CH 108
Jack and Sam went for a walk and talked, he was proud of her for what she did and that the others like Tom were happy that they walked away with what they got plus more. Tom walked away with all of his twenty tanks and twobillion dollars. They talk for two hours before returning back to the house to see what the others were doing.
The next morning Phillip was going into town after breakfast to do some last minute shopping.
"Uncle can I come with you?"
"Sure thing Sam"
"Cool" Sam walked back to her room to get her bag and jacket then she walked back out into the kitchen.
"Shall we" he nodded then he gave Tracey a kiss while Sam gave Jack a kiss
"See you when we return Jack"
"Ok Sam, have fun"
"Oh I will" she said smiling then have him another kiss before leaving with her uncle.
When they went into town Phillip didn't know what to get Grace for Christmas since she got everything she needed.
"Uncle I know what grandma would like to have?"
"What's that Sam?"
"Follow me" they walk down the street while talking till they stop outside a shop.
"What is it that she wants?"
Sam smiles and walks in, so he follows her into the store and looks around and smiles when she found what she was looking for.
"A toaster"
"Yeah, she told me yesterday her old only half works and sometimes it doesn't work at all"
"Ah, good idea, thanks Sam… which one?" Sam smiles and pointed to one of two slice toaster
"Ok" he picked up one that was in the box and walked up to the counter.
After he paid for it and was wrap up, they walk out of the shop and down the street toward a café, when they stop
"Sam how about I buy us some lunch"
"ok, thanks"
They walked in and got themselves some lunch and found a table to sit down since the place was busy. They talk while enjoying their lunch till Sam cell phone rings, so she answer it
"Hello… hi General, what can I do for you… you're joking… when it is… tonight, I'm in Dallas for the holidays… tell the president we would love to come but… I know next time to give us some more notice and a personal invitation… ok have a merry Christmas" she smile
"Yes sir, I'll try but… yes sir, merry Christmas… bye" then she hung up
"What was that Sam?"
"Oh that was the chief of staff, the president invited Jack and me around for the Christmas party tonight, and well you heard what I said"
"Yeah, so you might be going to the White House next year"
"Yeah but we will just have to wait and see what happens first"
"Ok"
They talk about other things for the next twenty minutes then they get up and walk out of the shop and down the street to where the public toilets are. After they both relieved themselves they both carried on walking back to Phillip's car.
Once they got in they went around to where the warehouse is. When they got there, they look at it before walking up to the door, they could see it was lock
"I haven't got a key"
"Let me" Sam looked around then she looked at the lock and then it unlocked.
"Thanks" he took the lock off
"I must remember to get a new lock"
"Good idea" he opens the door and they walk inside.
They looked around and could see it was an old workshop building. They walked around till they came to a door which looked like an office, Sam opened it and saw papers, and dust everywhere. Sam look blew on to the desk and saw an old newspaper
"Wow look at this uncle, this paper was in December nineteen twenty nine"
"You're joking?"
"Nope from what I could read it was still talking about the time of the depression"
"It was really bad back then"
"Yeah" she carefully looked through the pages
"Look at this, it talks about this building here how it was another factory was close down... that was today date"
"You're joking that means that was what?"
"Fifty four years ago on this day was the last time those machines were working"
"That was a long time ago"
"Yeah, let see what else is here"
Sam closes the paper and they walk out and close the door. They look around till they came to some stairs
"I'll go and look up stairs uncle"
"Be Careful"
"Will do"
Sam took her time going up stairs to look around while Phillip looked at the machines that was under old dusty sheets. When he saw that they were sewing machines he looked to see what condition they were in. When they were in good condition, he wondered what they were worth today.
He looked around and saw the old toilets that they had back then, what looks like a smoker room, a kitchen and a back door which was nail shut. While he was looking around down Stairs, Sam looked around up the stairs.
What she found was bedrooms with the old iron beds and draws, and old kitchen, living room, she look around and saw photos of families. She wonders what happens to the family that lives up there. So she went to see if she could find a name.
She looked through the draws and found old envelopes with a name and the address, at least she knew she got a name and it was a start. There was an old china cabinet with chinaware in it. She looked into the bedrooms to see clothes still in the draws.
She walked into the larger bedroom and found an old jewellery box so she opened it up and was shocked to see a pearl necklace in it and other old jewellery. She closes it and looked around the room
"I wonderwhat will happen here… whatever happens, I'm going to find out and pass everything down to the next of kin, whoever they are" then she walks out of the room and walks back down stairs and over to her uncle.
"Found anything?"
"Yes, can you take me to the record for birth, marriage and death?"
"Why?"
"There was a family who used to live up stairs, what strange is everything is still there, clothes, jewellery, china ware, everything, it's like the family disappeared. From what I count there was three double beds, fifteen single beds and two cots''
"Well if we have a name to go on"
"We do, I found a bunch of old envelopes there was a name on them all John Jones"
"Did you saw John Jones?" he said in shock
"Yes why?"
"Oh my god"
"Uncle what is it?"
