My Beloved Uncle (Baskerville #1)

(S2): Granny and Cat

Fabian later recounted his encounter with Clarissa and Gilbert was very surprised. Gilbert sat on the couch trying to digest all the information about Clarissa and her crazy plans all along.

" I can't believe Clarissa faked her death and married her affair. Clarissa and her affair were completely insane. All this time I thought Clarissa was a good woman, even she's now forcing you to go back to her."

" I also thought like that maybe all this time he's been hiding his true nature."

" What are you going to do with him?"

" I don't know yet and I'm very worried about Miya and my children. I'm going to Los Angeles and I have to leave them. I'm afraid Clarissa will hurt them, when I'm not around."

" I will come to your house often to see your wife and your children."

" Thank you."

Gilbert then exited the room. Fabian sat in his chair with his restless mind.

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The next morning Fabian was getting ready to go to Los Angeles and he was heartbroken to leave his wife and child.

" Please promise me you'll take good care of yourself and Clarie."

"I promise. We'll be fine."

Fabian pulled Miya in his arms and hugged her for a long time.

" Fabian, you'll be late."

" Let me hold you for longer."

Miya let it go. Clarie's voice from the door surprised them.

" Morning Dad, Mommy!"

Fabian took Clarie and kissed her cheek.

" Morning baby!"

" Where are you going?"

" To Los Angeles for a few days. You don't be naughty."

Clarie nodded. Fabian dropped Clarie and they drove Fabian to the front door.

" I'll go first."

After a long journey, Fabian arrived at a hotel in Los Angeles and went straight into his room. The room is on the 5th floor and the room number is 506. Fabian took a break before taking a walk outside

Fabian was enjoying his lunch at the hotel restaurant and after finishing eating he decided to take a short walk before heading to the hotel construction site. He recalled the holidays with his classmates here.

Fabian single-handedly walked every corner of the street. He can enjoy his day which is usually always confined in the office with his work piling up. Fabian who that day was wearing casual clothes looked very handsome. Many young women glanced at her and became the center of attention along the way, there was even someone who offered Fabian to become a model. He then went to the location of the hotel construction and he liked the location is very strategic.

The night was coming, Fabian returned to the hotel and went straight to the room balcony to see the view of Los Angeles at night, then back into the room and quickly changed clothes to attend his company's events.

Fabian was already in the party room. The guests have arrived. Suddenly someone patted him on the shoulder and Fabian looked back.

"Hello Fabian, it's been a long time since we met?’’

" Donald Kelly" said Masumi in surprise.

"really. That's me."

Fabian is thrilled to be reunited with Donald, one of his former classmates.

‘’I'm so happy to see you again."

The two of them hugged each other, then sat down on one of the chairs in the room.

" I barely recognized you. How are you?"

"good. You how?"

" I'm good too."

‘’I'm glad to see you again here" Fabian said.

‘’I too and I did not expect you would become a successful and famous director.

‘’Thank you."

" Donald, I am deeply indebted and deeply grateful to have saved me 25 years ago. I didn't even get to say thank you."

"Oh that incident. It looks like it just happened yesterday when it has been 25 years. You don't need to feel indebted and grateful to me, you should be thanking the little girl who saved you."

‘’Hah? Little girl?’’

‘’ Fabian, you don't remember the little girl who saved you."

‘’I don't remember. All I remember was that I drowned and someone went into the lake, and then I lost consciousness."

‘’Try you remember again. I did help you back then, but the one who helped you the first time was not me. That little girl was the first to help you. He threw himself into the lake and helped you. I saw that he was trying to bring you to your feet with his small body and he managed to do it, and then I helped you by giving artificial breath. Without the girl, we might not know that there are people drowning in the lake. That little girl is really brave and I think she's good at swimming. If I see that little girl about 6 years old she wears yellow clothes and yellow ribbons in her hair."

‘’Do you know what his name is?’’

"Unfortunately no. We didn't get to ask her name after we gave her dry clothes and she suddenly disappeared."

‘’It turns out like that."

‘’Fabian, excuse me for saying hello to my friends first."

‘’Please."

Fabian sat pensively thinking about Donald's words.

‘’Who exactly is that little girl?’’

