SILENCE

By the time they were getting home it was already afternoon, Ben knew that Elisha needed time to process everything that he had gone through so he didn’t even bother to go into the house with him.

When he walked inside he felt like the walls were closing up on him, it was just too much for him to bear and waste part was he had no one to talk to. As he walked from room to room he ended up going into the twin’s room. They had refused to sleep in separate rooms despite them being ten, he walked into the room and closed the door behind him. Everything was as it was when they had left for Chelstone that fateful morning, he felt like he was being beaten from every angle of his life by an unknown force. There was once a time when he was in control of his life, a time when he knew what was supposed to be done but now he had just lost touch of everything around him.

He sat on the bed and inhaled the scent of the kids his heart breaking into a million tiny pieces, how was he supposed to move on like this? It would have been easier if his wife was in the right state and mind but she too had lost a great deal and now wanted nothing to do with him.

He was a man and society expected him to be strong but how could that happen when the pillar of his strength had been taken away from him?

He thought of his late father in law, he had loved the man like he was his own father. Growing up without a father figure in his life he had thanked God for Larna’s father but now the man was the reason why his family was broken and he wasn’t even alive to see the damage he had done.

Elisha had cried enough and now he had no tears left, the only thing he felt was an emptiness which he believed could never be filled. His heart had a huge void and he wasn’t sure if anything or anyone could ever make it better.

When thoughts couldn’t make sense to him anymore, he lay on the bed and closed his eyes, sleep was the only thing that made him sane, the only thing that reminded him that he was human after all.

Larna got out of the bedroom slowly with the help of the clutches, she had been having night mares concerning her past and most of the things she was dreaming about were her childhood memories; not once about her present life.

The nightmares kept getting worse as she couldn’t understand anything that was happening and honestly she wished she could talk to someone about it but there was absolutely no one. So with the little strength in her she walked to the kitchen to check if there was anything to eat.

She had not eaten the past days and she was guessing that is why she was feeling weak. After getting to the kitchen, she saw how organized everything was. For some unknown reason she knew where everything was.

She got some bacon from the refrigerator and fried it in olive oil, placing cucumbers and onions on one side of the plate and an avocado on the other.

She was just pouring some apple cider vinegar in her glass of water when Elisha walked in.

‘Why didn’t you call me to help you?’ he asked yawning

‘I didn’t want to disturb you.’ She said moving to the sink where she washed her hands then sat on one of the kitchen chairs.

He stood just a distance from her and watched how she gracefully took in her food.

Before the accident Larna had been on a diet and looking at the food she was eating now, he was wondering whether she had regained her memory.

‘Why that choice of food?’

‘Well I don’t know, I just have the urge to eat this.’ She responded

‘I see.’ He said

‘Why? Is there a problem?’

‘No there isn’t.’ he smiled weakly as he walked over to the fridge

He got two slices of bread, spread margarine on them put them in the toaster then squeezed himself some fresh lemons which he mixed with water and a bit of sugar.

‘Tell me about us.’ Larna began causing him to choke on his food

‘Are you okay?’ she asked innocently

‘I am, I am just surprised that you have asked that question.’

‘Well we will be living under the same roof so I figured it is only mature that I learn about the life we shared before this whole accident.’

He looked at her and wondered about her change of heart, one minute she was ready to leave the next she wanted to try and make things work.

‘Well, where do I begin?’ he asked himself taking the last sip from his cup

‘Tell me about my friends, my passions, my hobbies. Tell me what made me laugh.’ She said a certain glow in her eyes appearing

‘You didn’t have much friends.’ He began and he noticed how her facial expression changed

‘I and the twins are all you had, you believed that the smaller the circle; the more loyal people around you would be. I guess it is because you grew up as an only child but that didn’t stop you from having the perfect family that you always dreamt of. We were happy together, the four of us.’ He said swallowing hard

‘You were passionate about baking, anything to do with flour you were good at. You could just get all that done without much effort and the good part about it is that you put your heart into it.’ He said

‘So did I have a job?’ she asked

He laughed.

‘Nop, you always wanted to be your own boss so you made your own little bakery here. It is what kept you going and sane I guess because the kids could have driven you crazy, I was working for someone but you advised me to build my own thing and I listened to you.’ He said

There was silence between them and he realized that maybe he had told her more than enough since she wanted out.

‘I will be in my room when and if you need me.’ He said getting up.