The Wrongful Death by Kenneth B. Andersen

Author:Kenneth B. Andersen [Andersen, Kenneth B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Publisher: Kenneth B. Andersen
Published: 2019-04-04T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 27

Adam and Eve

They walked through the forest, which gradually grew dark. The shadows became longer, deeper, and heavier. They could hear animals stirring in the brush and once in a while caught a glimmer of eyes between the trees.

Alone in a dark forest full of lions and tigers, Philip thought and heard a branch snap behind them. As he turned to look a leopard sprang into a tree and snuggled in for the night. Still, I’ve never felt more safe.

Along the way they gathered some fruit. They hadn’t had anything to eat all day, and their stomachs were rumbling. As they plucked some bananas from a tree, Satina poked Philip with an elbow and pointed.

“Look!” she whispered. “It’s them.”

“Who?”

“Adam and Eve.”

“Is that Adam and Eve?” He looked in amazement at the two people walking through the forest, each carrying a load of firewood. They were old. They had gray hair and a lot of wrinkles. They still had a long life ahead of them, but were clearly already far into their afterlife. Yet it wasn’t their age that surprised Philip. It was their skin color.

“They’re black,” he muttered. He hadn’t even considered the possibility. In all the paintings and drawings he’d seen of Adam and Eve, they were always white.

At the sound of his voice, the man and the woman looked up and saw them. Adam and Eve greeted them with a nod. They smiled, but even in the fading light Philip could see their eyes harbored an immense sorrow. A sorrow so deep that not even an eternity in Paradise could reduce it, and he understood it was caused by the greatest loss a mother and father can ever experience.

Philip and Satina nodded in return, and Adam and Eve trudged on into the forest.

“They’re still grieving for their son,” said Philip, shaking his head in dismay. He knew the story. Of their sons, Cain and Abel. How Cain had killed his brother in a jealous fit. “But I don’t understand. They got him back again. God said they live near Abel and his family.”

“It’s not Abel they’re grieving for,” Satina answered. “They lost both sons that day, and they’ll never see the other one again. Even though Cain committed a terrible crime, he’s still their son. When Jehovah discovered what he’d done—”

Philip nodded. “He ended up in Hell.”

But to his surprise, Satina shook her head. “No, even worse. God arranged for his punishment himself. He cursed Cain and banished him to Outer Reach. He was the first monster and the first accursed.”

“Adam and Eve ate from the tree God had forbidden them to eat from, and they were thrown out of Paradise,” Philip muttered. “Their first son murdered his brother, whereafter he was banished. Not exactly a flying start for God.”

“And God saw that it was good,” Satina snickered. “Everything other than mankind.”

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