Fabian stood up and took out a few pieces of cake. The party atmosphere at that time was very crowded and Fabian enjoyed it very much. He began to feel a little drunk and tired.

" Donald, I want to go back to my room. I feel tired and sleepy. I hope we can meet again next time."

‘’Good."

Donald hugs Fabian, then leaves the party and heads to his room on the 5th floor. Fabian went straight to the balcony to breathe fresh air at night. The feeling of dizziness he felt earlier was already slightly reduced. His eyes looked at the sky and reflected on Miya's face. His heart missed his face and voice. Only one day did not meet him. Currently Fabian is willing to do anything as long as he can meet with Miya even if only for a moment.

The sound of knocking on the door surprised him. Fabian felt astonished who the person who came to see him almost late at night. He opened the door and was surprised to see the grandmother.

" Granny."

" Fabian's Night!"

" What's the matter with Grandma coming here tonight?"

Fabian also saw the black-haired cat in the granny's sling.

" I need your help" he said without further ado.

" What help?"

" Find my brother."

" I'm not a detective."

" I know, but you can hire a detective for me."

" Before I help you. Who's the real grandma?"

" I'm a fortune teller."

" Deprecipient?"

" yes. My brother's brother is Christopher Kerr, a puppet-maker and also a shaman."

"You mean grandma, the owner of that burning white mansion belongs to your sister?"

" yes. I don't live there. My sister's been missing since the fire. There was one of the residents before the fire there was a young girl who came to visit him at night, then I found a bracelet in front of the mansion. The bracelet belonged to your girlfriend named Clarissa."

" I never knew that Clarissa used to go there."

Fabian then flinched, as he recalled his encounter with Clarissa a few days ago. He named Christopher to make the doll. Clarissa knew where the man was.

" Clarissa knows where Christopher is."

" Is your ex-wife alive?"

" Yes." Yeah."

" We have to ask him, even though we're not sure he wants to tell us. I don't understand why Grandma's sister had to hide all this time?"

" I don't know either."

" Or maybe Clarissa kidnapped your sister?"

The grandmother seemed to realize something. " It must have been the woman who kidnapped him" he said with great confidence. " It used to be that Clarissa almost made you drink love potions, but I managed to thwart her by telling this cat of mine. Remember no?"

Fabian looked at the black cat and it had indeed been seen before. Fabian recalled being invited to lunch by Clarissa and when she was about to drink her clawed hands.

" I remember. I can't believe Clarissa mixed my drink with a love potion. I also don't believe there's a love potion."

" My paranormal sister can make it sure you don't believe in mystical things."

"I don't believe it."

" But unfortunately I can't protect you at all times when your ex-wife keeps giving you that love potion."

" Grandmother's intention during Clarissa's marriage was to put a love potion into my drink."

Fabian was surprised, because his love for Clarissa was not purely from his heart, but from a love potion. It is only fitting that when Clarissa died slowly her love for Clarissa began to evaporate even though it had to take years for the effects of the potion to disappear as a whole.

" Why does Grandma know everything?"

" I'm a fortune teller and I can see the future, but the future I see isn't necessarily 100% true%."

" I honestly don't believe any of this. Love potions, forecasters who can see the future, and the paranormal."

" I understand that you don't believe."

" Why didn't grandma say anything when we met again for the first time?"

" Because grandma's still trying to find her herself."

" I'll ask you about Christopher if I see him again."

" Thank you. Sorry to bother you all night. I'll go first."

Grandma went to the door and came out without saying anything more.

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.tong...

‘’Ah turned out Grandma was home. Come log in!’’

They sat on a dark red velvet sofa chair in front of the burning fireplace. Grandma's house is a wooden house near the lake whose home page has many Lavender flowers. The house is floor and not too big, but very comfortable to live in. Grandma took off her shabby old brown robe and kept it on the arm of the sofa chair. Erika, Grandma's granddaughter, went to the kitchen to make a drink for Grandma, and she brought her freshly baked lemon tea and lemon pie. The smell went all over the room.

" Did Grandma meet Fabian?"

" I've met him."

" then?"

" Fabian knows where Christopher is."

" Where did Fabian know?"erika asked surprised

" He knew from his ex-wife, because Clarissa had used her services many times."

" That means Grandma's sister's fine."

" Well, I hope he's okay, I think it's weird why Christopher should hide."

