All Chapters of Together Forever: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

There are only two apartments in this house, each on two floors. Downstairs are the kitchen, living room and dining room, upstairs are the bedroom, two small rooms and the spacious bathroom.It's an old house with low ceilings and lattice windows, a typical fisherman's house.I love to live here and can't imagine living anywhere else ...Where else than in our small fishing village.Because basically Sandycove is exactly that.A small sleepy fishing village.I take the morning paper and sit in the kitchen for a moment. I always need a few minutes to shake off the night and most of the time I flip through the newspaper ...An article on the last page gets my attention and as soon as I read the headline my heart starts beating like crazy in my chest. AGAIN DEAD IN FIGHT FOR THE GAZA STRIP Yesterday morning there were again bloody fighting in Bureji, near the Gaza Strip, in which 6 soldiers lost

I give him a short wave as he gets back into his old pickup and drives across the village to my parents' house.I'll go back to Annie and free her from the cluster of people that has grown up around her. Everyone is trying to do the right thing, say the right thing, or behave right.But there is no right or wrong in this situation and I see that all of this is too much for her and Carl."I'll drive you home." I look at Carl and he nods gratefully.Only Annie's sobbing breaks the silence in the car as I steer him out of town and towards MacKenna Farm.I help Annie out of the car, take her coat off, bring her into the living room and place her on the couch."Lie down a bit." I look at Carl, walk past him into the kitchen and turn on the kettle."I can't now ..." he begins."Carl." I look at him piercingly "Please, you need sleep and neither you nor Annie is helped if you can no longer stand on your feet.""Thanks, little o

"Gladly my star." A tired smile plays around his lips but does not reach his eyes.Like his dad, Taylor stands before me as a broken man ...It is terrible to just stand by helplessly and not be able to do anything to make it easier for them.I fill him with soup and then sweep up the broken pieces from my plate."Where's Jakie?" Ava looks at Taylor, who is stirring his soup.Jakie… Only Ava and Annie called him that, Jake didn't like anyone else.Not even with me or his brother. He always said that it would make him feel so small. However, that didn't stop Samira from turning Sam and Sammy and Avangeli into Ava.Only Taylor did well.That he calls me my star is a holdover from our childhood.I think he only calls me by my name when we've argued or when he has something very important, meaningful to say ... But even then he calls me Sammy. I think Samira may have called me once or twice in my whole life when we ar

There will never be a good time." I invite him in. "I'm going to get it, sit down at the kitchen table and help yourself with coffee or tea." I nod to him.I enter the living room quietly, everyone has more or less found a place, they are talking muffled and now and then a soft sob can be heard.Carl and Annie are sitting on the couch and I work my way to them."Carl? Annie? ”I stop in front of the couch and they both look at“ Seamus is here. ”I say apologetically."Seamus?" Vera looks at me blankly."The undertaker, there are still a few things to be discussed." I explain to her."Then I'll come with you ..." she begins."That's really meant nice, but Carl, Annie and Taylor should do it alone." I hold her back and she gives me a punishing look. Then I look around, see Taylor, and wave him over to me."Would you all be so nice and give them a moment to rest in the kitchen?" I look around, "I'll bring you a fre

We go to our cars.“Can I go with you?” He looks at me pleadingly “I haven't refueled and I came here on reserve.”"Of course." I unlock my car and he gets in on the passenger side."Can we go to see you?" His question sounds uncertain and I look at him carefully."We sent everyone home ..." I begin."That's not the point, I just can't stand the sight of him in the whole house today." He pleadingly takes my hand."Okay, but I have to give Ava a quick call." I take my cell phone out of my pocket and dial Ava."God Sammy, did you find Taylor?" She asks immediately."Yes, I have ... We're by the cliffs in Lower Cove. Can you stay with Carl and Annie tonight? I'll take Taylor with me. ”I tell her straight away."Why, surely. Will you come here with him tomorrow? ”She sounds surprised, but she also knows that questions are not necessarily appropriate now.“Yes, we'll come tomor