Chapter 53
During dinner that night, Alondra was still puzzled that Brian had not been eating anything at all. She asked him afterwards if he was alright. He told her that he was still not too well from the boat trip this afternoon. She mentioned that he didn't eat much of anything since she had started earlier in the week. He told her that he really didn't eat much anymore since writing his articles for the paper. She reminded him that he needed to eat something in the morning to get going. He told her that he was doing alright in that department. He told her that he would get something to eat in the middle of the night. She wasn't convinced of this, but she didn't want to argue with him on this. She was determined to make him eat, one way or another.
He left her to call Angelique to ask if he could meet her tomorrow because he wasn't feeling too well from his boat ride. She told him that would be fine as long as he made it up to her. He thought of several ways that he could, but that would have to wait for another time. He told her that he would and told her that he loved her and wished her goodnight. He then went into the living room and poured himself some sherry and stood by the French doors leading to the garden and the gazebo. Will came in and asked him if he would tuck him into bed. Brian told him that he would be up there shortly to do that. Will then gave his father a hug, and went to his new room.
Alondra went up behind him, and tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around, and she grabbed his face, and pulled it down to her and kissed him very passionately. He reached up and gently pulled her hands away, and reminded her that they were to remain friends for now on. She told him that she kissed him because of the way that he was taking care of Will, and that maybe one day he would be back in her love life again. He told her that it was not possible anymore, and that he was in love with Angelique. She told him that things could always change between the three of them, and that he could be with her again. He didn't say anything, and went to get his son into bed, and he was going to sleep as well.
He was walking through the woods near the Main House when he spotted a woman in front of him. He went over to her and saw that she was a pretty woman that was most likely in her late 20's. He also noticed that she was wearing clothes that seem to be from another time. She motioned for him to sit down on the log that was there, and she sat next to him.
"Hello Brian. I know that you don't know me, but I know you. My name is Jenny Collins. I was married to your father Quentin Collins back in the 19th century." She said to him while smiling.
"Jenny Collins! My father told me what happened to him back in 1897. He has regretted it very much since then. But what are you doing here? What do you want from me?" He asked her.
"I just wanted to visit the newest son of Quentin, that's all. I wanted to get to know you. You look so much like you father. And a bit of your mother as well. I just wished that we had not done the things that we had done now. None of this would have happened. Please tell me about yourself." She said to him.
He saw the sadness in her eyes, and decided to oblige her. He told her of growing up in Collinwood. How his parents were doing their best to raise him. The pranks that he and his father would pull on his mother and on some of the other family members. As he was telling her this, she was smiling and listening to every word that he was telling her. She became sad again about the time that Brian and Quentin had argued over Brian's future with the cannery. That led to Brian leaving both Collinsport and Collinwood for 3 years, and finally coming home only to find out that he was now suffering from the werewolf curse now.
She had tears coming down her face over the fact that Quentin's new son was cursed as well. He told her that he was going to be hopefully cured soon along with his son. She put her arm around his shoulder, and told him that things will be fine soon for the both of them. She told him that one day he would meet the rest of his family in the afterlife. But that wasn't going to be for years to come yet. She told him that she would be keeping an eye on him, and watching him in his time of need. She then vanished in to thin air. He got up and started to walk homeā¦
Brian woke up from the dream feeling a bit better than he had for a long time. He was going to have to wait until morning to tell his father about the dream he had, and what she told him that she was going to be keeping an eye on him. He went to his bathroom to get some water and then went back to bed for some more sleep.
