At a moment when I felt that the power of all the good energies in the universe had gathered around me, I had reached that deserted garden filled with darkness.
The dilapidated gate was scattered into pieces.
'Seruiji Bungalow'
I had to look at that name with that smile raised in the corner of my mouth.
It is certain that all her efforts to fill his life with pain for such a long time will end today.
"Hmm…!"
After filling my chest with a deep breath, I put my right foot forward and entered that deserted moose event.
In the middle of the night, apart from the horrifying sounds of barking dogs and wolves, the whole environment was engulfed in great silence. Step by step, I reached the middle of that desolate event, and my eyes were wet with tears.
Her heart was cruel enough to keep him locked up like this for twenty four years.
I wanted to speak my mind.
The great tree was wrapped in leaves, the leaves in the shape of the face of a deformed bass.
"Enrico...!"
"Where are you, Enrico.."
"I am back.. "
"Your Aurora has found you, Enrico.."
I raised my voice while the tears were flowing from my eyes at a moment when the unbearable love that was pressing in my heart for him was being renewed again and again.
"I'm here, Enrico.. I'm here..!"
I cried, clutching the bunch of lilies in my hands to my chest with my feet on the ground.
My heart was on fire when there was no answer from him, even in moments that turned into seconds and minutes.
"Ha ha ha ha...!"
"Then you came...!"
"You came then.. you came again to take my love away from me then..!"
That cruel laughter and terrifying voices were heard thundering in all directions. But still, instead of raising my eyes, I let the tears fall from my eyes, and I paid no heed to her words.
"Give me back my Enrico, Adriana."
"You are making a very big mistake."
"Love can't be taken by force, Adriana..!"
I said it painedly, looking at her.
That frenzied laughter was endless. The monstrous spirit that hovers in the sky above revolves around me and still laughs cruelly.
"You stole my love, Aurora..!"
"I told you that I love Enrico.. you ignored my words, Aurora..!"
"You are the one who stole my love from me."
Standing in front of me, she glared at me with her eyes burning with the flames of frenzy and growled.
It took a few seconds for the whole sky to be covered by the rain clouds that covered the starry sky and the moon.
"You're wrong, Adriana.. you've always been wrong..!"
"Enrico loved you like his own sister."
"I believed your lies.. and kept Enrico away from me.. but.. but Enrico loved me.. and not for you, Adriana.."
I said it tearfully but angrily.
"You cheated Enrico before those tears.. even though you tried to do the same today.. I won't let you do that, Aurora.."
"After today, Enrico belongs to me.. Enrico belongs only to this Adriana.."
She began to growl again and again.
"Try to understand, Adriana.. I stayed away from him for you."
"But in the end..he became mad..did you forget that, Adriana.."
"Even though I came to Kassoli bungalow as a servant, I couldn't resist the love he gave me, Adriana.."
"But.. with what you said.. I thought that Enrico had tricked me.. So.. Did you forget that I left the Kassoli bungalow and went away...!"
My voice started to grow louder than before.
"When Mrs. Serena came to me and asked me to save her only grandson.. I came back to the bungalow.. If he really loved you.. why did he lose his mind after I lost him.. "
"Are you still unable to understand the truth, Adriana..?"
"Still believe that truth.. won't that cruel heart of yours bend, Adriana..?"
She is still staring at me angrily. But I already understood that she was not strong enough to be afraid of those eyes.
"When you found out that his blood was growing in my womb.. you couldn't bear it.. you punished your own life.. "
"Not only that.. in the end, you shaped all of our lives, Adriana.."
"By entering my Enrico's body from time to time.. you tried to control his mind.."
"But you know.. instead of the little doll that Enrico expected.. because of the power of the son who came to my womb, he survived all that.. "
"So when you felt that all that was not going to work.. you tried to kill me and my child... do you remember Adriana.."
"Though my child's life was saved because of his strength, I was burned by that fire and died that day."
At the moment when that car accident happened again and again in front of my eyes, all those sad feelings started to feel in my heart.
"Enough, Aurora.. I have no use for those lies of yours."
"I know only one thing..! Enrico belongs only to me..!"
"After today, Enrico belongs to me alone...!"
"Ha ha ha ha...!"
Rising to the sky, she breaks her neck and stares at me frantically.
She laughs out loud, pointing her long hand towards me, the rotting flesh flowing from her bottom floating in the sky. But as soon as that hand came near me, she threw herself far away, shedding a great light upon the holy cross of my neck.
"Ah..!"
She was thrown away quickly and fell, she screamed in pain.
"The pain you gave him for twenty-four years... ends today, Adriana."
"I swear in front of you, Adriana, that I will free him from you today, who was driven mad by the curse of the demon...!"
Placing my right hand on the ground, I began to say it in a loud voice.
"I will tell you today..."
She started coming towards me again.
But the holy wine given to me by the angel Mary, empowered by women, I began to sprinkle on her.
"Aha…no.…"
"St..op…"
Screaming in pain, Adriana fell to the ground and began to struggle. I must go to him within another hour.
'Mother..'
When I heard that voice, I turned toward him.
"My Nicolo..."
I whispered his name as tears welled up in my eyes.
'Mother..'
My beloved son came to me at two feet and started to hug me.
'Oh God, for so long.. I didn't realize that that familiar smell was his..'
I began to think.
Now I know that the strange feeling I felt about him recently is the bond between mother and son. But, I understood from his behavior that he already knew that.
