Rana looked at Ethos then immediately shifted her sight questioning Shane with her eyes.
Shane rose from his seat instead and turned to look at Amara.
“Aunt, we’re leaving now, as Rana is already here. We’re going to help her find furniture makers for her store,” he said talking to her mom.
“Alright, then,” said Amara rising from her seat, too.
Ethos also stood up and they were all sent to the doorway by Amara.
“Take care in the way, kids.”
“Will do, mom.”
Rana said and they went out of the gate of her house.
The trio started walking.
“Where do we go first?” she asked.
“My friend Leo lives in the next neighborhood. We can see him first,” Ethos suggested.
He led them the way to Leo’s house. It was close to the sea and they had to walk up a sloped road and curve a street before they can reach his
Rana and Ethos started eating. Rana happily chewed on the meat as she savored every bite.“I miss this place, Ethos,” she said with nostalgia. “I’m so glad we dropped by here after we went to Karitt. I didn’t realize I’m already starving.”She picked more meat and noticed Shane’s plate was still left untouched.“Shane, are you okay?” Rana asked before she energetically chewed more meat and picked some more from the grill to her plate. “Are you not hungry? We’re already past lunch.”Shane looked up at her. The golden orbs behind his glasses looked at her passively. Rana was oblivious to anything but the meats that were being grilled at the center of their table.“You’re not eating at all. If you’re not taking any meat, I’m getting them all,” she said with a naughty smile on her mouth.“No, don’t hug them all to yourself, Ran
“Ethos, you’re a terrible meanie,” Rana whined like a child as she held on his arms. “How come you baked the pie without me?”“Oh, be quiet, Enara. You’re too loud,” said Ethos as they walked to the side porch of their house.Rana followed him and Ethiara to the seat. Shane a forgotten existence behind them.“But I said I’m helping you out to make them.”She said as they settled down on the seat.“This isn’t for the Harvest Festival, woman.”He said looking at her.“Still…” Rana said pouting.Ethiara gave her a saucer and a fork while Ethos helped himself first.“Ethiara, would you please shut your sister up?” he asked turning to her. “She is so noisy.”“Why don’t you silence her?” she asked back as she filled her plate with the peach pie.“That’s why I
Two kids were found sitting idyllically on a bed of wildflowers stretching as far as the horizon. The sun was bright and warm under their skin. The sky was bright as blue with sparse clouds floating by. Butterflies fluttered everywhere. The bees buzzed among flowers flitting from one bloom to the other. A grasshopper jumped from a red petal flower to a clump of yellow blooms.A young boy who had just finished putting the flowers together in a big ring stood up and went in front of the girl."I'll marry you Enara once we're eighteen," Enos said placing the ring of flowers on top of Enara's head. "Then, we'll always be together forever."The eight-year-old boy said happily to his childhood friend named Enara who was sitting in her bright lemony dress on the field of flowers while they fooled around and played with the blooming wildflowers under the bright summer sky of May. Tangles of hair fell across the side of her face while the mild wind blew her caramel hair.
Twenty years after…"Enara."He mumbled in his sleep.He stirred waking up but still kept his eyes closed. He dreamt of her again. Enara. Her soft and straight brown hair being blown by the wind on that summer day of May in the wide field of wildflowers blooming in the desert. He was her childhood love when he was still living in Lunara, the City of the Moon before he fell under the moon sky one full moon twenty years ago and woke up in an unfamiliar city he now lives in called New York."Shane, will you please get up? We'll be late for work."A woman's voice roused him up and he opened his eyes to see a woman whose blond hair was done in a high ponytail wearing a blazer and pants in ivory while doing her make-up in front of the vanity mirror."Oh, no, I have to go ahead of you."She said looking at her phone. She turned around and faced him looking at him with her blue eyes."Chris just texted me to come e
He wouldn't believe his eyes.It couldn't be.She wouldn't be here.Enara was alive in Lunara a million lifetime ago.But those eyes were looking back at him.This is New York City. She couldn't be here.He looked back at her closely focusing and studying everything about her appearance—her hair, her stand, her figure. She stood with her straight back, her form was slender. She was wearing a bright yellow summer dress and a pair of cream sandals. A gold purse bag was slung on her shoulders. Her long brown hair swept past her shoulders. They gleamed like caramel under the lights of the afternoon sun. It reminded him of the way her hair shone under the May summer sky then.He blinked.She looked away and walked on.The unknown stranger continued walking until she disappeared before his sight."Enara. Enara!"Shane said and shouted when the woman was no longer around."What are you saying, Shane?"
"Rana!"A woman's voice was bright as the sun called to her.The woman called Rana jerked her head towards the woman who just called her by her name. Shane turned around to see a woman with short wavy blond hair wearing navy blue shorts, a white t-shirt, and a pair of denim tennis shoes. A violet jacket was tied around her waist and a thin golden necklace hang on her shirt. She had a backpack on her shoulders and was carrying a picnic basket."Why are you so late? I've been waiting for you for the past thirty minutes now."She said looking at her watch then back at Rana darkly."Please don't tell me you've lost your direction again.""I was trying, Julienne. I'm sorry. Don't be mad at me.""You're such a child, Ran.""It can be so much trouble finding the direction to be here. And besides, I found cute deers as I was walking on my way here. And I needed to use the toilet.""You were feeding swans," said Julienne rolling
Rana went down as she heard a couple left the store with the bell chiming upon being closed.She was walking down the stairs when she heard a voice of a man and a woman who appeared to be undecided whether they would buy the bracelet or not. She would have gotten down fast to see how it was going but stopped herself when she heard the shy voice of Noreen, her young assistant trying to persuade the customers to buy it.She hid a smile to herself.Working over a month now at her A&V Shop, Noreen has shown wonderful progress. She started the job being a very silent type of assistant and Rana was quite worried because she needed someone good at selling her antiques and vintage items. Her previous assistant Ariadne who was twenty-five years old was a brighter and more talkative sort who could easily sell to customers but she was eight months pregnant and decided she needed leave for her pregnancy so Rana decided to give her one last month.Rana could do th
"See you, Monday, Ran." Noreen said as Rana closed the door of the shop. "Have a great weekend, Noreen," said Rana looking briefly at her and raising her hand in a wave. "Bye." Noreen turned her back and walked on. Rana locked the door with her key and hid it back inside the inside pocket of her bag. She closed her shop at five when it's Saturday. She walked in the opposite direction Noreen took and headed along the streets deciding to buy cakes as she passed by a patisserie shop to give herself and Julienne a sweet treat. It was Saturday after all after a long working weekday. She knew that Julienne would feel elated seeing it. That woman loves cakes more than her. It's her behemoth addiction. What amazed Rana about Julienne was despite her best friend amassing a large quantity of sugar in her system she didn't get fat easily. Julienne has a beautiful curvy body which Rana envied while she could only be either slender if not so skinny. She passed a meat shop and bought roasted