My Beloved Uncle (Baskerville #1)

(S2): Unexpected truth

Hannah takes Hans' grandfather in a wheelchair to the living room. His grandfather had been very old since he last met him 35 years ago. Charlotte immediately hugged her grandfather longingly.

"Grandfather."

" Good grandfather to see you again."

" I am too."

Hannah then left them both.

"Zelda how are you?"

" Don't call that name again. Now I'm not Zelda anymore, but Charlotte."

"Well if that's what you want."

" I'm good news now. How's grandpa doing?"

"I'm fine too. Since when have you been in America?

" One month ago. I'm sorry I just got to see Grandpa now."

" I heard you were very ill and depressed, so you had to undergo psychiatric treatment."

" I've never been sick or depressed. They've been lying to everyone about my true condition."

Charlotte then told him what had happened.

" So you've been in jail all this time?"

"Yes. Michael and Lewis, Joseph's uncle, wanted to take the throne from Joseph. I'm sure they're the ones who killed my husband like it was an accident."

"They're so outrageous."

" I can finally escape from them."

" Where have you been all this time?"

" I live with Fabian and his children. They always take me well."

"They are a good family. Your mother is lucky to have a brother as good as them."

"Grandfather's right."

" Have you found a bright spot about your son's whereabouts?"

" Sadly not yet. I don't know where to look."

"Grandfather believes your son will soon be found and restore his right as a future King."

" That's my plan."

Grandpa Hans clasped Charlotte's hand. His old eyes looked at his grandson with a sad look.

"Grandpa's glad you're safe."

"Yes. Oh yeah how's Hannah supposed to be Grandpa's adopted granddaughter?"

" Hannah is an orphan. Grandpa met her on the street selling flowers. She's a good woman and grandfather takes pity on her, so grandfather raised her as my granddaughter."

"It seems Hannah loves Grandpa very much."

" Hannah loves Grandpa."

" I'm so glad to hear that. There's someone taking care of grandpa, so grandpa's not alone anymore."

"Yes. Grandpa wants to talk to you about your twin sister, Charlotte."

" What about?"

"Grandfather's drop to the room."

Chatlotte pushed the wheelchair towards her grandfather's room.

" Close the door."

Charlotte closed the door. Grandpa Hans gave up a red leather-bound book to Charlotte.

" What is this?"tanyanya's confused.

" Read!"

Charlotte sat down on the edge of the bed and began to read. Many times Grandpa Hans saw the shocked expression from his grandson's face.

" It's impossible."

"Grandfather didn't believe it either."

" It's unlikely that Charlotte has any malicious intentions towards me. We both love each other. "

"Grandfather knows you must be surprised by the truth about your twin brother."

"I don't understand. Why would he have such evil thoughts?"

" Because Charlotte was afraid that Joseph would prefer you, because Joseph fell in love with the woman who helped him, you."

" But Charlotte saved my life in that fire."

"Well, the last page."

Chatlotte quickly opened the last page and read it.

My plan seems to be working. The villa started burning. I heard Fabian screaming for us. I actually love Zelda, but I don't want her to take Joseph away from me. Why would Zelda love the same man as me?

I'm going to push Zelda into the fire as if it was an accident. I'm sad to have to do this, because he's my twin brother.

I heard Zelda knocking on the door while calling my name repeatedly. He opened the door and I pretended to be asleep.

"I don't believe this. Charlotte's been planning to kill me."

Charlotte hugged her body and felt goosebumps, then Hans gave her a Flash Disk.

" What is this?"

" It contains CCTV footage and inside it is footage of you trying to save yourself. This tape survived the fire, because the monitor room was in the basement and the fire didn't have time to burn it."

Charlotte took it out of Grandpa Hans's hand, then plugged it into her phone. He saw himself and Charlotte in the 2nd floor hallway near their room. The thick smoke blocked the two of them. Charlotte stunned. He could not believe what he saw.

Charlotte looked up and she smiled, then she intended to push Zelda so that Zelda would fall, but Charlottelah was hit, because at the time she was about to dodge, his feet tripped his sleeping clothes finally Charlottelah yan hit the beam.

" You know the truth now. Charlotte wasn't trying to save you back then, but was about to kill you, but she herself got hit by that beam."

" I can't believe that he's going that hard on me. I love him so much, but he doesn't seem to love me."

Charlotte crying.

" You have to forgive her."

" I forgive him. I shouldn't have followed her words to be her. I don't know why he wanted me to be Charlotte in his place."

"Eitherway. Grandpa doesn't know either."

Charlotte wiped her tears.

" Do I have to admit to everyone that I'm actually Zelda?"

" Is that any good now that you've been Charlotte for 35 years?"

"Eitherway. I just want to be myself."

" You have become yourself only your name has been changed."

" Grandfather was right. Has anyone else seen this tape?"

" Nothing. The police checked the basement, but Grandpa saved the tape."

"I'd better remove this. "

"It's up to you."

" Let people remember Charlotte as a hero, for saving her twin brother was not a killer."

Hannah knocked on the door.

" Login!"

" Lunch is ready."

" We'll be there soon" Hans said.

Hannah shut the door again. Charlotte clasped his hand again.

" This will be both of us' secrets. About the tape."

" All right."

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Raina tries to clean the cobwebs above the curtains of her room. Raina accidentally pulled the curtains apart and the curtain rails came apart. He went out of the room to seek help, but several male servants were busy with their respective jobs. He searches for Owen, the butler, but Owen is nowhere to be found.

" Have you guys seen Owen?"raina asked all the kitchen maids.

" We didn't see it" said one of the servants.

" good. Thank you." Thank you."

Raina looked for him into various rooms, but there was none.

" Where did Owen go?"raina muttered. He decided to look for her in the room.

