A sister is gained

The apartment i lived in was a hotel that had a section for living in residents. So there was full staff someone to cook for me if i didn't feel like going out or cooking. There was a maid to clean for me thank god because I had given up on cleaning I always seemed to make a bigger mess then when I had started out. There was also the manager for the residents, I befriended all the staff, but more so the manager.
The night I returned to Singapore from New York. I ran for my apartment and locked myself in with all the files I had brought with me. I spent three days going over each and everyone one of those files some more then once. They had photos for my children and grand children the ghosts of my past played around me for those three days. On the fourth day a knock came at my door I ignored it at first but the person would not give up and kept knocking. I gave up an answered the door. It was the manager she had come to check on me to make sure I was okay. I was friends with her and it was normal for her to stop by and come in and have a cup of tea with me but I couldn't let her in today because of all the files that were strewn about my apartment.

"Elphaba are you okay? I saw you return three days ago but i haven't heard from you or seen you in those three day."

"Oh I'm so sorry. I didn't mean for you to worry I guess my friends death has affected me more then I thought, but don't worry I'm going out tonight for dinner later."

" Oh! I'm so sorry I didn't know that you had lost someone..... Is there a restaurant I can make a reservation for you ? "

"ah just my normal one thank you."

"Okay, is there anything else I can do for you? "

I thought that over for a second. I needed the cleaning staff soon but I also wanted something else.

"Yes, one more thing I need to find a house ...or land something that I can buy and own as my own."

" Oh, I can help you with that. I sell restate as a side business. If that's all I'll go and make that call to get you a reservation."

"It is but if your not busy tonight why don't you join me tonight for dinner. I would love to talk to you about what is available around here."

"Oh I would love to but my husband Lee can't cook to save his life.'

"By all means bring him along my treat."

"He will like that. I have told him about you and he has been wanting to meet you for ages." She beam a smile and turned to leave. Dinner that night changed my relationship with G.G that night.

She became like a sister to me. She put up with me and my pickyness in property very well. More agents dropped me after about a month of me saying no to everything they would show me, but not G.G she just kept bring me new houses,condo,and lots for sell. I be came close with G.G and her husband. There were many dinners and many late nights going over images of property's. G.G learned quick that price was no matter to me and that what I wanted was a large amount of land to build my own house. It took over three years but G.G finally found something that I wanted. There was a business man that had bought up the land by the Upper Pierce Reservoir. The man wanted to sell the land and build houses but I bought all his plots and then found my own builder. I had designed the house myself it was big it could house a family of ten and the people would hardly have to see one another if they didn't want to. It was framed in the farm house style the beams were exposed and everything was open. I got as much natural light as I could get. The view was also amazing it was of the reservoir. It took nine months to build I moved in the day if was done and had a party the next night as a house warming. I had made many friends through G.G.

G.G had lost her job as the manager because she focused so much on helping me. I felt so bad and because I didn't want to lose the closeness I had formed with her. I offered her a place to live in my house. It was big enough for her and Lee to live even if they wanted to start a family, she and Lee thankfully agreed and moved in the same day I did. The party ended and G.G and I started to clean up. (with G.G's help I didn't make the mess and worse.) We were doing dished and talking about random things I was drying and she was washing. There was a pause in the conversation and G.G asked about Edward.

"Elphaba, Who's Edward?" asked G.G in a innocent voice.

I dropped the dish in my hand. (I had never talked about my past and G.G and Lee seemed to understand that I didn't like to talk my past. ) Neither of us moved to clean up the broken dish "Where did you hear that name?" my voice was like ice. I hadn't meant to sound so mean but I couldn't help it.

G.G was shocked at my tone as well but she answered my question."I don't really know.. You know how I paint well the other day I painted a painting with you and this man in it.. I only know his name, because you two were signing a marriage certificate. The strangest thing about the painting is the date... It was 2010 and there was also another woman in it but her face wasn't clear. "

I didn't say anything at first but I had to ask I wanted the conclusion that my head had come up with to be wrong. "Have you ever had something like this ever happen before?"

"Only a few times in the past the first time I can remember. The First time was a painting of Lee before I even meet him, also some dreams that have came true.. I had a dream about you coming to Singapore and that there was something about you that makes you unlike other people."

"Have you ever told Lee about these dreams or paintings?"

"Yes, but he just thinks that they are like other people... but what I have been doing is different I don't use cards or a crystal ball or anything like that. I'm painting things and seeing things in dreams! I spent some time researching people here in Singapore but most of them I found to be fakes.To tell the truth its kind of scary being able to see stuff like this.. but back to this Edward guy ! Who is he because I know you. You only take lovers you never have feelings for them and never fall in love with them."

(I started taking lovers about a year and a half before this moment.. hey ! I'm only human a girl has needs.) It was do or die I had to tell G.G who Edward was and what I was or lie to her and my gut was telling me that if I lied to her nothing good would come of it. "Edward is my husband, We have been married about."I stopped to think how long had Edward and I been married? "We have been married about 185 years and he disappered in 1930 on New Years day." I stopped and waited for her to say something. To run away screaming or something like that but she didn't.

"How old are you really? You only look 25 but the way you acts is nothing like a 25 year old."

"I haven't been 25 for a very very long time.. I'm about 215 years old give or take a few years. Everything gets hazy after the first 100 years or so. "

" How is that possible !" she asked exasperated

"Ummm thats kind of hard to explain because we don't really know but here I'll show you! " I reached down a grabbed a sliver of the broken plate and slashed it down my arm. A line of red blood gushed out I hit a vane.

G.G let out a sweek of shock and reached for a towel and she was saying something about how much a fool i was and that we had to get me to a hospitle. I told her to be quite and to watch.
I closed my eyes and focused I let my energy go out and heal my cut from the inside out. (The feeling of a cut being heal is something strange its tingles and tickles all at the same time.)It only took a second and the cut was healed completly all that was left was a line blood. "Thats how I an heal myself, I can also heal others if need be. It also why I have live so long my body won't let me die. Edward is some what the same but it's his blood that heals and not energy. He is about 10 year older then me but you would never know it, and before you ask as I said before he dissapired in 1930 we were attacked by some men and the best I can figuer is that they found a way to kill him or they still have him somewere alive still because unlike me he is very hard to kill. To tell the truth the damage I have done to him is enough to kill a normal person but not him.But becuase you just said something about us in a painting is starting to give me more hope that he is still out there somewere.

"Hold on what do you mean that you can do damege that would kill a normal person ? "

"Oh I can also control fire. " I snapped my fingers and a small flame came to life between my fingers. "Don't worry about it that is something I learned long ago to control."

G.G looked calm"okay I can take all of this but I dont know about Lee I have know idea what he is going to say about it. "

"Let me worry about him ."

"okay then let finish cleaning up and get to bed i'm beat dead."

We finished cleaning like nothing had happend. Later in the week Lee was looking for a light for his cigarett and he couldn't find one I snapped my fingers and lent him one. He freaked out of and actually feighted when he was brought around it took sometime for G.G and I to stop him from calling me a witch and such (stuff i had heard before in my life) but we finally got him calm and used to the idea that I was majorly different. G.G info about Edward gave me a hope that had been there but it was now stronger. I started to find the best detectives in the world and put them on the search for Edward .....They failed but found something much much more in there search.