sheet.
June 17
“It has been quite a while since I brought my life’s deepest thoughts to you. You have let me bring my passions, my dreams, and my wishes to your pages, and you have embraced each and every thought, without passing any judgment, without making me feel humiliated. So I’m back, bringing some extraordinary emotions that have blossomed from the incredible love between Sebastian and me However, other things took place that have literally shaken up my world and turned it upside down.
I have been absolutely stunned as to how my life and my friends’ lives changed in a blink of an eye. While Sebastian and I were in Italy on a summer holiday, a horrible accident almost took Gabrielle’s life and landed Ian and Eva in the hospital. I had no resources to deal with the stress that had consumed every bit of my existence.
Gabby and Eva are two people that I love dearly. They are my best friends and my secret sharers. Literally, they are two of the most important people in my life. This was beyond my control, even though I was overwhelmed by the desire to fix everything and get our lives back to what they were prior to the accident. How was I going to deal with the anxiety I was feeling?
I was thinking about Gabby and her terrible condition. I was feeling completely stressed viewing her physical injuries and knowing the imperceptible emotional trauma that would become part of her life, apart from the actual physical harm she endured. I couldn’t accept the fact that a person I loved was lying in ICU fighting for her life. I am happy to report that she is out of danger now and on the way to complete recovery.
Eva and Ian are going home from the hospital with just a few bruises and a couple of broken limbs. School will be starting in a couple of months, but Gabby will not be returning with us. She will be attending school for a few weeks from home via the Internet. I will miss her terribly, but I’m sure that we will all be together again soon.
There is something that I find very strange and has been bothering me quite a lot. When I visited Eva and Ian at the hospital, I couldn’t hear their thoughts any longer. I find that very bizarre, because I had been able to hear Eva’s thoughts ever since we were little girls. I was also able to hear Ian’s thoughts since we first met. To me, their minds and their thoughts were like open books. So why do I get complete silence from both minds? What happened to change all that?
I don’t think it’s me, because I still get the constant noise and the weird thoughts that pour in my head daily while out and about among people. It has to be something else, but what? Sebastian has been my steady rock, my sanctuary. He has supported me and saved me from an emotional breakdown. I don’t think I would have been able to make it through if he wasn’t there to extent his solid support. Our love has grown, and I know that I couldn’t live without him. Once I figure out what happened with Ian and Eva, I will come back and share with you all about it, my dear, faithful, silent friend.
Arielle closed her journal and put it away. She picked up her book and decided to read until Sebastian came home.
Troy pulled away, but he kept a watchful eye on Sebastian.
“Is this the same issue as last year?” he asked.
Sebastian gritted his teeth and cursed under his breath. “Yes, it’s exactly like last year, and it’s the same bunch of scums and lowlifes that are willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done.” Sebastian growled his anger.
“Do you know who those people are?” Troy asked again.
“No, I’ve no idea. There are many of them, and they have cells in every country that we have buildings and laboratories. One thing I’m sure of is that they are either connected to the Russian mafia or they are the Russian mafia. One person is seated at the very top and pulls the strings, moving these lowlifes in whatever direction he decides to send them, like puppets.” An
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