The Uninvited
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Had all this really happened?
Sheila and Kacey had cried torrents as they’d hugged each other all night in her apartment. They’d finally made their peace. Why she’d chosen to desert her like that during her abduction by the three charging Mongolians on those desert steppes all those lifetimes ago, became brutally apparent when she remembered that Sheila had had an affair on her, when she’d been her consulate husband in the early 1900’s, in Pakistan. That, in turn, led to a host of other emotions and memories that simply overtook both and turned them into blubbering fools as they fell asleep in each other’s arms. The love they’d felt for each other ran deep, and, obviously, across lifetimes, but now that they both understood their part in each other’s lives, there was no need for embarrassment—nor avoidance. They promised to see each other again, and to forever stay in contact. Sheila really wanted to meet her husband and daughter, and Kacey promised she would.
Sheila, on the other hand, had packed up and was ready to continue on with her own life. She’d made some mistakes along the way, but was ready to move on. No, she wouldn’t go back to her ex-husband... that was another experience she was going to leave for another existence... but now she understood. Life was looking brand new to her and she was, finally, ready for it... to allow it to unfold and create itself; whatever the terms were, she was ready for it, and eternally grateful for a chance to finally understand and right things between her and Kacey. Life was indeed funny, she said to Kacey, as she left her apartment that morning, packed her things, and left for New York.
Funny, indeed.
So, Kacey stood before the bus’s open door and took in the last of Sunset Harbor, Florida. A glorious rising sun glinted its golden-red rays over the terminal and across her face. She closed her eyes and soaked it in.
Yes, life was great.
Life was a journey.
Things were going to be far from perfect upon her return. There would be a lot of work needed to repair all that had been undone—on both their parts—to... reintegrate her back into Mark and Emily’s lives. But she was willing to do whatever was needed. She wanted her life back. Wanted her husband and daughter back. She looked down to the picture of her twenty-month-old Emily, which had come in the letter Mark had sent, and had been waiting for her on her return from the Fort Meyers. She clutched it to her chest, and the tears ran freely down her face.
“Are you all right, honey?” a lady of easily seventy years asked, reaching out to her. She stood before Kacey and the door, one small, overnight bag clutched in her other hand. She reminded her of Hedda Hocker.
Kacey laughed, choking back tears.
“Oh, yes, ma’am, thank you—I’m actually better than I’ve been in years.”
Kacey smiled, then turned around, and took her first
(steppes...)
back into her new life...
About F. P. Dorchak
F. P. (Frank) Dorchak began writing at the age of six. He writes gritty, realistic paranormal fiction that delves into the realms of the supernatural, the unexplained, and the metaphysical to explore who we are and why we exist. Frank is published in the U.S., Canada, and the Czech Republic with short stories, non-fiction articles, one novel, Sleepwalkers, and the story “Tail Gunner,” in The You Belong Collection – Writings And Illustrations By Longmont Area Residents regional anthology.
Blog, Website, Social Media and E-mail sites:
Runnin Off at the Mouthwriter blogsite
Reality Check paranormal blogsite
www.fpdorchak.com website
www.fpdorchak.com/The-Uninvited.html The Uninvited page on the website
www.goodreads.com/fpdorchak Goodreads
@fpdorchak Twitter
fpdorchak@fpdorchak.com public contact
Keep an eye out for additional social media outlets!
