was so weak but I didn't know she'd pass away." The maid seemed concerned. She was so distorted by this melancholy event that took place. It was her first night in the orphanage and she had never imagined that this will take place.
"Ms. Cassandra, what shall we call the child," the doctor asked looking very calm. Cassandra tried to pick herself up. She wiped off a few tears off her face and answered his question.
"Jake if it is a boy and Mariana if it is a girl," she said with all her courage in her. "The mother told me those names before she passed away."
"Well then Jake is the boy's name," he said. He handed her the baby and Cassandra gave a faint smile.
"Here are the mother's belongings and this letter for her child" he said. "Looks like she was planning for this to happen."
Cassandra looked at a letter that was given to her. She just scanned though it and understood that the mother were writing her last words but couldn't understand the point of the letter.
"I don't understand," Cassandra said "What is Riviera and what is with these demons. Was this woman psychotic?"
"That's what I am trying to figure out," he said. "I want to check the asylums and ask if a pregnant woman escaped but the next puzzling thing is if this woman is crazy, how did she get pregnant?"
"Is she really crazy," Cassandra asked.
"I don't know but if you help me, I can maybe find family or friends of the woman." The doctor answered. "This child's mother, for the very little time I've know her in this room, is very strong and brave. How could she be mad!"
Cassandra looked at the child with pity. Growing up without a mother is not an easy thing. She had experience with a drunken father and never getting ahead in life. She finally did something with her life by taking courses in cooking and child care. These things got her a job in this place called St Michael's Orphanage.
The doctor placed a sheet gently over the woman covering her body.
"I'll call an ambulance to pick her up," he said and left the room briskly.
Cassandra watched the new born baby in her arms. The baby was crying and moving its little arms in its new world.
"I will make sure nothing bad happens to you," she said. "You'll have a good live with lots of friends and I will be always there for you."
Cassandra picked up the letter again and read it through. She looked at baby Jake and said, "This boy is destined to do many great things according to this letter. I really wonder if it is true"