Chapter four piano noises
The smallest of the three girls was the first one to come over to me.
"Hi" she said "I´m Tee Taylor. I´m Johnny´s sister."
The next girl was dark- skinned.
"I´m Carmen," she said. "And this is Lily" she pointed at a blond- haired girl
"I don´t really live here anymore" Lily said. "But I visit almost every day. And this is Shadow" She pointed at a three-legged dog who sat on the floor in front of her.
"Oh, he´s so cute" I said, stroking Shadow´s grey fur.
Suddenly we heard noise of a piano. And I stood up again.
"That´s just Gus" Tee said "He´s got a handicap called Asperger's syndrome. He practices this time every day."
I nodded, unable to speak as the piano noise had induced painful memories.
"Are you ok Emma?" Johnny asked and brought me back to reality. "You look so sad"
"Yes" I said "I just…remembered something"
I´d played the piano as far as I could remember. My little brother Jonas. Who was six years old when he died had also played. We used to play together. And this was the first time I heard a piano since the plane crash. But I didn´t want to talk about it. It was too painful.
"Well come on" Johnny said "I´ll show you the rest of this place."
We went downstairs and into a lounge. There were several kids, and two adults, one of them came towards me.
"I´m Tracy" the girl said "I work here as an assistant for Mike and Gina. This is Gina, by the way." She pointed at the other adult.
"Hi babes" Gina said and shook my hand. "Are you Emilia?"
"Most people call me Emma" I answered, as usual.
"Why?" Johnny asked "Emilia sounds beautiful"
"It´s just such a long name" I said.
The truth were that the only people who used to call me Emilia where my parents.
"Alright" Johnny said. "Come meet the rest of us."
A little boy was standing in front of me. Carrying a stuffed giraffe.
"Who are you?" I asked the little boy, and sat down on one knee to reach his height level.
"I´m Harry" the boy said
"And who´s your little friend" I asked. Pointing at his giraffe.
"This is Jeff. What´s your name?"
"I´m Emma"
"Jeff likes you"
"Well that´s good" I said smiling towards him.
"Let´s say hi to Frank and the others" Johnny said and pointed at two boys playing pool. One of them looked like he had Cerebral Palsy.
"I´m Frank" he said and the other boy presented himself as Rick.
One black haired boy and a short girl with very long, brown hair sat in the sofa, playing games.
"I´m Tyler" the boy said. "And this is Jody."
"Who are you?" Jody asked.
"I´m Emma" I said. "I´m going to live here"
"Who are you?" I heard someone ask me and I turned around