"My father is waiting for mother to come, mother.. go.. bring my father back.. "
"I'll take care of you."
Nicolo said, looking at her still writhing on the ground, and I hurried towards the huge tree trunk where he was trapped. I poured the holy water in my hand into the opening of the tree trunk and took a step back. Splitting the tree trunk, I climbed down the steps leading to the ground by the light of the moon.
"My Enrico..!"
I screamed when I saw him locked in a box made of black wood.
I went near him, who was still unconscious, and kissed his forehead. I put the silver necklace with the holy cross in my hand around its neck, and I moistened those lips with holy water.
"Aurora.."
He turned his eyes awkwardly and started to speak.
"Thank God..!"
"Oh my Enrico...!"
He hugged me tightly.
"God, after how many years will we celebrate Christmas together..!"
That's Michela.
"For me, this is a dream..!"
I answered her.
"Of course, Aurora.. I couldn't believe it when I saw you.. "
"God has looked upon us enough to send you again in the name of Amelya."
She says this with her hand on her chest.
"Hmm…!"
"Everything happens according to God's will, Michela. It is important that we be patient."
I said it with a sigh of relief.
"Of course.."
"Aurora... see what else is missing from the dining table."
She asked, looking at the table filled with Totelli, Takkini, Finokki, Sedano, and other different types of food.
"Mom.. Dad is calling you."
With a smile on his face, Nicolo came towards us and started talking.
With Michela and Niccolo's eyes fixed on me, I hurried to the room.
I realize he is still in the bathroom by the sound of water running. Then, I stepped onto the balcony. I looked up at the starry sky with only a few hours left until Christmas.
"Mm..!"
I took a deep breath and closed my eyes.
I thank fate for solving it all like this. Having loved the love I received from him in life, I carefully preserved his blood in this womb. However, she took her own life under the influence of evil forces and was cruel enough to oppress our lives as an evil spirit. Due to the power of that evil curse, she was able to take the lives of me and Mr. Piero, but by the grace of God, my little nephews Niscolo and Mrs. Serena were able to save their lives from that car accident. But out of all that, she locks Enrico in that Seruiji bungalow, making her curse so strong that no one can get close to him. Even then, she easily took control of Enrico, who was mentally retarded.
Enrico's father's daughter from his second marriage, Michela, grew up with her, and she was so affectionate that she raised Nicolo as her own child. Enrico had not had a close relationship with her since childhood, but she had taken care of our little sons for twenty-four years, forgetting all that.
I did not know about any of this until I was twenty-three years old, when I was conceived in the womb of the Virgin Mary as a divine child by God's blessings. But, with her coming in front of me last night, the mother who gave birth to me, all those dark mysteries started unfolding in my mind. Twenty-four years later, I was supposed to come here again to rescue him from Adriana's curse. So all of them were written like this according to God's will.
"Aurora..."
Wrapping his arms around my body, he whispers my name.
"My Enrico..."
I said, taking that face.
"These eyes of yours.. are still the same.."
He says he is kissing my eyes.
"So you too.. are still so handsome, my Enrico.."
I hugged her.
At forty-eight years old, his handsomeness remained the same, except for two or three gray hairs.
"I can't believe it.. Aurora is near me again."
He said he was kissing my head.
"I'm yours, Enrico... I'll always be yours."
I said keeping my eyes fixed on those blue eyes.
"Enrico, let's go, shall we? Everyone has gathered at the dining table by now."
I said not to hurt his heart as he was still brushing his lips at the base of my neck.
"Hmm…!"
"Let's go, Aurora.."
He started to say it, unwilling to release me from that embrace even for a moment.
"Sister Amelya... Ah no no... Sister Aurora.."
So that's little Federica.
Her eyes sparkled with happiness.
"Mrs. Serena.. look.. what name do I call her now..?"
Federica asks Ms. Serena again, bringing a smile to all of our faces.
"Oh, my little girl.. give her a name you like, my children."
She kisses the little girl's head and says.
Four and twenty years later, she was once again shocked by the joy of seeing her grandson and raised her voice to thank God.
"Okay... then sister Emma.. sister Aurora.. brother Nicolo.. Enrico... brother Enrico..."
She finally covered her face as I buried my face in Enrico's chest.
With all the troubles at an end, spring had dawned again in the Kassoli bungalow.
Emma's eyes were always on Nicolo, and because we all had a good start in our lives, Nicolo had decided to hide that love in his heart and sacrifice it for Emma. At the moment when we were all members of the same family and reunited again, the Virgin Mary followed me every day and looked at me from the window of the hall with great love.
~The End~
Recent reflections on my novel have made me realize how much of myself went into it. The characters, the setting, and even the plot all reflect my own experiences and thoughts.
For example, the main character, a young woman named Amelya, is a lot like I was when I was her age. She's smart, independent, and a bit of a loner. She's also struggling to find her place in the world. I remember feeling that way when I was her age, and I wanted to write a story that would resonate with other young women who are feeling lost and alone.
It's set in a small town, which is where I grew up. I wanted to capture the beauty and simplicity of small-town life, but also the challenges that can come with it.
The plot of the novel is also personal to me. It's about Amelya's journey of self-discovery. She learns to embrace her own unique qualities and to find her place in the world. I hope that my readers will find inspiration in her story.
I'm proud of the novel that I've written, and I'm grateful for the opportunity to share it with the world. I hope that it will resonate with readers and help them feel less alone in their own journeys.
Creation is hard, cheer me up!