The Thunderstormby Oksanatranslated by Olga |
12In the morning Mason and Brian were gone. Jake and Emily were very glad to see Mason. Jake told him off a bit for his leaving his family, and then gave him a mighty fatherly hug.Mason was back to his previous life, but he suddenly found his father and stepmother, his sisters and brother had occupied a place in his soul. He was constantly thinking of them now. Mason was torn between the two families and did not know what to do about it. Once as Jake and Mason were spending a night out tending a herd, a thunderstorm broke out. Under a piece of tarpaulin Mason was laughing holding his palms up catching raindrops. The sky got cut through with a lightning, a clap of thunder seemed to quake the earth. Jake glanced at Mason and caught his hands in fright, "Matt! Mason!!" And a horror-stricken Mason was staring up at the sky with his eyes wide open. "No! No!!!" he cried out suddenly and fell down unconscious. Jake tried to bring him back to his senses but nothing helped. Jake was close to despair. Soon Mason regained consciousness and softly said, "Jake… are you here?" "Are you okay?" Jake asked in alarm. "What happened?" Mason shot an odd glance at Jake as tears streamed down his cheeks. "I was falling down … in a helicopter… Jake, I've recalled everything, it's all coming back to me." …When he had got over his shock Mason returned to Santa Barbara. CC looked at him attentively and realized what had happened. "Mason… thank God!" He gave him a hug. "Now it's really you! Glad you're back!!!" |