Raina knocked on the door. "Owen it's me, Raina. Are you inside?"

There was no response from Owen. Once again Raina knocked on the door and called her name still no answer. Raina opened her room and was empty. Owen's not in the room.

Raina walked into Owen's room and knocked on the bathroom door. The waiter wasn't there. He decided to look elsewhere. Before leaving the room, Raina saw something that caught her attention.

The drawer of the writing table opened and Raina intended to close it back, but her hand stopped looking at the piece of paper coming out from the pile of items. It was like knowing the pink color of the paper that was already somewhat yellowed. The color is the same as his father Leonard's journal. Raina picked it up and was surprised to see the writing on the paper.

Owen Rockfield's.

Raina shut her mouth. " It's impossible."

Raina ran out and went to her room to match the paper tear with Andrew's journal paper tear and the result matched. Raina read again.

The culprit was Owen Rockfield

Raina quickly called her husband who was inspecting the estate.

" Hurry home! There's something I want to show you."

Raina disconnects her phone and waits for her husband in the room feeling uneasy. Shortly after, Leonard arrived.

"What's wrong?"

Raina handed the paper to her husband.

" What is this?"

" That's a tear in your father's journal and the name of the perp is written there."

Leonard saw the writing. " Owen Rockfield."

"He killed Leonard."

" That's impossible. Owen is one of the faithful servants of the Clemonte family."

" I know this unexpected truth makes us very surprised."

" But what was Owen's motive for committing the crime?"

" I don't know if we should just ask him, but I don't know where he is, I was looking for him, but I didn't see him."

" So I told Owen to buy the seeds of the plant."

" It's just fine he's not here."

" Where did you get this?"

" From his room. I was looking for Owen in the room to ask him for help fixing the loose curtains, and then I accidentally found this in his open drawer on his writing desk."

" We wait for Owen to come home and he has to explain everything. I can't believe this. Owen is a good man."

" I know. You must be very disappointed."

After an hour, Owen returned. Leonard immediately took her to the study.

" What's the matter, sir?"

" You can explain about this, please" Leonard said in a high tone while showing a paper tear. Owen's face turned stiff.

" Where did you get this?"

" It doesn't matter where I get it. Now explain to me why you killed Leonard?"

" all right. I'll explain it to you."

" I'm waiting."

"What's your reason for killing Leonard?"ask Raina.

" To take revenge on Mr. Andrew."

" What revenge?"ask Raina.

" It started 40 years ago. Mr. Andre had run over my only 11-year-old son until he died. He did not get any punishment, as he was not found guilty of the accident. My son is to blame" Owen growled with anger.

" Continue the story" said Leonard.

" I hated him so much and wanted to take revenge, but I didn't know how it was. I tried and tried to forget it. After all these years, I met him again accidentally in a shopping mall along with his wife and son. They were so happy and my heart ached for him began to appear again.

I tried to apply for a job to be a waitress in the Clemonte family and I was accepted. My work as a servant was very good and I was eventually appointed as a butler and I became a stifled and confidant of Mr. Andrew.

Finally, the opportunity for revenge arrived. Mr. Andre and Mrs Silvia went to Africa on business. I lured Mr. Leonard to the lake to board a boat that I had broken into to retrieve his toy car that was on the lake. The boy unsuspectingly got on the boat and in the middle of the boat started to sink."

" You have the heart to take away the life of an innocent child."

" I want to make Mr and Mrs sad and miserable, having lost their child as I felt, but Mr. William has a crazy idea of looking for a child to replace Leonard."

" In the end my father found out that I wasn't his son, because he heard the talk of his father and sister."

" That's why Mr. Andre investigated Leonard's death and found out I killed him. He came to me to confess all my deeds and I confessed them before him. He intended to take me to the police station, but before he could do so he had a heart attack and died. I looked at Mr. Andre's journal and I tore up the paper that said my name."

" I'm really very disappointed in you" said Leonard.

" I'm sorry, Mr. Leonard. I'm sorry I did too. Now it's up to you, if you want to report me to the police."

" You have to be accountable for what you do. You are a good and loyal servant, but you have made a big mistake in your life."

" I know. Now I'm ready to take responsibility for my actions."

" good. Is there something you want to say again?"

Owen looked silently at Leonard and Raina.

" I'm happy to be working for you all this time and I love you as much as my own son."

" I know you're good, but the hatred has blinded your heart. I was in your position once, but Raina saved me from my hatred for the woman who killed Oliver."

" As for Mr. Oliver there is one thing you need to know."

" What?"

" Mister Oliver is actually dead."

" I know he's dead."

" I don't mean that."

Leonard and Raina looked at Owen with puzzled looks.

" Mister Oliver has been dead since birth."

" Whataa?"leonard and Raina were shocked.

" That's my biggest secret and Mr. Andre. Madame Silvia gave birth and the baby died at birth. Mr. Andre and I gave you a baby that was taken from the orphanage so that your Mother would not be sad."

" Oh my God" cried Leonard.

" Silvia knew nothing."

"I initially disagreed, but Mr. Andre forced me to find a baby boy as soon as possible before Mrs Silvia was reunited with the baby. Mr. Andre always gives your Mother an excuse that her baby is still weak and in care."

" Pity Mother."

" I finally got the baby and after Miss Silvia saw it, she was very happy, even though it was only a month together with the baby."

"Thank you for admitting everything to me."

Not long after the police came to take Owen. All the servants and the plantation workers could not believe that Owen had killed a child and shocked them.

The whispers of the servants. " Owen is so good it can't be a killer."

" Owen's a murderer, I don't believe."

" Pity Owen. I hope he'll be okay."

" If he had killed, Owen would have been responsible."

Those are the whispers Raina heard when the police arrested her. [ ]