My Beloved Uncle (Baskerville #1)
(S2): Clarissa
Miya decided to clean her room. He unpacked his old things to choose which ones are worth throwing away or not. In the corner of the wardrobe he found a box that was pink, then opened the box and it turned out that the contents were valuable items that were almost forgotten. Miya took out one by one the contents.
There are pictures of her as a child, photos of her mother and father, diaries, and, and his eyes caught a shiny object among the pile of letters and he was astonished to see that thing which turned out to be a pocket watch on which engraved the initials FB. Miya watched the clock carefully and she felt sure it was not hers, then she thought back to the shadow of the wooden house, then she also found a button for the school uniform. His childhood memories flashed through his head quickly.
"I remember this button from the school uniform button brother."
Miya rubbed the button with her thumb, then she also remembered the man who was with her while playing the swing was the big brother buttoning the school uniform. Mia smiling.
"Does he remember me?If I get a chance I want to see him again."
Mita opened the clock and came out with beautiful music.
Fabian gets a call from Mr. Graham at lunchtime.
" Fabian, it's me."
" Yes Mr. Graham."
" I've decided we're going to see Clarissa this afternoon. How's it?"
" all right. "
" I'll pick you up at the office."
" Thank you."
Phone connection disconnected.
" Are you sure you'll meet him?"ask Gilbert.
" yes. I have to find out the truth."
" You have to be careful."
" I know."
Fabian calls Miya and tells her that he will meet Clarissa with Mr. Graham this afternoon and will be home late.
Miya who received a call from Fabian became anxious. He returned to cleaning his things.
Mr. Graham picked Fabian up and they went straight to his nephew's villa. On the way he recalls his past with Clarissa.
25 Years ago
Fabian is at the Kenndrick family home meeting Clarissa to accompany him to a bridal clothing boutique. They will try their clothes that have been made. Fabian sat alone in the living room, as Clarissa was still in her room getting ready.
The atmosphere of the house looks very quiet. Fabian looked around the living room and occasionally looked into the backyard of the house, as the living room was directly facing the backyard. Fabian looked at the fire that was burning inside the fireplace, then it spread throughout the room.
Fabian was very surprised and tried to avoid the fire and from the fire came the shadow of people screaming swallowed by the flames. Women, men and children screamed. Their faces looked very painful. He felt breathless. Suddenly a cat lunged towards Fabian.
The atmosphere in the living room returned to silence like nothing had happened. Fabian sat on the floor with his breath still wheezing and coughing while holding his chest. He looked towards the black-haired fat cat. Somehow the shadow of the past about the mansion fire.
"Meeooo."
The cat ran towards the backyard and then disappeared. Fabian sat on the sofa while calming himself down. He doesn't know exactly what happened. Whether it was illusory or real there was absolutely no explanation that could satisfy his curiosity. Suddenly her shoulders were holding and Clarissa was aghast in shock.
"Ah it turns out to be you, Clarissa."
"You why? Your face looks pale."
"I'm fine. We'd better go."
Fabian said nothing about the incident to Clarissa. He would rather forget it. Before getting into the car, he saw an old man looking sadly at him.
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The car carrying Fabian and Mr Graham has arrived at Villa Edward. Their unexpected arrival leaves Clarissa shocked to almost have a heart attack. Fabian stared at Clarissa intensely making the woman feel extremely nervous.
" Clarissa, "call Fabian in disbelief. " Are you alive?"
" So she's really your ex-wife?"
" It's not wrong anymore. This is Clarissa, my ex-wife. I know him very well."
"Please explain it to us! Why did you pretend to die and marry Edward, my niece"
Clarissa, who had overcome her shock, finally confessed.
" right. I did Clarissa, Fabian's ex-wife."
" Are you really Clarissa?"ask Fabian not to believe it.
Clarissa looked at Fabian with a look of innocence." Right."." Right."
" I don't believe this."
Fabian still looks in shock.
" I thought you were a good woman. I'm sorry I agreed to marry Edward" said Mr Graham.
" "Edward knows everything. He's the one who helped me to fake mine."
"What?"said Mr. Graham doesn't believe."
" You must be surprised, right. Edward loved me so much that he wanted to help me. He's a fool."
" Do you love her?"
" Of course not."
"Why did you marry her?"
" Edward could have given me more money than Fabian."
Fabian who was husky from earlier silently looked at Clarissa furiously.
" I didn't think you were that bad."
Clarissa smiled her smile and approached Fabian trying to touch the man. Fabian immediately dodged and it made Clarissa upset.
" Don't touch me! I feel disgusted, jina was touched by you."
" Okay, but gradually you'll fall in my arms again."
" Don't hope," said Fabian disgustedly.
" Don't be sure of that! After Miya there's no way you won't come back to me."
" Never disturb my family again and hurt my wife" Fabian shouted angrily.
" We'll see."
" You're a viper woman. It's too bad Edward's fate could meet you."
" Who's body is in the coffin?"
" It's just a doll" Clarissa said lightly.
" Dollies?"
" Yes Fabian. You remember there wasn't a dollmaker in Los Angeles living in a white mansion?"
" The mansion was already on fire and the entire occupants died, except for one person."
" right. The owner of the mansion had one survivor and that person was a puppet craftsman."
" Clarissa stopped all this madness before it was too late" said Mr. Graham.
" Now you get out of here."
Without orders twice they left. In the car, Fabian does not believe that Clarissa is alive and threatens to hurt Miya.
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On the way home, memories of his past re-emerge where he plans to marry Clarissa.
25 Years ago
Clarissa is very happy today to spend time with Fabian. Go try on her bridal attire and buy household items. He and Fabian will live in their own homes after their marriage.
