LIFE ACCIDENTALLY BROUGHT YOU TO ME

Sabrina sat in the back of the car, quietly leaning her head against the window and watching the things go by, listening to music at a fairly loud volume, her face contemplative like a forest tree.

"Sister, sister."

Her sister's voice echoed in her ears along with the beating from it, causing her pain, she took off her headphones and shouted:

"What are you doing? It hurts a lot."

The little sister looked at her with innocent eyes as big as longan seeds, then stuck out her tongue, smiled and replied:

"I keep shouting, but you don't listen, so I hit you, is that any problem with that?"

"Are you excited?"

The little sister asked, her face lit up with a strange excitement.

"Yes, I'm really excited. Because I'm going to spend the whole summer with you soon."

"Until the summer vacation is over."

Syrena (her sister) heard that happily hugged her and shouted.

The place that will welcome her sisters and brothers for their summer vacation is nowhere else than in her mother's hometown, a small, peaceful countryside located in the North of England.

This place is always covered with fog, the air is cold and murky, rarely sees the sun, her family moved to the US to live when she was two years old, her grandparents couldn't bear to leave the dear countryside.

So they decided to stay.

Only her family has lived in the US for the past few years, now fulfilling what her grandparents wanted is to see her two granddaughters after many months of separation, her parents booked plane tickets in advance and waited until her sister finished their exams, finished their studies at school, and then the whole family got on the plane to return to their hometown.

Her father was at the wheel, her mother sitting next to him was scrolling through her phone to choose beautiful photos to post on social networks, her little sister kept on talking non-stop.

It's fun, isn't it?

Then the mother turned back and said to the sisters:

"Hey, I must told you two this, when you get there later, remember to be polite to your grandparents.

Obey and don't bother them too much, grandparents are also old. Sorry that we can't stay with you, Dad has an important meeting and I can't miss this Film Festival."

Mother said with a shy voice, Sabrina smiled lightly, replied:

"It's okay mom, just imagine that we go to summer camp, just like in America. You can rest assured."

"That's right, that's right. Don't worry, we will be fine."

Syrena interjected, grinning.

Mom saw that smiled gently, she was very reassured in the afternoon.

"Okay, here we are."

Dad said and turned right into an intersection with a small brown sign that said: "Thornfield Village" the car slowly slowed down and stopped, her parents got out of the car followed by her sisters, unloading the pile of things on.

When the car got off, an elderly caretaker stepped out and asked

"David, welcome back. Are you here for the summer?"

Her mother nodded in greeting and her father approached and hugged the kind man, replying:

"No, this summer vacation is not for us unfortunately. This vacation is for my two daughters.

My wife and I still have a lot of work waiting in the US. You see Jack, it's weird to be locked in the house while having the summer break, it's better to get out of the house and run around, have fun with friends, family. Let them go play with their grandparents seems reasonable."

The man nodded in agreement and said:

"No wonder, let's stay here for a bit of English air, although it's cloudy a lot, but is's fun, right?"

"Yes, you are very reasonable Jack Will."

Her father replied and hugged uncle Jack Will one more time and the two parted.

It seems that the father and this uncle are very close, so she wondered and asked:

"Do you know him?"

"Yeah, he is my best friend, from high school until now, two years older than I am."

She nodded, watching uncle Will disappear, after unloading from the car the family started walking along the trail leading to Thornfield village.

The sky was overcast, the clouds were dense, making her feel the atmosphere was a bit sad, past a few small houses, the people here still live, live and work happily.

It seems that the weather here, no matter how cold and sad, does not make people falter.

The little girl exclaimed with excitement, appearing in front of her family's eyes is a vast field, the wind blows into each freezing cold, a few steps away is a villa that looks ancient and gloomy.

This villa is painted in deep brown, making its appearance even more gloomy and mysterious.

The whole family came to the front of the villa, their father knocked on the door and waited for a few minutes.

No one came to open the door, so he knocked a second time, still no one answered.

That's weird, what's going on?

Their father mutters:

"What's wrong? Perhaps they went somewhere?"

"Daddy what's wrong?"

Syrena asked, her father gently patted her head, then told her mother:

"Hey, do your parents ever go on a trip?"

