Chapter 55
The next morning, Brian was in the living room having a cup of coffee for his breakfast. He was sitting on the couch, when Alondra put a plate of food in front of him. He saw that it was a Bacon, Egg, and Cheese omelet. It included home fries, toast, and more coffee. He looked at it, and then at her, she looked at him as to say he had better eat this, or he would not be going anywhere until he did.
"Alondra, please. I'm not hungry right now. I will just have the coffee for the time being." He told her.
"You will eat this. I went to a lot of trouble to make this. Now you will eat this, or you won't be going anywhere until you do. I want to make sure that you start the day off right with a good meal in you." She told him with her hands on her hips and about to give him 'THE LOOK'.
He knew that if he didn't, he would not be able to go anywhere for the day until that plate was clean. As he was eating, Alondra was staying there to make sure that he did eat everything. But the more he ate, the more he was having trouble keeping it down. The smell of the food was starting to get to him. He managed to eat all but for a few home fries. She took the plate from him.
"There now, that wasn't so bad now, wasn't it?" She asked him.
"No, it wasn't. Now if you excuse me, I have something's to do that require my attention." He told her while getting up and heading upstairs to his room.
He made it up to his room in no time, and went straight to his bathroom. He washed his face afterwards, and then decided to go to the cannery to see his father. He went to his father's office, and walked in. Quentin was happy to see his son at the cannery, and asked him why he decided to come by. Brian told him about what had happened with Alondra bringing him breakfast this morning.
Quentin told him that the curse should be over soon, and then everything will be back to normal again for him. Brian didn't pay him any attention, because on the wall calendar that was in Quentin's office, he saw that the full moon was 2 days away. Quentin saw what Brian was looking at, and was hoping that the injections that Julia was giving him, would work. David came into Quentin's office with some papers that needed to be gone over.
"Brian, what are you doing here? Come to see your father work." David said to him.
Brian looked at his cousin and said to him "Yeah, I wanted to see how much he slacked off during the day, and then pretending to have worked hard all day when he comes home." Brian to him with a smart mouth.
Quentin shook his head and saw that Brian still had his smart mouth when it came to some things. He then remembered that he got that way from him. He saw that David had papers in his hand and asked for them. David gave them to Quentin, and told him he needed them back shortly. Quentin told him that he would. After David left, Quentin told Brian that Sabrina might have some news as to where he might be able to find a cure. Brian asked him where, and Quentin told him that Sabrina went out of town to double check some info to see if it was true. Brian wanted to know when she would be back, and Quentin told him that he didn't know actually when yet. Brian was afraid to get his hopes up yet, because he was afraid that it may be just a rumor. He then left so his father could get back to work.
He had to figure a way of not escaping from wherever he had to be locked up in 2 days time. He couldn't take the chance of the mausoleum again, since he had figured out how to open the door now. He was wondering if being chained down with real heavy duty chains to prevent him from escaping. He would have to talk this over with his father and Barnabas later.
He went down to the docks, and wished Willie was still with them. He would most likely figure a way to help him. He now knew how much Barnabas depended on him. Willie was devoted to Barnabas after his curse was lifted, but Brian didn't know that back then. He was thought Willie was too nice to just leave suddenly. He remembered Willie still had his Brooklyn accent even before his death. He asked Willie when he was little why he talked like that. And Willie told him that's because he grew up in a different city and state.
Brian missed him very much. He remembered the stories and the things that he would teach him as he was growing up. Brian started to cry, and wishing he was there to help him. He was thinking that it wasn't fair that Willie was taken away from them. He had so much to give to the family after being in their lives for so long. He never knew about Willie's past, except for what Barnabas has told him. Brian thought back to when Willie had gotten married. Willie made him the ring bearer. He was very happy to do that for him.
He figured that maybe that's the reason he went to New York, was to pay a sort of homage to him, and to keep his memory alive. He learned that he had to keep his door locked at night, because it was not like Collinsport where you trusted your neighbor. He never forgot that before he left, the news came about Willie and his family. The sheriff at that time came to the Main House to inform them that Willie, his wife Donna Marie, and their two daughters, Jackie and Monica, had been killed by a drunk driver.
The sheriff had told the family that Willie was changing a tire on a road that was covered with snow. The driver was driving erratically to have any type of control of his car. The driver smashed into Willie's car killing everyone instantly. There was no way that they could move out of the way, because the driver was going too fast for anyone to move fast enough. Brian was in tears thinking about that day again, and it was very painful for him. He wished that he knew Willie better before he had died. But he knew that the past could not be changed, and that he had to keep on hoping that his curse would be over soon. He decided to leave and head back home to be with his family, and plus give Will the book that he saw last night.