" I don't know. There may be a good reason."

‘’Meeoooonggg..meeeooonggg."

"Hello Garfield!’’

The black cat inserts its body on Grandma's feet, and Grandma lifts the cat up and holds it in her lap while being petted.

" If Fabian hadn't saved Grandma Garfield 25 years ago maybe Garfield would never have been born" Erika said.

‘’Iya. Garfield almost drowned in the lake and Fabian saved him. I was looking for him and I saw Fabian was trying to save him and he succeeded, he drowned. When I was going to save her came a little girl who saved her and she survived. From then on I've been watching Fabian and his family through Garfield's eyes."

" And as for the girl who saved him it seems like the girl was the woman he was destined for."

" They're married."

" really. That's good."

They both looked at each other and smiled.

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25 Years ago

Fabian seemed busy welcoming his guests and soon Gilbert came and they hugged each other and shook hands.

"You're getting good-looking,’’ while patting Masumi on the shoulder.

‘’You too."

" Congratulations on your marriage."

" Thank you."

Clarissa came with her foster father. He smiled at Fabian and immediately approached him.

" Hey Gilbert! I'm glad you came."

" Congratulations, Clarissa, you're finally married to the man you love."

" Thank you, Gilbert!

" Fabian, you'd better say hello to a new guest" said Clarissa's foster father.

" I'll excuse you."

Fabian again welcomed his guests

"I'll get some food first" said Gilbert.

Clarissa's adoptive father hobbled off with his cane and greeted several other guests.

"Fabian, you've managed to get my foster sister. I hope you can make it happy" said James Kenndrick

" Of course."

Fabian saw his parents and younger sister eating at the same table.

James took two drinks on the table and gave the other to Fabian.

‘’Let's have a toast."

Tinnggs!

Fabian slowly drank it, while James gulped it down with a single gulp.

‘’Wine is very tasty. It must be very expensive."

Fabian's eyes were on the guest who had just arrived. Her cousin Sabrina and her Japanese husband have just arrived. Fabian.

" Welcome to Sabrina and Kouki! I'm glad you guys could come."

" How could we not have come on your wedding day."

" Please enjoy the party."

Sabrina and Kouki sat on the empty seats.

" Where's Miya?"

" I guess I'm still in the toilet with Kyoko."

Fabian hears Gilbert calling him and goes straight to the dining table where Gilbert is eating Jin sitting in front of Masumi and looking at the behavior of his friend who is upset. Clarissa then sat down next to Fabian with a sweet smiling face.

"What are you doing?’’

‘’I'll feed you?’’

‘’Eh."

Fabian tries to snatch his plate from Clarissa's hand.

‘’I'd better leave you two. You must be ashamed to be fed by your wife, because I'm here."

‘’Not so Gilbert."

Gilbert without listening to Fabian's words directly away and invited a female guest to accompany him to eat. Clarissa continued to force to feed Fabian and finally Fabian gave up and let Clarissa bribe him.

Meanwhile in the toilet, Kyoko, Miya's nanny is waiting for her in front of the toilet.

" Miya, are you done?"

" hasn't. My stomach is still heartburn."

" Next time don't eat spicy anymore."

It wasn't long before 9-year-old Miya came out of the toilet.

" Mom and Dad are waiting at the party."

" We'll just go to the park. I don't want to go there."

" but..."

" A minute."

" All right."

Maya and Kyoko sit on a park bench. The atmosphere in the park was very quiet. Miya took out a pocket watch from her small bag and opened the pocket watch. Wild music from that hour.

After being fed to Clarissa, Fabian went to the toilet to tidy up. On his way there Fabian heard a familiar musical sound along the hallway of the building. The sound of music coming from his missing pocket watch with a frantic face Fabian was looking to find out the origin of the music. He ran to follow the sound of the music.Suddenly the music was no longer heard and Fabian found no one.

‘’Did anyone find my pocket watch? If yes who?’’fabian said in his heart.

Fabian closed his eyes and regulated his still-stiff breathing, then took a deep breath and then returned to attend the party. Miya and Kyoko walk around the park.

Sabrina and Kouki decide to go home and say goodbye to Fabian, then look for Miya in the garden who is asleep in the garden chair. Kouki took her and put her to bed in the car. [ ]