‘’What did you buy earlier with Fabian?’’ask Antonio Kenndrick, Clarissa's foster father.
"A lot of what I bought with Fabian."
"of course. I'm happy and can't wait to get married to him. I can't wait to make Fabian mine."
" I'm glad to hear that."
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"Hello Fabian!’’
"Gilbert."
"It turns out you still recognize me."
Fabian approached Gilbert who was still sitting on the chair.
"Of course I still recognize you. I may have forgotten my friend's face."
"Thank you for still thinking of me as your friend. I'm glad to hear it,’’ Gilbert said as she blinked her eyes.
Gilbert stood up and sat down on the sofa. Fabian.
"Why are you here? "
"For 4 years you never called me at all when I gave you my email address and phone number. I don't think you've ever read an email."
"sorry. I'm so busy."
"It's so busy that there's no time to contact your friend." Gilbert's face looked disappointed.
"sorry. I didn't mean to."
"That's it. I'm glad you didn't forget me. Look at you now you have become a successful person. You really have been the successor of Baskerville Industries at your young age. Looks like your father has educated you so hard that you become like this."
" That's right. It's all because of my dad."
Fabian smiled.
"How long have you been here?’’
"Maybe a month, because I want to attend your wedding."
"Where do you know that?’’
"Of course from the news here. It's like if I don't go back to America, I don't know you're getting married."
" I sent you an invitation."
"It's okay. Now I know. I didn't expect you to marry Clarissa. How did you finally decide to get married?"
" Since class breakup and since returning from vacation home from Japan, we lost communication, then 3 years ago, Clarissa came back. His appearance changed a lot. Since then, we have been communicating frequently and meeting frequently. It turns out Clarissa still loves me and I'm trying to love her. As long as we were in a relationship, Clarissa was very kind and very attentive to me. Slowly my heart began to melt and began to love her. I feel guilty for you, because I know you love Clarissa, too."
" Don't feel guilty. I didn't expect her love anymore, because I knew Clarissa only loved you."
" Thank you."
" I already have a boyfriend. He is now in Italy. My boyfriend is a famous fashion designer there and he also opened a boutique there."
" I'm glad to hear it."
" She rejected me at first, when I expressed my feelings for her, but she finally accepted my love" Gilbert said happily.
" I hope you marry her soon."
" Penelope is a very kind, beautiful, and smart woman and I'm happy, because now you're getting married to your soulmate soon."
Fabian's face turned grim and sad.
"Unfortunately the woman I'm going to marry now is not my soul mate,’’ Fabian said inwardly. She has not felt Clarissa is her soul mate, though she begins to love him.
" Fabian, congratulations on your wedding!’’
Gilbert hugged Fabian tightly.
"Thank you."
"Do you still remember about that incident in Karuizawa a few years ago when we were on vacation there?’’
"You mean that burning mansion or me that almost died in the lake?’’
"Both. I heard the mansion is finished."
"Eh. Did ya? Where do you know?’’
"From my friend's an architect and he was involved in the project of rebuilding the white mansion, but upon completion of the mansion it was only briefly occupied by its new owner and then eventually rented out."
"Why?’’
"Come Fabian. I think there is nothing wrong with the mansion even though it has been built again . Before I came to see you, I went to Karuizawa to meet my friend and from the mansion there were always screams of people when no one rented the mansion. It seems like there will be no more people who will rent it, because the previous tenants feel scared, when living there and according to the story of the tenant they said they saw ghosts. A ghost is having a party. Therefore, even though the mansion was not there, people always sounded crowded and the sound of music flowed from the mansion and it happened every night. I myself heard there was music playing from the mansion."
Fabian listened to Gilbert's story without blinking a single bit.
"The residents there always blame my friend, because they want to help build the mansion again, because after the mansion was built again began to sound strange noises again at night or during the day."
"So you believe that the mansion is haunted?’’
"I.iya. Surely you do not believe, right?’’
‘’Iya,’’word Fabian steady.
"If you go there, rent the mansion and stay there one day to prove the ghosts that inhabit the mansion exist or not."
"If I rent it do you come with me stay there?’’
Fabian smiled mischievously at Gilbert.
"Huh? I don't want even if you give me hundreds of millions of dollars I don't want to stay there for a minute,’’ Gilbert said.
"Yes if you don't want to. I'll take someone else,’’ Fabian said jokingly.
"So you're seriously going to rent that mansion?’’
"Of course not. I'm not gonna rent that mansion . I was just kidding."
"Thankfully ! Fabian, after I thought about why in the mansion things happen strange huh?’’
"Hmmm.maybe before something bad happened there."
"Maybe too. The mansion is full of unexpressed mysteries."
"You're right. I think so too."
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Fabian regained his senses from his daydreams, when Mr. Graham's car had arrived at the Castalia mansion by the time dinner approached, Fabian returned home. He found his wife and his little daughter waiting at the dinner table. After finishing dinner, Fabian told me about his meeting with Clarissa. While listening to the story, Miya was very surprised.
" I didn't think Clarissa was alive."
" I am too."
" He also threatened me that he would hurt you and he wanted me to go back to him."
Miya looked very anxious.
" Don't worry! I won't be able to go back to him."
Fabian hugged his wife.
" It's gonna be okay. I'm not gonna let Clarissa hurt you and our kids."
Miya clutched her husband.
" I hope that Clarissa will undo her intention to annoy us."
" I hope so, even though I'm not sure. He's very ambitious."
" I'm so worried about Clarie. He had already met her just to send Lily flowers for you" Miya said.
" I am too. I'll have people take care of him during his school and piano lessons. Clarie's gonna be okay."
They fell silent and hugged each other with restless hearts. Fabian promises not to let Clarissa into his life again. [ ]
