Chapter 5 Reconciliation
Anna discovers the truth
(In the previous chapter, Anna discovered Adelina's dark side and was sickened by the level of depravity that she has been party to. She rescued the twins from a bizarre fetish during the story's climax, and now struggles with the fallout of her guilt.)
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During the weeks that followed, I made sure I checked in on the twins at least once a week. The emotional damage that they incurred the past six months had affected them greatly, so I felt a responsibility to help them through the trauma. Sometimes when David was away for the weekend visiting his parents up north, I would have them over. The first couple visits we ended up naked in my bed where we cuddled and they would suckle at my breasts. I found this odd behavior considering the nature of their abuse, but I assumed it to be a reaction to what they had been through. I suspected that such an infant-like response was triggered by them seeing me as a protective mother-figure. Besides the nursing, nothing really sexual happened during these sessions, and I must admit the nurturing warmth of our bodies pressed together had a healing effect on all of us. As time went on, this kind of stuff started to feel weird and I knew we had to stop. I couldn't do much more for them, as I was no psychologist, and suggested to them that they seek professional help. They were reluctant, but I encouraged them to think about it. I wasn't even sure if the story about Adelina's affair with their father was true. I mean, I saw no evidence of it, and since most of Adelina's and my free time was spent on our female partners, I don't see when she had the opportunity. Besides, I am sure if it were true, she would have found a way to include him into our games. I decided the whole thing was a lie in order to keep control over the twins.
I don't know what happened to Adelina that night after we left her cuffed to the bed. I suppose the police arrived and assumed they were looking at the end of a sex game gone awry. Perhaps they smelled the weed and found her stash. Not sure if they busted her, I didn't see anything in the papers, but then again, I wasn't looking either. I'm sure that whatever happened to her, it was enough of a warning to leave us alone.
Slowly, I got the stories out of the twins about the underage girls that were involved. Names if they knew them, descriptions of what they looked like, where they lived...I collected as much information as I could in case something ever came out that could be tied back to Adelina. I needed the ammunition as insurance against her coming back for revenge. She was a cunning bitch, and I knew this might not be the end of it.
Then there was poor David. I was at a loss for how to account for how much I had betrayed him. He had no idea that any of this had been going on. I had created enough interference with my novel sex ideas, that he had no reason to believe that my focus lay anywhere other than with him. I had learned how to use sex to manipulate and deceive, it was a dangerous weapon, and I was done with it. There was no way I was remotely equipped to come clean about what I had done. At least not for now.
It was rather easy to find Maja, I just did an internet search and found her number on
hitta.se
. She was still living in the city, as I assumed she was, since I saw her that one day at Cafe Materia . After much agonizing about it, I finally found the courage to call her.
"Hello, this is Maja." It was the same voice of five years ago when I first called her about the apartment. I swallowed hard and took a deep breath.
"Hello Maja......" I responded.
"Yes...who's this?"
"Maja...this is Anna." There was a long pause. My stomach did somersaults. I shouldn't have fucking called.
"Anna? Anna Nyström?"
"Yes, it's me."
"Oh, hi Anna" her voice was cheerful.
"Hi, how are you? Hope I didn't catch you at a bad time."
