You don´t choose your family. They are God´s gift to you, as you are to them.
Desmond Tutu
Denmark – Marts 2015:
"Thank you, Freja." I say and with my oldest daughter in hand I go to see my family and this guests that we are having. I sight as we enter the room, where my family and this guests are. My brothers look the same as ever. Tall, blond and blue eyed. It is like they are be on change, but I know they are not. The only brother, who is not here, is my twin Lucifer called Lucy. He is very sickly… has been ever since the loss off his soulfinder Kali. He has not been the same since. But besides him and all the children, everyone in the family is here + two people I do not know. The guests?
"Sister, welcome home." Al, my oldest brother, says
"We were not expecting you on till the end of the month." Fire, Jack´s wife, says. I hate that bitch.
"Well the mission did not take as long time as expected, Fire."
'You should by now know your place, Fire. I see you do not. That is bad for you.' I tell her telepathic. I have always hated that bitch. She does not know her place. She thinks that she can tell me what to do…
'I am sorry, my lady.' Fire says telepathic.
'Well 'sorry' does not cut it this time, Fire. You have been here so long that you should know your place.'
'Yes, my lady.'
"Sister, met our guests Victor Benedict and Summer." I look at the two people. Victor looks to be about 25-27 due to his face. He can also thank it for the fact, which he looks to be a bit older than me. His face looks like he became a grown up too young, and that he has seen a lot of the world´s darker realities. He has shoulder long black hair with dark blue eyes. And he is just my type: Tall, dark and handsome. What can I say? Summer is young about 16-17 max 18 years old. She is sweet looking, and the type of girl, who does not know, how good she really is looking. A rare beauty I much say. I think she would be perfect for Athal, Anubis´ only son and my favourite nephew. I know okay. I am a bad aunt, but what can I say? He reminds me off a young me. How can I dislike that? I just hope that his life will be easier than min is / have been.
Flashback: Church – December 24, 2007:
"James Jørgensen do you take this woman to be …" the priest says.
"NO‼! I will not allow that!" Lucy (my nickname for Lucifer – he loves it) screams and he runs towards us. I turn around to see, what all this fuss is about, but James does not let me. Why is Lucy here? He should be home due to sickliness. He has been very sickly ever, since he was 8, when he lost his soulfinder, Kali Seqá. I smile at the memory off her. They met at the hospital. Lucy was there, because he had broken his right arm. Kali was there for the last time, before she was to be moved to the hospice, which is a hospital for people who are dying. People, who are too ill, incurable, past curing, fatally ill, not remediable or beyond recovery, ends up at a hospice. Kali suffered from a rare blood illness, which ended up killing her. Lucy has not been the same since then… That night when she died, I thought he would die too. But he lived… only wanting to see her again in the afterlife.
"Finish it." James says to the priest, who clearly is nervous, but he does as he is told. Lucy is getting closer, but before he is near enough to does something the priest declares us for married. I am married. James is my husband. I have never been so happy. I am cannot see, what Lucy is so… worried about. I love James, and we are having a baby. I think that it is a boy, but James insists, that it is a girl. On a way I do not hope that the child will be a girl, because I know just how hard it can be. The world is not kind towards girl, but white males… they have always had it easy. I mean look at history – white males. They are the 'lucky' ones. I know that we both are young, but we really love each other, and we are having a baby… Normally I would be against the idea of marriage, but James… James, I love him I think. I think? Do I love him? I mean really. I am only 18… Do I even know what true love is? But we are soulfinders… While I am lost in my mind, Lucy has attacked James. No, it was not supposed to go this way. No, it is all wrong…
'Sister. Du kan ikke genkende lykken, hvis du ikke kender lidelsen. (You cannot recognize happiness, if you do not know suffering.)' Lucy tells me…
That night I lost my husband. He died in a tragic fire – burned to death. 9 months later I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. I guess James was right. I later learnt that James was not healthy for me, but I got one good thing out of it. My little beauty… my Jessie.
End of flashback. Back to the present time:
"Angel." I blink with my eyes. What? What happened?
"Sorry. What did you say?" Anubis laughs and shakes his head.
"What is so funny?" I ask. Even Jessie is laughing.
"You." Anubis says.
"Why I am so bloody funny?" But the fool just keeps laughing. I shake my head and look at Victor and Summer. They look at one another and shake their heads. I laugh. After a bit Summer does it too. It takes Victor a bit longer. When all have laughed it off, I look at Summer and ask: "How old are you?" She is clearly taken off guard with my direct question. She looks at Victor. He nods. God, is he her father or something? Just that make me want to laugh again, but one look from Al tells me that that would not be a good idea.
"I am seventeen. Why?" she asks. I look at her one more time. God, I have not been home more than a few hours, and I already match-making. I look at Anubis, but the fool does not understand anything. "Curious." And with that I walk away with Jessie to find the rest of my children.