Notes: Okay, so this chapter will start to wrap this little story up. Glad to see that some people have found the Milners creepy. That's what I was going for. Also glad to see that I threw at least one person with the box. Yay for me. Hope you enjoy!
Tosh woke up early, saw Alun off on his way and took a quick shower. Grabbing the box she'd received the night before, she headed off to work full of questions and wondering if Jack and the others could help her at all.
"Jack!" she called as she threw her purse down on her chair. "Jack!" she called again when she didn't get an answer.
"Toshiko?" Jack called as he opened the door to his office. "What are you doing here so early?"
Tosh looked down at her watch. Just past seven. It was rather early, especially considering the long night they'd had, but she hadn't been able to sleep at all. So many questions regarding that box and its contents kept her awake.
"I'm sorry if I woke you or anything." she apologized. "It's just that..." her voice trailed off and she blushed a bit when she saw Ianto standing behind Jack, pulling on his coat. "I'm so sorry." she said. "I'll come back in a bit."
"Toshiko, stop." Jack said. "What's wrong?"
"I need some help with something." she said as she turned around.
"With what?" he asked as he walked down the stairs.
"You're going to think I'm mad." she said sheepishly.
"I'll go make some coffee." Ianto said as he beat a hasty retreat to the kitchen.
"If you've shown up this early when I told everyone to sleep in a bit, then something's up." Jack said. "And after all I've seen, you'd have to say something really bizarre for me to think you're insane." he pointed out.
"Good point." Tosh said. "Last night, on our way back to Cardiff. I had a dream."
"Okay." Jack replied slowly, not sure where this was going. He didn't do dream interpretation, he was sure she knew.
"It seemed so real." she went on. "We had a break down after Owen almost hit a man." she started pacing around in front of Jack, ignoring the fact that Ianto was holding out a cup to her. "We walked to this place, a hotel called Greenlee Manor Hotel."
"Never heard of it." Jack said.
"Old place way north of Cardiff." Ianto put in. "Been empty for ages."
"It wasn't in my dream." Tosh said, finally noticing the cup of coffee. "We got there and an old woman checked us in."
"North of Cardiff?" Jack asked. "We were west of the city yesterday."
"Just one more weird thing to add to it all." Tosh remarked as she sat down in her chair. "Faith paid for the rooms, and we all went up. All of us heard voices. And the family." she paused a moment. "They were so odd. The old woman seemed so sweet at first."
"Names?" Ianto asked as he set down his cup of coffee and went to one of the computers.
"What?" Tosh asked. "Oh, Milner." she said. "She was Georgette, her husband was Stanley and their son was Christopher."
"Okay." he said as he began typing. "Go on."
"We all had dinner and then I woke up and the son was carrying me down a hall." she said. "He took me to a bedroom..."
"This isn't going to get awkward is it?" Ianto asked, looking up from the screen in front of him.
"It wasn't like that." she answered. "His mother was waiting in the room to dress me for a wedding. I could barely talk, I couldn't really move. They kept calling me Soo-Jin."
"A Korean name." Ianto said as he clicked on a link. "You're not Korean."
"I know that." Tosh sighed. "She kept going on about how they'd waited for so long for me to come back. And how I wasn't good enough for her son."
"Most mothers think that." Jack said. "In some cases, they're quite right." he added with a smile.
"This isn't funny, Jack!" Tosh said as she stood up and slammed her cup down. "They took me down to a chapel and Faith and Gwen and Owen, you and Ianto, you were all there."
"Sorry." Jack said, trying his hardest not to make a Wizard of Oz related joke.
"Faith and Owen were married, only they weren't them, they were Jennifer and Neal." Tosh continued when she was sure Jack wasn't about make any more stupid jokes. "Gwen and Ianto were married, but once again, they weren't them. They were Grace and Vincent."
"You're sure this wasn't just a really vivid dream?" Jack asked as he put a hand on her shoulder. "We had a really long day."
"It wasn't." she said. "Faith, Jennifer, who ever, gave me a drink from a flask, and then the next thing I knew, I didn't care that I was about to marry some man I didn't know." she added. "Part of me kept wanting to say something, to stop things, but I didn't. Then, I woke up in the SUV, Owen and Faith were fighting."
"So, what makes you think this wasn't just a dream?" Jack asked.
"These." Tosh said as she took the box out of her purse and handed them over. "Birthday cards, newspaper clippings, postcards, birth certificates, marriage certificates." she held a few out to him. "This. A wedding picture dated 1938, with me in it. With all of us in it." she thrust the picture towards him.
"Whoa." Jack said as he looked at the picture. "That's us all right."
"I found something." Ianto said. "Doesn't clear anything up though." he added with a sigh.
"Why not?" Tosh asked.
"Because, according to this, Christopher Milner killed his parents, his fiancee and himself in 1938." he answered. "His father, Stanley, mother Georgette and one Soo-Jin Kim."
"This an obituary." Jack said, looking down at the clipping in dismay. "Said he was married for over sixty years, to this Soo-Jin."
"Well, according to this article, they're all dead, long dead." Ianto said. "Murder took place at the Greenlee Manor, too."
"Where did you get this box, Toshiko?" Jack asked.
"It was on my doorstep when Alun got there." she said. "He was waiting for me when I got home. Said he found it."
"This definitely falls into the realm of utterly bizarre." Ianto said as he continued to look through more articles, all saying the same thing.
"Is the Greenlee still standing?" Jack asked.
"Yes." Ianto answered. "Empty now, but still standing."
"Did you know about those murders?" Jack asked as he turned to look at the other man.
"Nope." he shook his head. "I've driven past it once or twice, saw the sign, but I didn't know anything about it until this morning."
"I think we'll be taking a little roadtrip." Jack said as he looked down at the wedding photo. "I don't think I need to say it, but something is really not right here."
"I'll call the others." Ianto said.
"Make sure to get Faith to come along, too." Jack called after him. "She's in the photo, we may need her."
"Do you have any ideas?" Tosh asked.
"None." Jack said as he stood up. "But we'll find some, don't worry." he added with a reassuring smile.