18. Chapter 17 (1/2)

chapter 17

"andrew! good lord, we've

been looking for you for ages!" adam exclaimed, giving a few

steps close to his friend, whose face was one of a shock.

"adam... adam, it's you! i

can remember!" the blond angel spoke, now shaking hands with his

co-worker.

"of course this is me,

buddy... are you alright? you look pale..."

andrew took his hand up to his

forehead, frowning and feeling a piercing headache caused by the

turmoil of memories that, all at once, came back to his mind. he felt

dizzy. "oh, father... i can remember now... my memory, adam! my

memory is back!"

x

at a coffee shop, not far from the

watchmaker, the two angels of death sat, and during the few minutes

they chatted, andrew told his friend about the accident and how he

had lost his memory, over a year before.

"andrew, everybody was

worried about you... we've looked for you for such a long time, tess

especially!"

"tess... god, i haven't

spoken her name for such a long time! how i miss her!" he

exclaimed, "you see, monica and i couldn't remember where we'd

come from, we had nothing that could identify us apart from our first

names... judith, our assignment and the lady who took care of us all

this time, put advertisements on the newspapers and everywhere else

looking for some relative or friend, but of course nobody appeared...

we came to the conclusion we were orphans..."

adam shook his

head, not believing the series of misunderstandings that put the

angels away for so much time. "and tess and i came to the

conclusion that it was god's will that we couldn't

find you both! and what about monica? you

said she was seriously injured in the accident, how is she now? did

she recover?"

"yes, she did..." andrew

was going to say something else, but a sudden thought crossed his

mind. "monica..."

"yes! where is she?"

the blond angel stood up from the

chair and grabbed his jacket, "adam, you need to come with me,

quick!"

x

a few minutes after they had met

at the supermarket parking lot, monica and tess finally arrived at

monica's house. the small journey was quiet, as tess felt that her

dearest friend was still too nervous to talk. their meeting had

surely put an end to months of anguish and despair, to both of them:

the oldest angel had finally found her two beloved friends, and

monica's memory came back when she thought it would never return. as

they entered the house, the supervisor made the young angel sit down

on the sofa and rushed to the kitchen. she returned a minute later,

inging her a glass of water.

"here, baby, drink this."

with a trembling hand, monica

grabbed the glass and drank just a little of the water inside it.

"thank you... i'm... i haven't been feeling well this

morning..."

the supervisor sat down next to

her and took the glass from her hand and placed it on the coffee

table. then, she took her hand. "now tell me everything, baby.

how did this happen?"

"andrew and i didn't have

anybody except each other and judith... she was the one taking care

of us all this time, but she didn't have any idea of who we were or

we had come from... our assignment, tess, became a mother to both of

us... she sheltered us in her house, she gave us a job and treated us

like her own children, as, since her husband and daughter passed

away, judith herself didn't have any family at all."

"well... at least there was

someone to watch over you and angel boy..." she caressed the

younger angel's face, "all this time, i wondered if you were

alright, if you needed anything... even though, deep down inside, i

knew the father wouldn't abandon you two, and that everything was

part of a greater plan." tess spoke, relief filling her soul.

"since the day andrew and i

woke up at the hospital and didn't know who we were, we've been

supporting each other and, apart from judith, he's been the only

family i have."

"i've looked for you two so

much!"

"i know you have. but we were

transferred to different cities, due to the seriousness of the

accident, and when we finally moved here, so much time had passed..."

"i must have been so close to

you! and more than once. it was all a series of misunderstandings..."

the older angel looked around her, "do you think andrew will be

here soon? i missed him so much!"

hearing that, monica lowered her

head and bit her lower lip, feeling the presence of fresh tears in

the corner of her eyes. as she let out a small sob, tess placed a

supportive hand over her shoulder, "angel girl? are you feeling

well? i know you're still too shaken with our meeting; we both are,

but is there something wrong with you? you're so pale, baby..."

taking a deep

eath, and now

allowing the tears to fall freely from her eyes, the irish angel

raised her head and looked at her friend, deep inside feeling a knot

in her throat. "tess... there's... there's something you need to

know..."

"then tell me, baby, what is