Is it them? I let the blanket and shirt fall on the floor and step back.
"Tommy are you awake?"
'tommy'? Images flow through my mind. My sister Elizabeth, a little shorter than me, with long brown hair, brown eyes and a radiant smile.
After their mother got sick and died they couldn't afford the hole they lived in so Tomh and Elizabeth moved place to place, scraping to survive.
A while later Vermal the lawyer invited Elizabeth as apprentice, after that life got a little easier for the brothers, until Elizabeth got enough money to have an apartment with two rooms and one kitchen where they are standing now.
I smile.
You made it out, it isn't easy where i live, let alone here.
"Yes wait a second"
i take the blanket and shirt and pile them on the chair, under it there was a letter.
What is that?.
I pick up the letter and blurry images appear in my mind, i try to focus on them.
There was what seems to be a priest in a chatedral talking with a short man with thin hair, the priest turns around and with his piercing blue eyes looks at me, he smiles and says "you shouldn't look".
A sharp pain crush my chest. I gasp for air.
"ehy are you there?" elizabeth says.
There's no time for this, i have to deal with the people tomh knew now. Coff coff.
My throat hurts, i touch my neck. Shit, the scar, i cant let her see it.
"coming" does tomh not have a scarf? I look around the room but dont find anything. I take the bloody shirt and cut it where its not dirty of blood and put it around my neck, let's hope it does work.
I go towards the door and open it, Elizabeth was there with her radiant smile and loose hair put behind her ears. a wave of sadness and regret took over me. tomh... You are dead why you keep persisting with your emotions.
she looks me in the eyes without saying anything holding some brown pants in her hands, scrutizing me.
"Why did you put that around your neck?"
Shit so it isn't normal to have a scarf in this world, maybe i did put in a weird way.
"It's a scarf, i made it myself" i say holding the door.
"Why? You want to look cool?" She said curious.
"No i jus-" cough cough. The coughing took my breath away, i lower myself and hold my chest.
"Are you alright?" Elizabeth says putting her hand on my shoulder.
"I think im sick" i say picking myself up "i made the scarf because my throat hurts"
"You shouldn't do this, if you cover yourself the bad air will keep persisting".
As i thought, they don't know about germs, well i can't do much about that, its not like i can show the scar.
"I don't believe in that stuff, if i feel cold i will put something on, i don't want to get sicker" in a weird way it came natural to speak like tomh, i thought it would take time and memories coming back to light, but when speaking it seemed i already knew what tomh would say.
Elizabeth puffed her cheeks and threw the pants at me, i catch them "do as you want, i don't want to discuss with you, i will leave you some money so that when you feel worse you can go to doctor. Reed and then he will put some sense in your head"
Strange i thought she would argue. I put the pants on my shoulders and point them "and this?"
"Did you forget? Miss.Lara just brought them here, she fixed them for you" she looked on her left thinking about something "she did take alot. But i can't really blame her" she got closer to me and lowered her voice "henry is getting worse, she says that he isnt even speaking anymore"
Why are you whispering there is no one.
"Yeah i saw him this morning he didn't look fine" and with the medicine they have in this world i bet all i have that they made him worse. Cough cough. I touch my head. Im getting hotter.
"About that, miss.Lara told me that you scared her, acting all weird. Also... Yesterday you didn't seem fine, your face... It scared me" she said lowering her eyes.
It wouldn't surprise me if tomh already knew something.
"I was sick, i already told you that, and after being out all day i didn't really have energy left to speak or to move" i say trying to calm the waters.
"Yes but it seemed differ- nothing" she said smiling "i always think too much, if you go to the doctor dont forget to got mr.Lara, see how Henry is and apologize for this morning"
"Alright" i say smiling "can i rest now?"
"You dont want to eat?" She said pointing at the kitchen on her right "i prepared for the both of us"
"Maybe later" i say really feeling the fatigue.
"Alright, i will get to work after eating, i will come back late today" she says heading to the kitchen.
I close the door and with heavy step go towards the chair, i throw the remaining shirt and the blanket on the floor and fall on the chair. My breathing is heavy. It's getting worse.
When it started? When i came in this body? No, it was... When i had that pain in the chest, when i looked at the priest! How is that possible?
I leave the pants on the table and pull out the letter. The only way now is to understand what happened, if i keep getting worse in a place like this i will not have many chances to get back home.
I open the letter.