An hour has passed, and Ben finally made it to Saoirse's house. Heidi rushed to give her aunt a hug. "Oh hello Heidi!" Saoirse chirped, and gave Heidi a hug and a cheek pinch. She spotted her older brother, and gave him a hug too. Ben asked his sister, "So, who's this new neighbor you were talking about?". Saoirse replied, "I haven't spoken to her yet but I know she's across the street from me and her house is white.". Then, Saoirse guided her brother and niece to the house she described, approached the door, and knocked on it. "Hello? Who's there?" asked the voice of an older woman, Saoirse inquired the older woman if she recently moved into that house and she and her family wanted to meet her. The voice answered, "Yes, I just have moved into that house. Oh please come in, I want to say hello to some my neighbors.". Saoirse swung the door and went inside with her brother and his daughter behind her and closed the door behind her.
In the living room, it looked very neat and tidy with a very antique and vintage feel and look to it. There were two armchairs, a couch, and a coffee table between the three, another table near the wall with a TV on it. Sitting on one of the armchairs, is an old lady looking to be in her 70s gave a friendly look to her younger neighbor. "You must be my new neighbors! Please to have a seat while make all of you some tea!". Heidi politely declined tea but instead wanted apple juice, which the old lady was content with. Ben and Heidi sat on the couch while Saoirse sat on the other armchair and they waited for the old lady to make the tea and juice. Ben wanted to turn on the TV to keep themselves entertained but was scared of being rude. A few minutes later, the old lady came back with three cups of tea and glass full of apple juice on a tray. Saoirse asked the old lady if she wanted some help but the lady told her that she can do it. The tray is on the table and everyone grabbed their cups. "Umm..," the old lady said, "I'm Anne-Marie and who are all of you?". Saoirse introduced herself and then her brother and niece. Anne-Marie was shocked that Ben was actually her neighbor's brother and got very embarrassed, apologizing profusely and giggled sheepishly. Thankfully, all was forgiven and something to laugh about.
Then, it was a time to make a conversation. However, no one could think what to talk about until Heidi ran off and found a book called, "The Adventures of Charlie", which was written by Anne-Marie herself. "Heidi, does that belong to you?" Ben asked his daughter sternly, Heidi nodded her head "no" and got told to put it back. On the other hand, Anne-Marie stopped him and asked Heidi, "Where did you find that? May I see?". Heidi walked up to her and showed her the book. Anne-Marie gasped a joyful gasp and said, "Oh my God! It's the first children's book I've ever got published! Thank you for finding it!". Anne-Marie took the book from Heidi and said, "This book is about a dog named Charlie. He's a bad boy with a heart of gold. He goes on these adventures with his friend, Itchy and a little girl. Yes, there's a bad guy in this story and his name's Carface, and he has a friend named Killer.". Both Saoirse and Ben made looks of surprise, that book sounds very familiar to them, almost like they've read that book once or twice. Heidi asked Anne-Marie very sweetly, "Where did you get the idea for such a story?". The answer, "It came from childhood memories I had with a dog who was also named Charlie.". Which sparked something Ben and asked her, "Maybe we can talk about the childhood memories my sister and I shared together? The memories are from Halloween 1987.". Anne-Marie became interested in their memories. Saoirse shouted in relief, "Finally! Something I can talk about while introducing myself to a new neighbor!".