Mom shook her head and said.

"No, three days ago my father fell and broke his leg, now he's in a cast, mom never goes anywhere alone.

Besides, they said that this summer vacation for our daughters to come here to play, a firm promise. How can they break a promise like that?"

Seeing that, dad nodded, was about to knock again, when a voice behind him made the four startle.

"Are you back already?"

The four of them turned together, and her sisters shouted together:

"Grandfather."

Then ran to his lap, he smiled gently, hugged his two nieces, and asked about everything. Mother and father later approached, mother spoke up and reminded:

"Girls, his legs are not well, don't do anything to hurt him."

But the grandfather waved his hand and said:

"Oh, my leg healed two months ago, I'm fine now, don't worry."

Mom was surprised, so was Dad. Two people in unison:

"How could you..."

"Just follow the doctor's instructions. That's all."

"We still don't know understand how you could heal so fast like that."

Father spoke, grandfather replied:

"I am very old now, my children, at this age, you can't do nothing more. I'm not young anymore."

"Hey, where's grandma?"

She spoke, her parents also looked around, and the younger sister grabbed his sleeve and cried:

"Grandpa, where is grandma?"

He smiled kindly, patted his niece's back, and then led her to the front door of the villa, he said:

"Grandma is in here, so don't worry."

"Yes."

Syrena nodded, both she and her parents followed with their luggage, grandpa took out a set of keys from his pocket, picked out a rather sophisticated looking key and put it in the lock.

There was a loud "click" sound and then he pushed the door open. Inside the villa is a large space with wooden floors, neatly arranged tables and chairs, the patterns on the interior of the house are embossed patterns, feeling quite strange to the touch.

On the other side next to the cupboard was a classical piano, and next to it was an organ. Syrena exclaimed excitedly, ran to the piano, and sat down like a real musician.

The little girl said:

"Grandpa, look at me, do I look like a musician?"

Grandpa walked up to the little girl, smiled gently, and replied:

"My little grandchild is always been a good and talented musician."

"Are you guys back already?"

An elderly voice came from the top of the stairs, and everyone looked up.

Appearing in front of the eyes of the whole family is the image of a grandmother in a simple grandmother's dress, wearing house slippers embroidered with beautiful patterns, the grandmother slowly walked down the stairs, saying:

"Wow, I thought it was coming tonight, who would have come so early."

"Yes, we have a morning flight, mom."

Mother replied, Grandma came over and hugged Sabrina and said, smiling kindly:

"My dear, my girl is eighteen years old now. Miss you so much, remember the time when I was still taking care of you."

She said regretfully.

Syrena then darted from the piano to her, her mouth ragged:

"Grandma, grandma, my sister and I will stay with you and grandpa for the rest of the summer vacation, are you happy?"

"I'm very happy about that."

Grandfather standing behind answered and she also said:

"Isn't it fun, all year round, there are two grandparents hiding here alone, day after day, month after month.

Now, having two grandchildren come back to play, of course, it must be fun, but I asked if there is anything?"

"No, I just asked."

The girl stuck her tongue out, smiling.

Grandma saw that and kissed the baby on the forehead, then turned to the two adults standing there and said:

"Well, I think you two should stay and eat something and then go to the airport, going on a long road without eating is very tiring."

Dad then looked at his watch and grimaced.

"I'm sorry mom, but my wife and I probably won't be able to stay, there are thirty minutes left until the plane takes off, and now it takes about ten or fifteen minutes to get to the car, let's just go now. We can eat at the airport."

"Really? Alright then."

Grandma said sadly, he instructed:

"Fly safe. Go back and let me know."

"Yes. Goodbye mom and dad."

Her mother replied and left with her suitcase, before that, she did not forget to hug and kiss goodbye to her two children standing helplessly in the ancient mansion.

They will have to stay away from them from here until the holiday is over, so the family will be reunited in two months.

The corners of the mother's eyes were wet, she choked:

"Goodbye my two little girls."

Sabrina and Syrena also rushed to hug their mother, giving her motherly hugs before the moment of separation.

The father did not want to leave, standing next to the suitcase in front of the door and waving to the two children until the door of the villa was officially closed.