Chapter 13

After bandaging the bleeding gash on my thigh from Dareios’ blade, I got dressed for work. I felt bad that I had blown the restaurant off to work at the hospital yesterday so I felt that I had to make the day up, besides I didn’t really feel like seeing Miss Clark again. As I made my way down the stairs I could hear my mother laughing softly in the kitchen as my father sang an old celebration song in Greek, a view of them dancing greeted me as I entered the room.

“Ha! Callista, come!” my father called out to me as he let go of one of my mother’s hands and held it out for me to grab.

I couldn’t say no to him and so I joined in the madness, without even knowing what we were meant to be celebrating, dancing, singing and laughing until we were out of breath.

“Stella had the baby this morning.” my mother informed me, showing me a picture of the healthy baby boy who looked just like a baby version of Mikael.

I was ecstatic for my cousin and his wife, after