Children of Forever by Etienne

Author:Etienne
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2013-06-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Milan, Italy

Sergio

WHEN several days went by without any further contact from Val, Sergio began to once again question whether he had, in fact, imagined the entire thing. Then one morning, just as he had about ceased hoping, it happened again.

“Sergio, are you there?”

“Yes, I am,” he sent.

“I’m back in Milan, and this time my sister is with me.”

“Hello, Sergio, this is Sera, Val’s sister. How are you?”

“I’m okay, I guess, but I was beginning to give up hope.”

“Don’t do that,” Val sent. “Our father is working very hard to get you out of there, but these things take time.”

“We’ve tried to contact you from where we live,” Sera sent, “but for some reason you can’t hear us.”

“We have to go now,” Val sent. “Mama wants to take us shopping with her.”

“Yeah,” Sera sent, “but we’ll try to talk to you later, if you’re awake.”

“Maybe if I’m good, they won’t make me take that pill this afternoon.”

“Try to be good, then,” Val sent. “’Bye for now.”

“’Bye.”

He settled down in his chair, determined to avoid being sedated and thinking of ways to avoid it. Then it hit him. Maybe I can just pretend to swallow the pill. When they brought him the pill, he moved it under his tongue and gulped down a swallow of liquid from the glass of water they handed him.

“Good boy,” the nurse said and left.

He hurried into his bathroom, spat the pill out, and washed his mouth out thoroughly. By the time they brought his dinner, he was once again beginning to wonder why his new friends hadn’t contacted him. He waited and waited, and when the time came for lights out, he crawled into bed and lay there staring at the ceiling. And just when he thought they’d gone home and forgotten about him, it happened.

“Sergio, are you still awake?” Val sent.

“Yes. I was getting worried. I thought you’d forgotten about me.”

“We didn’t forget. It’s just that we can’t contact you when there are people around.”

“Yeah,” Sera sent, “Mama knows all about us, so we don’t have to worry about her. The problem is we’ve been around other people most of the time, and if we just sat around staring at nothing while we talked to you, they might have noticed something.”

“That makes sense. Isn’t it kind of late?”

“It’s very late,” Val sent, “but we didn’t want to go to sleep without talking to you.”

“Thank you.”

“By the way, you sound a lot stronger than usual this evening.”

“That’s because I only pretended to swallow my afternoon pill.”

“Cool.”

“Yeah. It’s nice to have friends. I’ve never had any friends. Do you think they’ll allow me to play with you when I’m transferred to a hospital near where you live?”

“I don’t know why not,” Sera sent, “but not until they’ve checked you thoroughly.”

“I can wait a little while longer.”

“Good. Now, Val and I have to say good night. It’s late and we’re sleepy.”

“Good night to both of you.”

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