A Storm Brews Without Warning (Part 1)

     John adjusted his suit. It was to be the best day of his life. He was finally getting married to the girl of his dreams. There she was, walking through the church door in her white dress, looking like an angel from heaven. Saying their vows, John and his newly wed wife, Anna kissed while the audience cheered and clapped their hands.
    John's parents died when he was just 6 years old. He was raised in an orphanage in Manchester, England for most of his childhood life. At 16, he ran away from the orphanage as he wanted to explore the world and test his skills in real life. His skills were not professional skills, but he was known by his friends as the Magic Fingers. He could pickpocket anybody that he met. It didn't matter if you were the world's most alert police or a cashier at Tesco. The second you turned your back towards John, you would lose your wallet and never get it back. But John never stole from the elderly. He only stole from people who looked like they were not in desperate need of money.
     Anna was an American girl from a rich family. At 5, her mother left because her father was always at work and never at home. Anna's father sent her to a boarding school in England when she was 13. After getting a degree in business, she worked for Walmart, slowly making her way up. She refused to live of her father's earnings and wanted to build her own financial structure.
     They met at a party. They were introduced to each other by the host of the party. From then onward they met up regularly. They fell in love and John asked her hand in marriage. She accepted but her father was against it. So she ran away from home and married John.
    Not long after, they had twins. One was a girl and the other a boy. They decided to name the girl Jane and the boy James. John thought that he was the happiest man alive. A loving wife, two cute babies, a stable income, what more could he ask for? Not to mention 2 sport cars and the mansion that they lived in. By this time John had turned over a new leaf. He stopped stealing from people and decided to get a real job. He worked at Walmart with his wife as his boss.
    It was less than 2 years after they got married that the stock market crashed. John and Anna loss their jobs but they still had four mouths to feed. So they had no choice but to sell their cars to put food on their table. They also sold the mansion and bought a small comfortable terrace house. After the economic failure passed, Anna opened her own business and John worked as her assistant. They thought that they could lead back normal lives. They didn't need luxury. They just needed each other. Little did they know that their future held things that would make them suffer. And not even love could help them.


To be continued in my friend Gan Jia Sern's blog, Today Not Tomorrow.  http://ganjiasern.blogspot.com/