Excerpt: Death by Sunlight

I sit in my old seat by the window, the cracked picture frame lying in my lap. When I look at it now, the people in it are so different, I can`t quite believe its them.

A handsome man stands in the centre, his chesnut hair falling slightly over one eye. His eyes are alive with sheer delight and love for the people around him.
His arms around a young woman whose beautiful red hair is bounding around her shoulders. She looks free. She looks young and innocent. She looks... happy.
Two children sit at the adults feet. No more than three years old, although very different they are obviously twins. The boy`s eyes are exactly the same as his mother`s. The same almond shape and same green shimmer. He`s laughing, his mouth open to reveal a perfect set of pearly white teeth. He is facing a girl with the same slightly pointed ears, same oval face, same pale complexion and sprinked freckles but with shining chesnut hair falling down her back and wide sea blue eyes. She is staring at her brother with such love that it seems to radiate out of the paper.
But there is another person in the photo. They`re not visable but the adults know it and their faces show the rest.

A baby. My baby.