Surprise meeting

I whisper softly mind with the voice between cut off and with great difficulty .

I smiled with joy , and we opened arms to feel her closer . It was amazing to hear her voice again and even more to know that she remembered me , that she knew it was me was her son .

"I'm glad you didn't forget me , I would have collapsed if I looked at your face and you didn't recognize me" .

I squeezed her tightly and let out a long sigh of relief , I looked into her eyes and they were full of tears , she really knew who I was and her memory seemed to be getting better . I felt like a great weight was lifted off my back , and tranquility sought its course in the midst of all this torrid story of my life .

I could sense that she felt melancholy and nervous to see me after so many days, I can't imagine what is going through her mind right now. Maybe it is time to bring the coyote to visit her and try to enter her mind to check what is inside her memories.

I stayed with her for a couple of hours contemplating the improvement in her eyes and soft expressions, until the nurse who had escorted me to the room came through the door.

"Excuse me , but visiting hours are over sir . The patient must rest , she has a very strict schedule she must adhere to ."

He mentioned in a professional manner , while I was still looking at my mother carefully .

"I understand miss , thank you very much for taking care of my mother . I am sure you are doing a great job "

I commented in a cordial manner , sketching a satisfied smile on my lips .

The nurse nodded her head , and made a friendly gesture with her face .

I got up from the chair where I was sitting next to my mother's bed , and turned to hug her once again , she hugged me back a little more tightly .

"I have to go , but I will be back to spend more time by your side . I'm sure you'll keep getting better and soon we'll be together like before ."

I whispered in her ear , and she smiled placidly .

I left the hospital with a different attitude than when I went in , hope was apparently on my side and I could breathe with more difficulty . This time the bad news had not chased me on the road, it had been left behind and better times were beginning to come.

I got on the motorcycle and started it, quickly I found myself with the road ahead, the wide farewell of the sun accompanied me on the return trip to the mansion, full of great expectations .

I arrived quietly to the shed , so that no one would notice that I had used the motorcycle without permission , then I walked in a sneaky way towards the entrance noticing that no one saw me .

"Good afternoon young Christian , you have arrived on time ."

Murmured Samanta , the housekeeper of the mansion with a warm smile .

"I Samanta ! You almost scared me to death, I didn't hear your footsteps when you approached me.

I exclaimed , while looking with my eyes for any trace of grandfather or coyote at the entrance of the room .

"Sorry young man , you know that moving in silence is one of our best attitudes of service ."

I comment in a professional manner , while bowing my head forward a little in respect .

"No need to apologize , I understand your job perfectly . I'm the one who should apologize for entering the house in this suspicious way ."

She looked at me tenderly , without uttering a sound .

"Where is everyone ? You said I was just in time, exactly what for?

I asked with trepidation and curiosity , as I continued to scan the corridors of the mansion with my eyes in search of any of my relatives .

"I'm just in time for Mr. Hall's clan meeting."

Hearing about the clan meeting , doubts came over me . I had heard that my grandfather had allies and all that history of our family , but I thought I had nothing solid yet .

"I'll escort you to the office young man , everyone is gathered at this time ."

Samantha escorted me like a lady to the office , while I had no idea what was waiting for me in there .

I stood facing the office door with an upright posture , with my shoulders straight while Samantha stood beside me , I was for a moment in expectation of the faces that I was going to find . The door opened wide , and in a second Samantha disappeared from my side , I guess disappearing was another of the talents of her craft .

"Christian son , come on in . And it was time for you to arrive and formally join the clan meeting ."

Grandfather said with great fanfare in his voice , I knew he loved gatherings and aristocracy . Although on this occasion it was apparently something more serious than a party of people with opulence.

I entered quickly and sat down on one of the sofas in the corner of the office. I looked at the others with some intrigue, but with a sense of politeness in the gestures of my face. I understood very well what level of people we were dealing with , not only were they people used to having lackeys at their command , but they also had powers far superior to mine and I didn't want to start some friction because of my reckless behavior .

"Do you remember Stefano and Maximo from our previous meeting ?"

Grandfather asked me , expecting a quick answer .

