Thirteen, Fourteen... Little Boy Unseen (21 page)

“Alex, put the gun down,” Sune said. He smiled and got up. I stared at Sune as he walked closer to Alex. “Come on. You and me, we’re buddies, remember? We’re like brothers. Hell, we could be twins. Look at how much we look like each other. Let’s run away together. Everything will be like it used to. Just you and me. Brothers having fun. There will be no doctors, no parents, no teachers, and no deranged pastors. Just us. But we have to hurry before the police get here.”

Alex stared at Sune. His hands were shaking. “What about her?” He nodded in my direction.

“She’s unimportant,” Sune said. “I left her, remember? I left her to be with you. Just like you wanted me to. I want to be with you instead. Never let a girl come between brothers, right? She’s not important. Just leave her. Come on. Let’s go.”

Alex sniffled and looked at Sune. I could tell he really liked Sune, and hoped he liked him enough that he wouldn’t want to hurt him. “Do you really mean that?” he said, sniffling.

“Yes. Of course I do. Now, come here.” Sune reached out his arms. “Give your brother a hug. I miss you, man.”

“No!” Alex yelled. “You’re trying to trick me!”

“Look at me, Alex. Look into my eyes. I’m not trying to trick you. But the police will be here soon, and we need to hurry.”

I heard the sirens come closer, then stop outside the house. Feet were running around the house. A face peeked in the window and spotted Alex with the gun.

“Come on, Alex,” Sune said. “Give me a hug. It’ll be like old times. I’m back.”

Tears gushed across Alex’s face. He was fighting within himself. “I’ve missed you, Hans,” he said. Then, he lowered the gun and threw himself in Sune’s arms. I breathed a sigh of relief, when suddenly the door was kicked in and officers stormed the room.

It all went by so fast I could hardly react. As the door was kicked in, I turned and watched as the officers pointed their guns at Alex. They were screaming at him to put down his weapon, then yelling at me to get to safety. I wanted to yell back that we had everything under control…that they shouldn’t scare Alex, but I was too late.

I looked back at Alex, just in time to see him lift the gun, point it at Sune’s stomach, and pull the trigger. Then, they shot him. Three guns went off at the same time, while Sune fell to the ground with a thud. Everything inside of me screamed.

NOOOOO!

E
PILOGUE

S
UNE WAS
on the operating table all night, while I waited desperately in the waiting room for news. Every sound and every person coming in or out of the room made me jump.

Finally, in the early morning, the doctor came to see me.

“It doesn’t look good,” he said.

My heart dropped. That was never something you wanted to hear from a doctor. “What do you mean, it doesn’t look good?”

The doctor took in a deep breath. Another bad sign.

“He’s alive and stable now. That’s the good news.”

“And the bad news?”

“He probably won’t walk again. I’m sorry. I wish I had better news.”

Oh, my God! This can’t be real!

“Are you sure? I mean, what about rehabilitation programs?” I asked, desperately clinging to hope.

The doctor shook his head. “He’s paralyzed from the waist down, Rebekka. There’s nothing that can be done about it. The bullet hit him in his spinal column, the thoracic vertebra. It damaged his spine. I have to be honest and tell you he’ll never be able to walk again.”

And just like that, my life, our lives were changed forever. I had no one to talk to about it, since my dad was at home taking care of the kids. I fell into one of the chairs with a deep moan and started crying and sulking, simply devastated.

Just then, the door opened, and David entered along with Sara. “How is he?” David asked, as they approached me.

I threw myself in his arms. “David, oh, it’s terrible!”

I hugged Sara and she held me tight. “What are the doctors saying?” she asked.

“He’ll never walk again. The bullet damaged his spine.”

“Oh, my God, Rebekka,” David said. “I’m so sorry. Is there anything we can do for you?”

“I’ll get you some coffee,” Sara said. “And some chocolate maybe?”

“I’m not hungry, but coffee sure sounds nice,” I said. “I’ve been here all night.”

I sat back down and David sat next to me. “I’m so sorry, Rebekka,” he repeated.

“He tried to save me. He tried to save us. He was being so brave.”

David grabbed me and held me close to him while I cried. Sara brought us coffee, and later the doctor came back.

“He can see you now,” he said.

I looked at David and Sara. They smiled and nodded me on. “Go on, Rebekka. We’ll be here when you get back,” Sara said, trying to smile. “Your dad is on his way with the kids, as well. I talked to them half an hour ago and they had just gotten in the cab.”

Sune looked like a ghost when I entered his room. He had tubes everywhere and was so pale he blended in with the pillow. He opened his eyes and looked at me. I could tell he was sad, but he tried to smile.

Oh, my God, he’s trying to be brave for me!

“By the look on your face, I’m guessing they told you?” Sune said.

I nodded and grabbed his hand. It was so cold. I warmed it between mine. “You were so brave, Sune.”

“I did alright, didn’t I?”

“You definitely did. You saved our lives. I can’t…I can’t begin to explain how much…”

I couldn’t finish the sentence. Tears burned my eyes. It was just so unfair. Why did he have to be the one who suffered? Why did he have to be the one to never walk again?

Sune’s eyes grew sad. “Maybe it would have been better for all of us if I died, huh?”

I shook my head and kissed his hand. “No, Sune. Don’t you ever say that! I wouldn’t know how to live without you. We’ll get through this. We’ll get a house with no stairs. Maybe on the water like the doctor’s, huh?”

He squeezed my hand and looked me intensely in the eyes. “I’m gonna prove them wrong, Rebekka.”

I could hear the kids outside the room now. I swallowed the lump in my throat.

“But, honey…the doctor says that…”

The door opened and Tobias, Julie, and William stormed in, followed by my dad, who was leaning on his cane and panting heavily from the walk. Julie hugged me. She was holding William’s hand. He staggered towards Sune, but fell to his behind.

“Daaad!” Tobias yelled and ran to him.

Sune put his arm around his son. His eyes didn’t move from mine. He looked intently at me while he spoke.

“No, I’m serious, Rebekka. I
will
walk again. I will. I promise you.”

I leaned over and kissed his forehead, while tears rolled across my cheeks. “If you say so, my love. If you say so.”

THE END

D
EAR
R
EADER,

T
HANK YOU
for purchasing “Thirteen, Fourteen…Little Boy Unseen” (Rebekka Franck #7). I hope you enjoyed reading it. I’m sorry to leave Sune like this. I have to admit, I had no idea this was going to happen to him when I started writing this book. But it did. I promise we’ll know a lot more about his and Rebekka’s struggles in the coming books.

I have dedicated this book to my childhood friend Camilla. Growing up, Camilla was different than the rest of us girls. She loved skateboarding; she cut her hair short and looked like a boy. When she grew up, Camilla realized she no longer wanted to be a girl; she went through a sex change, and today she is a man. She even has a family with a wife and two children. If you saw him today you wouldn’t be able to tell that he was born a girl. It’s quite amazing. Naturally, he was a big inspiration for this story.

Furthermore, the twins’ story in this book was also inspired by a true story. I know it sounds like it’s too crazy to be true, but it isn’t. It happened. Not in Denmark, but in the U.S. Here is an article about it, if you’d like to know more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1332396/Bruce-Reimer-Tragic-twin-boy-brought-girl.html

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Thank you,

Willow

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