Ratigan entered his lair, his mind still reeling from the information.
Isabelle butchered five mice in retaliation for her friend's rape and she doesn't remember a thing.
He was hoping that Basil might be wrong; but he knows that the detective is a good investigator, which he begrudgingly admits. He remembers when Basil asked if Isabelle is capable of this, he was instantly reminded when she told him of the attack on Thomas and how she doesn't remember attacking them.
As he entered the dining room, he saw Isabelle reading a book as she sat on the table. He remembered he asked her why she couldn't just sit on a chair, she just said the table is bigger. He saw Neil sitting next to her (on a chair), trying to fix a pocket watch of his. When Isabelle saw him, she smiled and stood up, walking over to him.
"Howdy." she said, "You OK?"
"I'm fine, my dear." he said, kissing her cheek, "Isabelle, I must ask you something."
Her head tilt in question from his tone.
"Yes?"
"Do you know anyone named...Rebecca?"
Ratigan saw Neil instantly stiffened at the name, but Isabelle only shook her in confusion.
"No, should I?" she said, making Ratigan smile softly.
"No, my dear, you shouldn't."
"OK, see you in bed, Padriac." she said with a wink as she walked to the bedroom. Ratigan watched her leave and he then sighed, rubbing his temples.
"My God, she really doesn't remember." he thought and he then felt someone tap his shoulder, turning to see a stern Neil looking at him.
"How do you know about Rebecca?" he demanded.
"Because Basil told me, he knows what she did in Travis County."
Neil looked shocked and then turned around, his hands going to his head and cursing loudly in Gaelic. Ratigan raised an eyebrow at his cursing and saw how stressed he looked.
"Neil." he said, getting the genius attention, "Whatever happened to Rebecca?"
Neil sighed and rubbed his temples.
"After what...happened to her, she was crying a lot, naturally and was scared to leave the house and she felt awful when the police didn't do anything. I believe that's what set Isabelle off. She saw how far Isabelle went for her and what she did."
Neil started to pace, continuing to talk.
"I was in London when I got the news. I rushed to Travis County and I saw how Isabelle was. She...was like the walking dead. She was so listless, she didn't even look like she was totally there. When she...forgot, we thought it was for the best, especially Rebecca. She thought it was best that Isabelle never remembers her. She left Travis County after that, she went to New York I believe. She married now and has children now. She deserves that life."
Neil stopped pacing and looked at Ratigan.
"That's when we decided that we are never going to tell Isabelle what she did. We ae going tot ake this to our grave."
Neil then looked at Ratigan sternly.
"Is Basil thinking of confronting Isabelle with this?"
"I'm not sure." Ratigan said with a shrug, "I think he's having a moral issue with this one?"
Neil's brow furrowed at the statement and gave out a long sigh.
"You know what? Its about time I meet the detective face to face."
Before Ratigan could say anything, Neil grabbed his coat and headed out the door. The rat sighed and looked into his room, seeing Isabelle getting ready for bed.
He agreed with Neil, this was a secret he was taking to his grave.
AN: And here we have Ratigan's thought on the events, cant have a chapter without Ratigan.
So, here Ratigan is disturbed by what he has learned and see's that Isabelle really doesn't remember Rebecca. He tells Neil that Basil and Neil feels crappy about it. Yes, when Neil is very angry, he curses in Gaelic, lol. So, here we found out about Rebecca, she's in a way glad what Isabelle did for her and doesn't mind that she will not remember her. So , she goes to New York, gets married and has children.
So, we finally have it, Neil is going to meet his doppelganger, Basil. I know a lot of people wanted them to meet, so here we finally have it.
So, Raaitgna is also not going to tell Isabelle either, he cares for her too much.
Next chapter will be the last. Enjoy and comments are loved! I don't own GMD, just Neil, Isabelle and Rebecca!
