by Rona Go
It was Jervais who recovered first. She wiped her face with her hands and said, "We have got to stop this, Jonah!"
"Yeah, I know!" Jonah said wiping her own face.
"Jemmah is downstairs," Jervais announce joyfully.
Jonah smiled and replied, "Really? That's great news!"
"I reckon Jane had already gone out last night," Jervais said. "So where is she?"
"I honestly don't know!" Jonah said. She was thinking it was probably not the right time to tell Jervais everything that had happened. She did not want to ruin Jemmah's homecoming after all. Someday though, she knew she had to tell Jervais about it. And she was hoping, by the time she will explain about Jane, she had already learned to tell it without the pain.
"And I met the back-up at the hospital," Jervais said. "He wants me to tell you that your boy—the ex—X, is now ready to accept guests and he wants to see you."
"Well, he will—" Jonah said. Xavier was another part of her life which had its own moment. For there was no doubt, Xavier was an important part of her—the part where there was calm and clarity but not without the sense of aching. But time again will tell how everything will finally give way to forgetting and letting go. And Hugh…he will just have to wait just as he said so and get a shot at every stolen moments they both have when the world went away and it was just the two of them. Jonah was confident that Hugh will always find a way for those moments. She smiled and told Jervais, "Let's welcome Jemmah home!"
The two went down to the kitchen where Jerone and Jemmah were. Even Aunt Judith went out of her basement-suite to be her usual scowling self.
"There you are! Where have you two been," Jerone said. She was fussing over Jemmah like a mother-hen, which used to be Jane's role. "And where is Jane for heaven's sake. She's supposed to be here!"
"Humph!" Aunt Judith said, looking up from her cup of coffee. "The girl has probably run away by now!" Forgetting that Jonah had not gotten back her regular sight, she held Jonah's eyes and gave her a small, undetected wink which Jervais had caught on and thought was totally misplaced from her usual demeanor.
"With Damian?" Jemmah slurred. "'Bout time!"
"Are they—" Jervais began to ask.
"You girls were too young to witness how your mother almost threw Jane into exile in some small witch island in Asia when she found out that the two were in love," Jerone said. "Fortunately for Jane, she had serviced your mother too well that she was indispensable at that time. Speaking of witch island, how's the witch hunt for the new healer?"
"Oh, there's nothing to it anymore," Aunt Judith said. "A new rumor is circulating among the healers now. Although, nobody knows who, it has already been sealed through that Lively boy."
"Well, that's good news then! Now, we can all go back to our regular lives," Jerone said. "But who is it anyway, Aunt Judith? The new one—"
"Isn't the Lively boy your boyfriend, Jonah?" Jemmah interrupted. Then, as if she had been hit by a sudden realization, her eyes became round with interest.
Jonah and Jervais exchanged meaningful looks.
"My X!" Jonah said.
After searching Jonah's face, Jemmah just shrugged her shoulders and said, "Well, it's about time you see other guys. You're young anyway."
"Since Jane is not here, I am going to arrange a thanksgiving ceremony before we join Brice's ashes to dad's. And of course, a thanksgiving for Jenssen and Jemmah too. We ought to be celebrating the lives of people more even before they're gone." Jerone declared, mustering some cheerfulness. However, the Blood sisters became quiet all of a sudden with a strong presence of some sort in the air which they all felt together.
"Humph!" Aunt Judith said, breaking the cloud which seemed to have settled through them. "Just get it done and over with!"
Jonah sighed. Almost everything had continued to their regular pattern. Although, things were not really the same for her anymore, she knew she will learn to adapt to the changes that will present itself in every moment of now that can go on forever if she chose to seal it someday.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
