“Holly! Is everything all right? Is there something wrong with you? Hey, Holly, talk to me!”
She left the house and ran to her daughter.
“OMG! What’s that shape on the bark? What is written above it?”
“Mom, that’s the shape of the necklace my father gave me before he died, a half-pendant necklace, do you remember? We laughed, do you remember? Because on my pendant was written an address and on my father’s pendant was written a state and a town name… All these without sense… However, I can’t understand the sense of the quote carved in the wood…"
“I can’t understand this carving. I see something written but I can’t read it.”
“You never can... OMG mom! You could never read my father’s writing!”
On hearing these words, Meredith faints and Holly rushes to fetch water for her mother. When her mother recovers she says:
“Holly, my little daughter, tell me that this is a nightmare! It’s impossible. Tell me I’m delirious!”
“I’m sorry, mom!”
Holly brought her mother back to the house, and she ran into her room, looking for the necklace. After a few minutes, she found it in a little box. She shivered. Then she returned to see her mother, to open it with her.
“Mom… I finally found the necklace.”
“And? What is written?”
Holly opened it and saw this inscription: "Italy – Florence"
She told her the address and the mother reacted:
“It's where your father was born. It's strange.”
“Maybe something happened there, something during his childhood!”
“I'm going to call your grandparents right now.”
Meredith picked up the phone and called the parents of her husband.
“Yes? Who is it?”
“Hi, it's Meredith.”
“Oh! How are you?”
“We have known better days... Hum... If I call you it's because I need some information. It might seem strange but did Thomas have some problems when he was younger?”
“Oh... Why do you want to know that?”
“Because in our new house, we heard the voice of Thomas, he talks to us!”
“WHAT??!! But... You are crazy!”
“No, it's true! He left us a message!”