Family Secrets – Part 16 Duncan sat down at the computer, he felt nervous even though he didn't know why. All it was, was an e-mail from his uncle. Yet this could be it, the secret hisParents weren't telling him. The truth, that was untold and not likely to beTold within this household. Duncan smiled as he saw an e-mail from Paul come up on the screen. With his hand shaking over the mouse, he clicked on it and read on. Hello Duncan, Thanks for asking; we are all fine here in bonny Scotland! I'm glad to help you with your history report, although I don't know if I will be much help, I only came into your families life in the past 16 or so years ago, but anyway I'll try! Well when I came to Glenbogle, your father was the Laird of Glenbogle, your grandfather had recently pasted away, and your mother and father had since been married. I didn't stay this time at Glenbogle, but went back to the army for a while before returning back to Glenbogle. This time I stayed and your father and I worked together on the estate along with your mother. Then your auntie Lizzie came to stay at Glenbogle, and her and your father went to Nepal for 6 or so months climbing a mountain that your grandfather had once climbed back in his army days. While he was away your mother and I worked together looking after Glenbogle. Then when your father came back, he had decided that it was time him and your mother made a new start somewhere else. So he handed the lairdship to me, and him and your mother were getting prepared to move. Then you came along and changed your mothers and fathers plans. So with your mother's wishes, you were born here at Glenbogle in Scotland. Shortly after, your father looked into hotels and restaurants over in other countries and together your father and mother decided they would go to live in Australia, so off you all went. Meanwhile I had met my wife, your auntie Isobel and we married and had kids of our own. Then it leads us to where we are now. Anyway I hope that helps with your history report, you would be better off to ask your father about further history, he would be able to fill you in better, or even you could try e-mailing auntie Lizzie, although I'm not sure you would get an instant reply, who knows what part of the world she and Martha are in at the moment! Uncle Paul x Duncan finished the e-mail looking very confused. That wasn't how it went, was it? What was all this about Paul not being there? He hadn't even mentioned Jamie, maybe he thought he better not seeing as you don't normally talk about the dead? So it was still a mystery, but at least Duncan knew that he was defiantly born at Glenbogle, Scotland. He was happy about that, he loved Australia all the same, yet it made him happier to think he had been born in his homeland, as he liked to think of Glenbogle. Duncan looked across at the hallway; he could see his mother and Shelley going into Shelley's bedroom. He watched as his mother kissed Shelley goodnight, and closed the door. 'Yes, this would be the perfect opportunity to ask his Mother about Jamie.' "Mum" Duncan called quietly. "What ya want pet?" Lexie called back, picking up dirty laundry in the hallway. "Can I ask you something?" Duncan asked questioningly."Yeah sure what is it?" Lexie said coming over to the room."You know Jamie" Duncan said waiting for the response."Jamie…Yeah…didn't know you knew about him" Lexie said a bit shocked, but thought no more about it. "Do you get upset about it?" Duncan asked carefully, not wanting to upset his mother. "Your father does more, I get more upset when your father feels guilty for what happened" Lexie said softly. Duncan looked at her puzzled, but knew that was enough questions. "Oh ok…Well night mum" Duncan said getting up from the computer and walking past Lexie kissing her goodnight, just as a comfort. "Night ma wee man" Lexie said smiling back at him as she carried on downstairs. She got downstairs and started putting the washing on. Archie was sitting in the kitchen reading a couple of leaflets. "Arch" Lexie, said looking up from the floor."Hmm…" Archie said still reading but listening at the same time."Duncan just asked about Jamie" Lexie said multi-tasking."Did he" Archie, said not looking up. "Wait, what?" he exclaimed suddenly realising."Yeah… he asked if we got upset about it" Lexie said shutting the door of the washing machine and sitting opposite Archie. "Hmm…weird" Archie said looking up, and putting the leaflets down on the table in front of Lexie. Lexie's attention turned to the leaflets. "We're going on holiday?" Lexie joked, as they hadn't been out of Australia for 13years."Yes actually, I was thinking about it" Archie said smiling."What?" Lexie burst out laughing."Well I was thinking…now the kids know about Glenbogle…it couldn't hurt for them to see it" Archie said smiling, waiting for his wife's reaction."You mean go back home for a bit?" Lexie said excited."Ok calm down, I don't know yet, its a lot of money but I was looking at a few leaflets and we could get the plane from Sydney on the 29th December at 3:45pm and we would arrive at Heathrow airport in London at 5:55am the next day British time, it says here. Then we would get another plane at 9:40am, which would take us to Inverness airport to arrive at 11:35am, then we could get picked up there" Archie said reading out the leaflet to Lexie. As he looked up he could see her bright blue eyes light up. "Oh Archie it sounds wonderful…but how much will it cost?" she said worried. "Well…" Archie began calculating it up. "For the 4 of us, return flights," he said counting numbers in his head. Lexie waited patiently, "$12, 245" Archie said finishing. Lexie's mouth dropped "Archie that's loads, can we afford it?" she asked worried the little dream they had just created would be shattered in minutes. "Lex" Archie laughed. "What?" Lexie said worried."The hotel business is running fine, we haven't had a proper holiday in 14years, we can afford this" he said smiling."Oh Archie!" Lexie jumped up hugging him, and nearly knocking him over."Shh…your wake the kids" Archie said laughing."Are we going to tell them?" Lexie said smiling from ear to ear."Christmas present" Archie simply said."Oh Archie, I love you!" Lexie said kissing him."I should hope you do," he laughed back.