chapter fifteen.
We return to our beloved hero, anxious to learn who this notorious 'Carlisle' bloke is...
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'Gran,' I said, 'I didn't even know you remembered him.'
'Of course I do!' she said, and she went on for a good twenty seconds about what an adorable little bumpkin I had been as a child.
'Listen, Gran, this is a little embarrassing...'
'Oh, nonsense!' she said. 'What was he again? He has some funny little job...'
I sighed, put my head in my hands, and mumbled, 'He was a detective.'
'Oh, that's right!' she yelled, banging down the spoon she had been holding in triumph. 'Oh, he has the most adorable little hat! You drew me a picture of him once, do you remember? He wore this long trench coat and this brown hat.'
I didn't say anything, since I was silently thanking Merlin that no one at school could hear her go on and on about an old imaginary friend.
'Whatever happened to him, dear?' she asked me. 'I remember the day, but I can't remember exactly why...'
I cut her off. 'He moved to Peru, Gran,' I mumbled. I was pretty sure that I was about the color of a radish by now.
'Oh, that was such a sad day,' she went on. 'I remember you came up to me in a fit of tears. You must have been only about five years old at the time...you ran up to me crying and you were so upset that I agreed to take you out. And do you remember where we went?'
I looked up from the floor for the first time since the beginning of the conversation. 'No,' I said honestly.
'Really? You'd think you would, with how much you go on and on and on about him.'
I was silent for a second, before going, 'What?'
'I honestly can't believe you don't remember. You were having a fit, so I was trying to calm you down by taking you for a walk, and we happened to pass this pet store. And inside the window there was this unattractive toad in the window. Right away you stopped crying, ripped your hand out of mine, ran inside the pet store, and that was that.'
I looked at Gran in shock. I can't believe I forgot that day. I had never really thought about the day I got Trevor. He was just my best friend. He had always been there. And he always willbe there.