Touch Me. Victory Storm

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       - Are those geese done with their stupid shots?

       - No, they have another hour or so. But come here. I want you to meet my friends: Alice and Kira.”

       I saw her bright blue eyes focus on the girls, who greeted her kindly.

      “ - I can feel a change in the air, she sighed in the same bewitching voice she used when she read the future to her friends.

       - Grandma, don't start.

       - And you, stop being afraid of change!” she replied as she walked to the old kitchen table, which was not part of the shooting set. She motioned for us to follow her.

       We sat down at the table and my grandmother took out of her bag a small coconut and chocolate muffin and a red candle. She lit it with a lighter.

      “ - I didn't know you were bringing friends, so I only have a muffin to celebrate your birthday, she said.

       - It doesn't matter, Kira and Alice said quickly, moved by the gesture.

       - Fine. In that case, my darling, happy birthday and may this year you be able to realize all those dreams you keep jealously hidden in the drawer of your heart, my grandmother said, handing me the cake and the candle. Now close your eyes, make a wish and blow out the candle.

       - Careful, Felicity. A better wish than the one from a few hours ago, Alice warned me before turning to my grandmother to explain. Today she asked for a boyfriend like ours.

       - If she asked, that means that's what she wants, my grandmother justified.

       - I'll change then, I offered.

       - It's too late. An expressed wish is a wish that has already come true,” my grandmother said in a cryptic voice.

       I seriously doubted that my wish would be granted, but I remained silent.

       I closed my eyes and, in my heart, vowed to remain friends with Kira and Alice forever. And if possible, to have the beauty of Kira and the boldness of Alice.

       I opened my eyes and blew out the candle.

       Kira and Alice clapped happily.

      “ Yes... There is definitely change in the air. I hope you're prepared, because this time fate isn't going to play fast and loose with your wish, my grandmother muttered with a frown.

       - Are you a clairvoyant? asked Alice amused before I could stop her.

       - I'm a fortune teller, my grandmother replied haughtily, pulling out of her bag a deck of custom cards she had created herself, based on symbols like runes and Egyptian hieroglyphics, which only she understood.

       - Really? challenged Alice.

       - Pick three cards and I'll tell you something about yourself and your future,” my grandmother invited her, determined to be taken seriously.

       Although she looked skeptical, Alice agreed.

       She chose three cards with incomprehensible designs.

      “ I see a difficult past, without a mother figure to refer to,” my grandmother murmured, stroking the cards as if she could grasp the meaning of the drawings by their physical contact.

       Alice remained unmoved and looked at me suspiciously, silently asking if she had learned this information from me, but I shook my head. I had never talked about my friends with my grandmother.

      “ Now I see a great love... A rose full of thorns, impossible to pick, but able to love only the person who knows how to care for it. And you did.

       - I'm in a relationship with Easton Carson. I don't know if you know him... Can you tell me if we'll always be together?

       - In the map of the future, that rose still appears, so I think you'll still be together, and I also see a lot of... animals? Is that possible?

       - Yes, I want to open a shelter for stray animals and help the animal protection associations in my city, Alice explained to her, moved. This is my dream.

       - A dream that will certainly come true and with beautiful results as far as I can see.”

       Alice had to restrain herself from jumping for joy.

      “ - Your turn, Kira.”

       Hesitantly, my friend picked up three cards.

      “ It's amazing how the delicate flutter of a little butterfly's wings can unleash a full-blown hurricane. If I saw a tornado with a fragile and sensitive heart in Alice, here we clearly perceive the strength that hides in the pure soul of this young woman. A purity that is not even tainted by the dark shadow that embraces you with love and possession.

       - You mean her boyfriend? I tried to understand.

       - Yes, a broken and dark soul, but one that Kira has managed to illuminate and repair, my grandmother explained.

       - He's not broken, Kira said vehemently.

       - He is and you know it too. It's just that you can't admit it, because then you wouldn't be able to live with the guilt you feel for having caused him to be the way he is. When you left him alone with his demons.

       - I... she tried to justify herself, but she burst into tears.

       - Grandma! I scolded her, angry at the tears she caused.

       - I said she feels guilty, not that she is guilty, my grandmother explained. Kira, it's not your fault.

       - It is. I left when he needed me most...

       - It is not you who extinguished his light, it is you who illuminate his heart every day with your love. An eternal love, studded with many children... Really many... Too many... Maybe not all yours, my grandmother tried to understand, confused.

       - I want children, but I also want to become a social worker and take care of children who are orphaned or victims of abuse and violence. Lucas also wants to work with young people who have a difficult childhood.

       - A noble cause, which will bring immense joy to your family.

       - Really? asked Kira with a hopeful smile.

       - There are ups and downs in your future. Life is not a slide, but rather a roller coaster. You will experience some beautiful moments and some difficult and painful ones. But you know what will keep you alive and happy? Love. I'm not just talking about the man you love, but also about your friendship, all the things you will do with passion and the heart you will offer to those you will help and save during your long life.

       - Thank you, Kira sighed serenely as she shook my grandmother's hand.

       - Now it's Felicity's turn, Alice said excitedly.

       I took three cards myself.

      “ The change! I knew it!" my grandmother enthused as she stroked the first card I had drawn. Get ready, my dear, because the life СКАЧАТЬ