scarred by KLeena Girl (animal farm read txt) 📖

And they both did. „She is so fragile and we've already broken her. No matter what we do or what she is trying, she will never be whole again. But this is her chance to begin a new life. If she won't remember us, it'll be hard, but then she will finally be able to leave the pain behind."
Jenny swallowed hard. „But we can't just leave her alone! After all we've been through...she's part of us! I need her!" Tears rolled down her face. „She's my sister!"
„Don't you think I love her, too?" David's heart clenched, but his voice didn't lose its steadiness and was firm. „Yet...if that's the only way to give her a normal life, we have to do it."
„What if it's a mistake?" Jenny said quietly. „What if it's wrong?"
„It can't be more wrong than letting her live in this misery forever", David decided and took the necklace from the nightstand.

In the same night they began to eliminate everything that could be connected with Serena's past with Lucas, David and Jenny.


* * *


The warm wind brushed softly against her skin. Beneath her, she could smell the green grass, where she was comfortably lying on. Rays of sunlight lit her surroundings and turned her head to avoid being blinded by the light. This place was familiar to her. It was the park in her hometown, a piece of greenness and nature close to her parents' house.
Serena rose from the tender ground and took in what she saw. Not a single thing about this place frightened her, instead it let an inner wellness swell up in her soul. She breathed in deeply, memorizing the scent of summer and peace.
The young woman's ears perked up, however, at some distant voices and words. Curiously, she wandered around the area to detect the source. There, behind a big bush, were those cheerful noises coming from. To her surprise, Serena realized it was her own laughter she was hearing right this moment. Intrigued by this discovery, she reached out her hands to push away the leaves, stopping her from viewing the whole scene. Her laughing was joined by two male voices. She was able to make out three blurry figures, but she couldn't see enough to recognize anyone. Her sight was blocked by bounds of green. However, her hearing still worked perfectly. That's why she was able to pick up the sentence, she had heard herself say in so many dream sequences, again.
„Let’s promise we’ll never let anything take away our happiness together.”

Slowly Serena's lids fluttered open to find herself lying on the bed. Taking a glance outside, she noticed that it was still middle of the night. The starry sky and the moon immersed the room in dim, pleasant illumination. She sat up, pushing her half of the blanket down to her waist. It was the same dream again

, she mused and watched the face of the man sleeping next to her. God, she loved this man! He had not only been her saviour, but he was the best friend she could ever find. She found it hard to believe that her fateful accident was dated back almost ten years now. The collision with the lorry had damaged her memory severely and she had suffered from long-term amnesia. Fortunately, her abilities to function like an ordinary person hadn't been destroyed. Nevertheless, the process of relearning about her past had demanded a lot of patience and strength. On that score, Serena was even more happy to have found a great support in Jude. He had doing community service at the rehab centre where she had been treated after the accident. Jude had helped her to regain some of her old memories of her family and friends, but she never managed to get the full picture of her life back again. There were many pieces that didn't fit or that were lost forever. Names, faces or single words she couldn't assign to her world.
Soft whimpering reached her ears and Serena stood up concernedly. „Hey there, my sweetheart", she whispered gently and took her newborn son out of his crib. „Mommy's there. Hush, my little one." The cries stopped and the young child gazed her mother with wide eyes. Carefully, she caressed his tiny face. „You're hungry, right?" She smiled as she watched her baby searching for something to suck on. Serena opened her nightgown and began to nurse her child. „My, my, you have quite an appetite tonight, Lucas", she said. When the baby boy was finished, she held him in her arms carefully. She breathed a sweet kiss onto his forehead and put him back into his bed. „I love you, Lucas." It didn't take long and the child's eyes fluttered close again.
Serena sighed. There would always be things of the past she would never understand. Yet, she didn't mind, for she had everything she could ever ask for. At the age of 27, she was married to a loving and caring father and man and her son was healthy, beautiful and the best gift she could receive from life. She was about to tighten her nightgown again, when her fingertips smoothed over a mark on her skin. Right beneath her left breast, the remains of the old scar were still touchable. After lingering on it for a few seconds, she closed up her robe and lay down on the bed again. Jude snuggled close to her and drew her into his arms. Her tension eased and she shut her eyes. The thoughts about her past were fading away, as sleep reached out and took over her.
Serena's life held no trace of Lucas, Jenny, David or anything connected to them anymore. One could think it had never really existed at all, it had been a long, though finally ending, dream. All photos and documents, all calls and telephone numbers, even all memories of Serena concerning their time together had been erased, though David and Jenny had failed to take away the one last proof remaining. After all what had happened, after all what had been done or said, only one little thing was the silent witness, shattering the theory of all being just a dream.
A faded scar.


End of part 3/3.

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