"Yes I remember them , Mr . Stefano from Italian origins and Mr , Maximo from the east . Both with majestic powers , worthy of recognition ."

I replied formally , looking directly at the two most powerful allies of my grandfather .

"Well said , this boy of yours is very talented ."

Stefano murmured , sketching a confident smile on his lips .

"Yes , that's right . My grandson is very intelligent , knows who to flatter and is a very good negotiator . Less temperamental than his uncle ."

Grandpa's irony , made the coyote look at me with disdain , but by now I knew it was all a game between family .

"We could leave the jokes aside , and get down to business . I'm late for shopping , I do not want to get irritating ."

Carmina mentioned recklessly as she looked at her nails without caring about the weight of her comments .

The coyote looked at her seriously, and the grandfather glared at him.

"I think you may have already noticed that we have a new member in the team , it is precisely our irreverent Carmina . Despite her poor manners she has some essential gifts to fight our enemy , so I wish you to welcome her and accept her as part of this clan . Besides that you must be very patient with her as she is easily irritated and we do not want to get into disagreements that do not lead to anything positive for our future goals".

Stefano sighed deeply at the sight of Carmina and Maximo didn't bother to look at her. As far as I was concerned I was afraid of the reaction of both of them , there is a certain fear in putting so many chickens together in a hot cauldron , some of them might get burned .

"You're absolutely right , that could happen , but we'll take our chances ."

Muttered the coyote , as he moved to my side standing on one of the corners of the couch .

"Don't tell me , you're back inside my mind . Will you ever give up that old habit ?"

I asked annoyingly , I don't think I'll ever stop being annoyed by the fact that someone urges in my thoughts and memories as if I were a bottomless jar of papers .

"It's a gift , don't blame me ."

I glared at him and turned my face to the front to continue listening to my grandfather's words .

"In addition to welcoming our new member , what brings us together here is to deal with a matter of utmost importance to our war plan ."

Grandfather gestured to Stefano and he rose from his seat , cleared his throat and took the reins of the meeting .

" As most of us present here know , I have the gift of looking at events that are going to happen before they happen . In this sense I speak of events that do not exactly involve me , but somehow impact on people close to me , especially if these represent a threat to our species . These visions can change with respect to the time and the course that the person involved in it decides to do it".

Stefano expressed informatively , he was very curious about that kind of gifts . If I were the bearer of such a gift , I would surely have seen the tragedy of my parents coming before it happened and rescued them .

"That is to say in a nutshell , you are a kind of oracle of the future ."

Carmina commented with a certain tone of intrigue .

"As much as an oracle no , the truth is that it seems a fascinating gift , but it is more a prison that you can not control . You see the visions come to me unexpectedly , and in them I can see many things that can happen in the near future , with people that many times I know where they are and other times I do not have even the remotest idea of who they are . Which makes it so that I can do nothing to prevent the impending event that awaits them ."

"A prison instead of a fortune".

"Christian please " Replied my grandfather upon hearing my spontaneous comment .

"No , leave it Raymond is absolutely right . Many times our gifts are a sweet condemnation , the boy is right , I like his audacity "

Stefano commented , slightly raising the corners of his lips slightly .

" As I was saying at the beginning , visions often involve close people . In this case I decided to visit Raymond at his mansion because I recently had a vision of the near future , which involves him and his family in some way ."

My eyes widened , when I heard Stefano's words .

" Is it to say that we may be in danger ?"

I asked quickly and a slight hint of distress in my tone of voice .

"I would not want to jump to conclusions , but it is possible that someone in the family will be seriously hurt , long before we can do anything "

"Stefano please, let's get down to business! I want to end once and for all this tension that you have subjected us to " shouted the coyote , moving from his place with a frown .

"Son please , let's try to remain calm " Grandpa said with a stern tone .

" You were overdue to bring out your light temper " Carmina commented ,looking at the coyote mockingly .

"You shut up! You have no authority to talk about my temper, what about your manners, and your lack of prudence. Who do you think you are? You're nobody important to us, you're just a useful ornament in this office.

The coyote exclaimed, approaching Carmina in a threatening manner.

Carmina got up from her seat, and gave him a hard slap that knocked him down a few meters away from us .