F.P. Dorchak books and short-stories:
Sleepwalkers (www.fpdorchak.com/Sleepwalkers.html)
“Tail Gunner” page 78, The You Belong Collection – Writings and Illustrations By Longmont Area Residents regional anthology (www.fpdorchak.com/LiteraryCredits.html, #19)
THE UNINVITED RESEARCH:
Books:
Across Time And Death: A Mother's Search For Her Past Life Children, by Jenny Cockell
Genghis Khan: His Life and Legacy, by Paul Ratchnevsky
Passport to Past Lives. The Evidence, by Dr. Robert T. James
Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, by Bruce and Andrea Leininger and Ken Gross
The Secret History of the Mongols: The Origin of Chingis Khan, an adaptation by Paul Kahn
The Seth Material, a large collection of work by Jane Roberts and Rob Butts
Websites:
City of North Port, Florida http://cityofnorthport.com/ (my inspiration for the town of Sunset Harbor, Florida)
Dr. Ian Stevenson: Scientific Proof of Reincarnation http://reluctant-messenger.com/reincarnation-proof.htm
Dr. Robert T. James, http://www.hypnoti.st/default.asp
Dr. Sydney Heflin www.iarrt.org/members/NAmerica/USA/CO/heflin.html
Emaki, Painting Scrolls of Japan www.louis-chor.ca/emaki3.htm
International Association for Regression Research & Therapies http://www.iarrt.org/about.html
Just Thought I’d Say “Hi” http://fpdorchakrealitycheck.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/just-thought-id-say-hi/
KA-BAR http://www.kabar.com/
LinguaMongolia (www.linguamongolia.com/index.html)
My Ronin/Samurai Life http://fpdorchakrealitycheck.wordpress.com/2013/03/30/my-roninsamurai-life/
Omniglot: The Online Encyclopedia of Writing Systems & Languages http://www.omniglot.com/writing/mongolian.htm
Spirited Away, by Randall Sullivan (Reader’s Digest version from Rolling Stone) http://kuriakon00.com/celestial/child/sprinted_away.html
The Mongolian Language and Scripts, by Tseveliin Shagdarsuren http://www.mongolinternet.com/mongolnom/scripts.htm
The Realm of the Mongols http://www.coldsiberia.org/
The Seth Material http://www.sethlearningcenter.org/
The Silver Horde http://silverhorde.viahistoria.com/
Whistling Arrows, by E. McEwen and D. Elmy http://margo.student.utwente.nl/sagi/artikel/whistle/
News Articles:
“About Face,” Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Life Section, June 26, 2004
“Seeking soul mate? Counselor can help,” Colorado, Life Section, June 26, 2004
“Geneticists link warlord to 1 in 12 Irishmen,” Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colorado, January 22, 2006
“Expedition may have found Khan burial site,” The Washington Post, February 11, 2006
“Mongolia hopes English will open ‘window on world,’” Associated Press, February 15, 2006
National Geographic’s GENGHIS KHAN Timeline, 1997
National Geographic’s GENGHIS KHAN, Vol 190, No 6, December 1996
National Geographic’s THE GREAT KHANS, Vol 191, No 2, February 1997
“Genghis Khan name sparks law,” News Services, October 6, 2006
Movie:
Genghis Kahn (Omar Sharif, 1965)
Music:
My Own Prison (Creed, 1997
Human Clay (Creed, 1999)
Weathered (Creed, 2001)
Full Circle (Creed, 2009)
Questions for Reader Groups:
• Arguably, Genghis Khan was the most ruthless of world leaders. But history is written by the winners, not much of early Mongol society was written down, and Genghis Khan made many enemies. It is said he was as kind to his people as he was ruthless to his enemies, and Mongol grudges were carried across generations (as was seen in Genghis’s personal life)... this is why many campaigns had to literally wipe out entire tribes from the face of the earth, or they just kept coming after you. And he never wanted to be Khan, which happened to him in his early 40s. But, he brought such order and a “sophistication” to the Mongol way of life, it forever changed the face of tha
t culture, even if never fully practiced after his passing to the “letter of the law” as envisioned during its origins. Given this, how do you think today’s culture and its leaders will be judged in 800 years?
• Given the above statements, does it lend a different perspective to Genghis Khan’s method of operation in creating a unified Mongol way of life?
• What do you see when you look at a child... an adult... an elderly individual? Why do you see what you see?
• What do you see when you look at yourself in a mirror? Why do you see what you see?
• What impact would a greater recognition of reincarnation have for Humanity and our societies?
• Given the current attitude toward reincarnation, does reincarnation matter? Does it matter, but we just don’t realize it does?
• How could a more widely recognized acceptance of reincarnation change how we deal with each other?
• What other lives do you feel you’ve lived?
• Did you think the courtroom scenes in The Uninvited were well-portrayed in bringing reincarnational concerns to the courtroom? If not, how would you have done it/liked to have seen it/think it would play out in today’s world?
• Have you ever had thoughts/dreams/experiences that might have been considered reincarnational? Did you ever acknowledge them or act on them, in whatever way that might mean? If not, why didn’t you?
• How much do you think “reincarnational angst” might play out in violence? How might reincarnation in general play out in relationships, or any other abilities?
• If reincarnation was real, wouldn’t it make itself known in just the kinds of ways portrayed in The Uninvited, for good or ill?
• Do you think “reincarnational angst,” or any other “reincarnational” reason, should be used/argued in any legal systems? Why? Why not?
• Have you ever been unaccountably attracted—or repulsed—by another and didn’t know why?
• How can we use our understanding of reincarnation to better our lives? Better understand ourselves?
• What if... we all lived simultaneous lives? There really was no Time... and all our lives were going on, right this moment... and they all interacted with each other...?
Thank you for devoting a small portion of your life to reading my words and experiencing The Uninvited. I hope it helped lend a different perspective to life... and helps you live your own life... a little better....
F. P. Dorchak