Since Freya had to home sooner her father hadn't sent the documents but decided that they would discuss them while they were at home.
After that morning she didn't hear anything from Sam. She understood that it might have been something serious and another thing when Sam left he forgot his jacket in their jacket stand by the door and it reminded her of him a lot.
She closed the passenger seat of her car with her bag in hand and looked at the large building that was before her. That she used to call home. There were a lot of cars parked everywhere. They had arrived and you could tell by the laughter that she could hear from this far. Her father's car and Mike's were not there maybe parked in the garage.
It was and still is home but it wouldn't be the same without her. She missed her a lot. Her heart ached but she wouldn't see her smile nor taste the foods that she could have prepared for thanksgiving.
She opened the large pivot red wood door and it made a cringing sound and everyone in the large living room turned to look at her.
A lot of eyes were on her which belonged to her cousins, aunts, uncles and grand parents.
She smiled back at them and closed it. She heard something hard hit her right leg and clung onto it. She looked down to see a small girl with rusty brown hair in pig tails , Ava. That was her cousin's (David) daughter,
"Reya hweb me ", she said. Her tiny blue eyes were clouded by tears and she made tiny sobs. Freya dropped her bags and picked her up. She wiped the tears that started pouring.
"Hey Ava what's wrong", she asked making a sad face and kissed her cheek.
" Papa dusint want me to have icekwim", she pouted. She was only three and couldn't pronounce words correctly but Freya understood what she said.
"What? Daddy is being mean again. Why doesn't he want to give you ice-cream. Where's mommy", she pouted in return?
"She was in Wegas but now ",she lifted her shoulders as a sign that she didn't know where she was now. Her mother went to Las Vegas a week back and would be joining them later and David took care of her. They last talked before she borded a plane here.
"Do you want to go and punish Daddy for being a meany", she asked and little Ava nodded.
She went to the sofa that David sat in with a drink in his hand with Ava in her arms and pulled his ear. Everyone burst into laughter as they saw the two. Ava clapped and cheared in return playing with her hair. He father made a sad pouting face.
"Now we're done she placed her down. Go there and ask Granny Nan to give you your favourite ice cream ", she said pointing at Nanny that you could see as she was in the kitchen because that is how Ava called her.
She ran to the kitchen with a pig tales bouncing up and down into Nanny's arms.
" Hello everyone ", she smiled as she regained her posture after placing her down.
" hi ", they all said in unison.
"Oh dear how have you been doing ", her grandmother stood up to hug her and so did her grandfather.The rest of them followed and came to hug her but she noticed that there was one person who didn't stand up.
Her head hung low. She had red hair, brown eyes and had a slim body.
"Hey there gorgeous, how are you? ", she waved and then she brought her head up and smiled back. "What's your name?", she asked.
"Rebecca ", another voice said and it was a male one.
She looked at where the voice came from and saw Mike standing by the door that connected the living area with the dining area.
"Oh hey you ", she went on to give him a hug. "So you say who is this? ", she asked again.
"Rebecca ", he ran his hands through his hair and looked at her. "And she's my girlfriend", and she looked at him with the when did you suddenly fall in love kind of look.
"What! ", she said in shock. She wasn'st really shocked about his father or anything but Mike was not the lovey dovey kind of person and bringing her home meant commitment and like damn her your brother found his soulmate first, she thought
"So you're the one who sweept my brother off his feet. Come on give me a hug ", and she came with a smile on her face this time.
She was new here and she'd asked Mike not to leave her alone and yes he didn't bug introduced her to someone since he had to do things around the house like checking if the bedrooms and everything was ready for everyone but she'd made a friend now with one of the cousins, Janette and she was nice.
She went on to say hi to the others that had arrived for thanks giving including Ava's mother that they had to fetch from the airport.
She went up in her room and widely opened the door and she was welcomed by the neatly cleaned up room , strawberry scent and made bed with her favourite pink, white and purple duvet that wraped the whole bed.
She heard wheels rolling on the floor and a tiny voice giggling. There was a somebody chasing them. Ava came running with her pink little wheel travelling bag that had her clothes and hid behind her big chair by her desk.
She stood there to watch David looking for his daughter.
"Ava ", Rosaline called out.
"Mommy!! ", she screamed and ran past her father to the person standing by my door and hugged her. She smiled at the sight before her and it made her miss someone she would never see again.
"Sorry about that ", David said to her .
He was used to Ava playing hide and seek and running after her was no big deal anymore.
She went to have a shower to relax her muscles a bit and tucked in her bed covers. Half an hour passed but she still didn't get a wink of sleep. She was intimidated by the fact that the moment she closed her eyes she would see her mother in her dreams.
Yes, she missed her but this meant even more. It meant that her mother wasn't at peace and there was something that wasn't done right. Even though she tried solving mixing and matching all the puzzles she still didn't know what she meant the day she was killed.
**
She heard someone shaking her so hard and her eyes were fluttered open.
"Wakey wakey ", Rosaline said.
"Hey. Is it time for dinner yet ", she asked.
"No, your boyfriend is at the door. Well we let him in but he's downstairs come quick ", she said and left immediately.
Freya dragged her feet past her desk to her wardrobe and got a bathrobe. And another thing she hoped it was Sam and everything was sorted and he would be back.
She got off the last step and rubbed her eyes. She heard giggles and she knew that was Ava being tickled by that man. Even though the his back faced her she was one hundred percent sure that it wasn't Sam.
Ava sat up on his lap and saw her.
"Reya is he your Bholflend ", she said asking with her little voice if it was her boyfriend.
He turned to look at her and she stumbled back on the steps.
Bum.... Bu mmm....bummmmm...
What is he doing here...she asked herself and looked around and there was none. Only them. Only them and Ava.
"Surprise ", he said and snickered .