Incredible find on a ship's tailcoat
Flashback
When I was a little boy, my family and me lived in a small village near a coast. This slowly developed into a city. Many hotels were built to attract tourism. It wasn't like that back then, but here you will find out something about me. I was just 4 years old at the time and my father was a good fisherman. My mother mostly took care of the house, but this time it should be different. Serafina, my mother took me to my grandmother at the other end of the village. Miguel, my father took you to the fishing trip this time. Nobody knew yet what would happen. Nobody.
Early in the morning he went to sea with her and took care of his work. Shortly afterwards, after they had laid the nets, or so it was in the newspaper, sharks appeared on the scene.
My father's fishing boat did not capsize, but it adorned a hole under the water so that water flowed into the ship.Apparently the shark (s) was / were smart enough to sink the ship. But that wasn't all that was in the newspaper. The sharks slid out of the water and tore my father first and then my mother. It must have been awful. sometimes I wish they hadn't gone to sea, but that's how they earned the money we needed so badly.
It wasn't until the next day that a few body parts were found that were washed ashore that it was clear who they belonged to. My mother and my father. I didn't hear about it myself because I was too young to understand it. After a few days, my grandmother died and I was placed in a foster family when I was 4 1/2 years old. Until today ...
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Many years had passed and Aryas, the son of the fisherman who was killed and his mother too, now he was 25 years old, it was 21 years ago. Until now he did not know about the cruel death of his parents. He often visited his grandmother's grave and thought of her.The grave was nicely decorated with flowers and bushes. The village was now a real vacation spot. Many tourists strolled through the streets and bought souvenirs that they brought with them for their children or relatives.
Until an incident. A corpse was washed up on the beach on June 24th. Nobody knew what had happened and so the incident was quickly forgotten.
But Aryas was skeptical and investigated. His foster parents looked at him when he entered the apartment. They were holding a 21-year-old newspaper. They seemed sad and continued to look at him.
"What happened? Mom, Dad?" He spoke to her. He slowly joined them. Together they sat on the armchair and sofa that were in the living room.
"We finally have to tell you the truth Ayras.", His (care) mother began. She looked very depressed at the floor. "When you came to us, you were just four and a half years old. My son, I'm afraid that you should finally know what happened before your grandmother died."She added and turned away. She had a hard time telling her foster son that something terrible had happened 21 years ago.
Flashback
A policeman rang the doorbell of the Benziger. He had a little boy with him who looked scared. Which was understandable. He had lost his beloved grandmother that day. She just hadn't woken up more than he wanted to wake her up.
Herr Benziger opened the door. A young man appeared in that door, who was only 22. Even his wife Marianne slowly entered the entrance hall.
"What's going on honey?" She wanted to know.
"A policeman with a little boy," he said curtly and turned back to him. "Did something happen, officer?" He asked him. This nodded. He pointed briefly to the boy Aryas. "He lost his mother and father a few months ago and lived with his only relative. She died yesterday. We don't want to put him in a children's home. Since I know that they cannot have children, it might be better if they would take care of him.With confidence, of course. "said the officer, looking at him slightly." The homes are overcrowded and one more thing would be likely for this one disaster. I would ask you to take care of him. ", he added. Mr. Benziger thought for a moment, looked at his wife, who got a special glow in her eyes. Now he nodded." Of course we will. It is certainly better that way. ", he said. The officer gave the boy to her hands. And so he grew up as a Benziger
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The three of them were still sitting in the living room. Obviously many years had passed. In the meantime Aryas had forgotten the incident and lived as a Benziger.
"21 years ago you were only 4 years old. Your mother and father had died (they don't know what happened). Then you grew up with your beloved grandmother for a few months. She died later and one morning she stood up the police on our doorstep, the officer had a little boy with him.That was you then. ", she said and looked at her son." Please understand us, we couldn't tell you what happened and why you grew up here. We only wanted the best for you. ", added her husband. He had been silent until now.
"My son, even if it is difficult, you grew up here, here is your family that cares about you. Don't cling to the past, it is sometimes better to forget it than to live in it.", Said Carlos, his stepfather .
Aryas listened, he couldn't put it into words. Why had they kept it quiet, was it about last week's incident?
Flashback
[i]When he celebrated his 21st birthday with his family a few years ago, he announced that he had bought a small apartment outside of this city. It was small but you could live in it. His parents didn’t let them take this away with them. So speak; Bedroom, living room, kitchen, bathroom, hall and storage room.Aryas was very excited about this help from him. Sometimes he would come and visit them, eat with them and talk to them.
Shortly after living in this house, he also took a job at a university as a professor. His students were quite friendly and diverse. Every time during the holidays he dived for white tailcoats and the like. He himself had designed a submarine-like machine which he called Constanie.
His students didn't know about his passion for diving, for them he was just their professor.
A few weeks ago he had found a fisherman's tailcoat. It was the first time that he found time to dive into the depths of the sea again. The nets he found were torn and moody. He slowly swam onto the ship that was called Mary Lane. The name was difficult to read because the ship was overgrown with corals and the like. Aryas only examined the outside as he didn't have much time to dive inside. He's been underwater for half an hour or more.The black-haired man only had 50 bar left in the bottle, but he had discovered something on the outside wood. He had thought he saw something sticking out. So he swam towards it very slowly. Carefully he pulled out what he had seen. It was a tooth about six inches tall. This tooth could only belong to a shark. only which one?
So the next chapter comes soon, I hope at least.
Mikaela