Chapter 54

Brian had got up early on Sunday morning, and after getting himself cleaned up and dressed, decided to go for a walk. As he got downstairs, he saw his son heading for the living room with a bowl of cereal. He went in there to see what he was doing. He saw his son at the coffee table with his picture book while eating his cereal. He went over to him and tousled his hair.

"Daddy, stop hat. I'm rying to eat my cereal and read my book." He looked up at his father with his big blue eyes.

"Don't worry. I promise not to mess up your hair until it's been combed. What are you reading there?" Brian wanted to know.

"I's my book hat mommy has for me. See." He held up the book and saw it was a dinosaur picture book.

"You like dinosaurs then, I take it." He asked his son.

"Yeah, I like hem alo. I wanna know dinosaurs." Will said.

"Well, how about we go to the museum in Boston the weekend after our fishing trip so we can spend the night there. We'll have a good time there, I promise you that." Brian told his son.

"Wow, mommy would love for you o ake me here for hat. I jus hope you don ge sick again, daddy." Will said to Brian.

"Don't worry about that son that was while I was on the boat. I forgot that I got seasick and forgot to take medicine for that. I just have to remember to take that before I go on the boat when we go fishing." He told him while smiling at his son.

"Daddy, where are you going now?" Will asked him.

"I'm going to see your cousin Julia and Barnabas for a little bit and then go see Angelique for the day. When I come home, we do something together like go the beach and collect seashells that you can bring back here for your mother to share with her."

"O.K. I would like o do hat wih you." Will was excited about that.

"Then later, be ready for the two of us to get some seashells before dinner time." Brian told him and then left for his daily injection from Julia.

Alondra heard the conversation between her son and Brian. She had no problem with him taking Will into Boston, just as long as that witch Angelique, along with a few other names that she could think of, but would not repeat even in front of Brian, was not with them. She still was not fond of her, but not like she was when she first found out about Angelique from Brian. She could not explain it for some reason. She really didn't know why she did not hate Angelique that much, but she was determined to find out why.

After Brian had got his shot, he thanked Julia for it and told her that he hope the curse would end soon. He then left for his date with Angelique. He met her at the front of the Inn, and walked for awhile down towards the docks. They walked and talked about many things that were hopeful for the future for them and his son.

They then decided to head for the shoreline and watch the waves come in and out. As they were there, Brian and Angelique sat on the beach and just looked at the sky and the waves. He told her about his plans with his son in a couple of weeks. He asked if she wanted to join them on the fishing trip, and on the trip to Boston for the museum. She told him that she would love to. They walked along the beach for a while before taking her back to her room. He told her that he was taking his son to get seashells to take back to his mother. She told him that she hopes that he has a good time with him.

He dropped her off and headed home to Collinwood. As he came in the door, his son ran up to him and asked him if he was ready to go to the beach now. He told will that to give him a few minutes to change his clothes and he would be down shortly. Will couldn't wait to go to get seashells. He came back down in a pair of jeans, sandals, and a light jacket.

He took his son down to the beach, and found several shells to take home. Brian found some more to add to the collection that was getting to be a bit much. He was having a good time with his son, and his son was also. As they were getting shells, Brian was telling Will about when he was little; his parents would take him down here to take him swimming and to collect shells. They would also have picnics on the beach before and after Brian was playing on the beach. Will wanted to know if they could do that as well. Brian told him that when the weather was warmer, they would be doing that. Will was happy to hear this. For his mother never really had time to take him anywhere because she was always working and his grandparents were not really up to the challenge of taking Will much to anywhere.

He brought Will home in time for dinner, which he ate with great enthusiasm. Alondra asked Brian if he wanted anything to eat, and he told her that he wasn't hungry at the moment. She asked him when he would like to eat, and he told her that he wasn't sure yet. She told him to come with her and sit down at the table with his son. He kept telling her that he wasn't hungry right now, but she wouldn't hear of it. She told him to sit next to his son as she was putting the plate in front of him. He saw that it was a piece of steak with potato's and green beans, and corn. He looked at the food, and knew that he would not be able to leave the table until he ate the food.

He saw that his son was eating everything on his plate, and he tried to eat as much as he could. As he was about to get up from the table, Alondra told him that he was to eat some dessert now. He told her that he was full now and that he couldn't eat another bite. She told him to sit there and not move. He saw that the dessert was his favorite. A piece of apple pie with a slice of melted cheddar cheese on it. He knew he had to eat it while she was standing there watching him. He ate it with great reluctance.

When he was done eating, Alondra asked him if the dinner and dessert were fine with him. He told her that it was very good. She told him that he could leave the dinner table now. He did so, and went up to his room. He immediately went to his bathroom and let everything come back up. After he was done, his father was in his room waiting for him to come out. Quentin told Brian that he remembered having to go through the exact same thing with his sister Judith. She was insisted that he sat at the table and eat with them as well.

Brian told his father about the dream that he had last night about Jenny. Quentin was surprised that Jenny would come to him. He asked Brian what happened in the dream. Brian told him every detail of it. Quentin was sad to hear that Jenny had told Brian that he they had not done the things that they had done, this would not of have happened.

Brian asked his father why he named the boat 'Jenny', and how his mother took to that. He told Brian that he had named it after his first wife, and that his mother asked him why he named it that. He said that he wanted to name it after someone that he knew from when he was younger, and was stabbed with a knife and had not lived. He told him that his mother accepted that explanation. He then asked his father what they were going to do about the next full moon. Quentin told him that most likely he would have to be chained up in the mausoleum the next time he had to go in there. Brian didn't like the idea of that, but he figured at least he would not have to kill anyone on that night. He saw that it was getting late, and told his father that he wanted to get some sleep. He father left him, and told Brian that he would try to keep the noise down for him while he was sleeping. Brian just rolled his eyes at his father was Quentin left his room.

He went back into the bathroom and brush his teeth and put on his pajamas. He saw a book on his table that he had not seen in a long time and picked it up. It was titled 'She sell seashells by the seashore'. He knew that he had to give this to Will to help him with his speech since he didn't have his two top teeth. He was going to help him with getting use to talking before his new teeth came back in. Hopefully Will try to talk with the space that was there without those teeth. He put the book back down and went to sleep.