"Was there any family photos?"
"Yes?"
"Can you get them?"
"Sure, I'll make it come to me" then they turn to see a photo floating towards them and into Sam's hands. She shows him it.
"After all these years"
"Uncle, what is it?"
"See this young girl here" he pointed to a fourteen year old
"Yes, she looks like me but she has dark hair, who is she?"
"That your grandmother Grace Jones Carter" Sam eyes widen
"You're joking?"
"Nope"
"What happened to the family?"
"Died, within four months, mum lived but just, it was really bad back then, she was known dad for years, he was two years older and just joined the airforce at that time. Dad mum was a nurse, she helped nurse mum back to health since she was in hospital for a month. In that time the baby twins, her father, older brother and three sisters had died. All she had was her mother and younger brother."
"What happened to them?"
"Her mother died a month later from a chest infection, her brother, three weeks later from blood poisoning. The hospital ran out of pilasilin and a lot died because of it. Mum wanted the family to be buried next to each other, she didn't have any money to pay for the funerals, so dad's parents paid for it and she paid them back by working for them as a maid, well till she was sixteen when she married dad. After that she got a job at a store where she was able to pay them back even if they saw no, now she was family but she wanted to"
"And the graves, has she visited them?"
"She did till I came along. By that time she saved up enough money to buy headstones for their graves"
"Ok, one thing that puzzles me, why didn't she come back for the family things?"
"She did, once, the place was lock up and it has been all that time"
"Till now"
"Yeah, Till now"
"Do you know anything about the other beds up stairs?"
"Yes, they help the ones who needed a roof over their head, help them get a job, some of them board with them till they save enough money to buy their own home"
"Well why don't we take that photo and this" Sam made the jewellery box float down to her hand. She opened it to show her uncle.
"We better get that clean up first"
"Good idea after all there over fifty years worth of dust here?" Phillip smile
"True, let's go"
They walk out and lock the place up then they went to the jewellery store and Phillip spoke to his cousin there and show him the box and what was in it
"Sure it would take a couple of hours"
"Thanks" Then they walked out of the shop and Sam called Jack up and told him what she and her uncle had found, he was shocked but happy. After they finished talking on the phone, she hung up and turned to her uncle.
"Jack was shock he surgiest we go back and get all the family photos and ealims, well you heard what I said"
"Yes I did"
"Well he and auntie Tracey are on their way in so they going to meet us there once she get boxes and newspaper to wrap everything up since she was on the other phone"
"Ok we might as well head back"
"Ok" they got back in the car and headed back to the warehouse. When they got there and were inside, they walked over to the steps.
"I'll go up and get them since I'm lighter"
"Good idea Sam"
"Ok first thing is the family photos"
Sam closes her eyes then opens them and looks up the stairs. Then they saw all the photos from the wall, floated down the stairs and landed on the table. Then Sam walked up the stairs and walked into the living room since she didn't trust the floor boards, she made the cabinet door open and the chinaware floated out and into her arms.
Then she walked to the stairs to see her uncle looking up at her, then she made the chinaware float from her arms and down onto the table. Then she returned back and made them all float out of the cabinet and out of the room all the way to the staircase and then down stairs.
Once on the table then she returned and made all the dust fall off the cabinet then he made the cabinet lift off the ground and float towards Sam. She look at it and saw it still in excellent condition then she made it float all the way till it was down stairs and put down
"The cabinet still in great condition"
"That good to know Sam"
"I'll going to see what else there is up here"
"Ok" Sam walkedinto theroom and looked around checking everything.
When she got to the master bedroom, she checked every inch of the room, when she found two photo albums and another jewellery box, but it was locked, she searched for a key, when she couldn't find it anywhere she made it open.
Inside was an old bankbook, still well preserved after all these years. She opened it and looked to see that there was over two hundred thousand-dollar in the account. The last date was in March nineteen twenty-nine. She took the bankbook and the photos albums with her.
She turned around and her foot went through the floorboard. She moved her foot,looked down and something caught her eye, so she crouched down carefully and removed the rotten wood to see a rusty old box there. So she saw the small floorboard where her foot was and she moved the rest of the floorboard so she could get to the box.
When she was able to pick it up he walked back to the top of the steps and walked down it till she reached the bottom.
"What have you got their Sam?"
"Photo albums, this bankbook, which I don't know if it is still open or not and this box, it was hidden under the old floorboard which I accidentally stood on and saw this" she passed him it, then put the other down. Phillip look it over and he try to open it
"It rusted together"
"Face it towards me"
"Ok" so he did that Sam looked at it and she made it open up.
They look inside to see the old nineteen twenty dollar notes still in excellent condition. Sam noticed that inside the tin wasn't rusted and it had been sealed all these years.
"There must be at least over two thousand dollars" Phillip said
"That a lot of money back then, today to a collected it would be value at lest over a million dollars plus"
"Yeah, mum wouldn't have to worry about budgeting her money with all of this"
"True" then they heard a car pull up
