Chapter 4: dinner and Stories
Love never claims; it always gives.
Love forgives, never gets angry, never takes revenge.
(Indira Gandhi).
Lisa couldn't find a logical explanation for what was happening, all the possibilities and all the variables she expected had been reduced to nothing in one second.
-flashback-
Lisa got up early, as usual, at seven in the morning. She bathed and dressed and ate one of the breakfasts her parents had made for her the night before and kept in the fridge in her room, because she had not eaten or had breakfast with her family for three months, because she was tired of being ignored and that they had thrown her food on the floor, even though she already knew why This aggressive behavior on the part of her sisters, in the end it was her fault that her brother had become blind and it was not only because he became blind. He had to go to another country, and the highly unstable chemicals she bought turned out to be more illegal than she thought, so despite being a five-year-old girl, her brilliant mind made her fully aware of her actions, so no one was surprised when some people came They claim to be the FBI accusing Lisa of making illegal purchases of chemicals banned in forty countries. The authorities and juries decided to try Lisa as an adult. charges were. Buying illegal chemical products on the black market, conducting chemical experiments in an area not regulated by the corresponding authorities, attempting to contaminate drinking water and attempting to conduct human experiments were enough fees to lock her up for the time Lily needed to have grandchildren. The Lauds feared for their daughter, for they had already lost their son, and would never lose another. So they decide to hire a lawyer for Lisa. With all the charges against them they needed to hire the best lawyer in the country and they did. After five months, the jury sentences Lisa to wear an ankle bracelet and to have a specialist monitor her experiments and projects once a month to ensure they meet ethical standards under the law. Then came the worst, attorney payments. Of course, with the cost of repairing the house after the explosion and paying the defense fee, the Louds didn't have much money, so they had to cut costs. All this caused even more hatred from her sisters, they paid for Lisa's mistake.
years later.
Lisa again reviewed the case of Lincoln, discovering all that had happened and never ceased to search for a way to restore the sense of sight to her brother, without whom it depended only on seeing and examining his characteristics. She examined cases of victims of similar injuries. When she heard her mother crying for joy, it seemed her older brother was coming home. It was excellent news, because for the first three months they received a letter from him every week but after those months they stopped receiving letters.
For a week, the Loud family prepared everything for Lincoln's return, which she could not help, according to her sisters, she's only causing trouble, contributing nothing during the planning of the welcome.
The day finally arrived, everyone gathered in the room to greet Lincoln, but Lisa did not come down, she knew that her brother would surely treat her as her sisters had done her for the past three years, and she was not going to bother going down until someone treated her like a criminal.
_Back to the present-
Lisa imagined all the possibilities of how her reunion with her brother could end, of which four were possible. He could hate her and join her sisters in their contempt. He can just ignore her, Or decide not to back home just because she still lives there or it could be worse and it would just be pure physical assault, unlike her sisters who only exiled her, now she knew what Lincoln felt in that squi rrel suit.
She imagined a thousand ways to drive with the possible results, but she didn't imagine that her brother hugged her and told her he missed her. Why? What prompted him to do this? What kind of logic was that?
Lincoln broke away from Lisa and kissed her on the forehead.
"I missed you, Lisa," said the boy with a smile.
Lisa took a good look at her brother and noticed the changes he had undergone. "What is that?" Something's starting to happen, Lisa asked. Her heart rate is racing, and her sweat glands are working too hard at this temperature. Lisa saw her brother surrounded by a halo of pink light as white orbs danced around him. "And now I'm starting to hallucinate."
Lisa walked over to Lincoln, ready to give him another hug, when Lynn entered the room.
"Hey, it's time for dinner. Wash your hands and go downstairs."
"Let's go, Lynn," Lincoln replied, going to the bathroom.
While Lynn was left alone with Lisa, the athlete looked down on the genius.
"Don't touch him again; do you understand?" Lynn said.
"Do you think I'm going to hurt him?" Lisa asked nonchalantly
"You already did it once. I don't want you to ever get near him again. You don't deserve to be forgiven for ruining his life." Lynn was walking out when she heard Lisa talking to her.
"Says the one who blamed him for bad luck. You and I are no different."
Lynn was going to hit Lisa, but Lincoln came out of the bathroom at that moment and took Lisa by the hand.
Come on, Lisa, let's eat.
Lisa was insecure. She hadn't sat down to dinner or breakfast with her family in years, but seeing that confident smile from Lincoln calmed her. Lisa took Lincoln's hand, and they walked down the stairs together while Lynn thought about it.
"You won't save yourself next time, dwarf."
"downstairs in the dining room."
The whole family and Clyde ate and chatted. Lincoln kept them updated on what he had been up to for the past three years, and his family did the same for him.
"Lincoln," Lynn called, "why have you stopped writing to us in recent years?"
Lincoln and Albert lowered their heads, and Pop Pop proceeded to tell them why.
"Jaston Jacob," he said in a tone of anger.