I am going to have to go back to when I was 15...
"Julia, Julia come down stairs now!" A female voice shouted. "Coming now!" Julia replied. Ruby and Julia came down stairs and sat down. "Happy 15th Birthday darling." Julia smiled and hugged her mum and dad. "Thank you Mother." Julia said. "Oh my... It's wonderful." She showed Ruby the necklace and she gasped. "Oh my goodness it's beautiful!" She handed Julia her gift and Julia hugged her. "Thank you Ruby..."
"That was when I got the necklace for my 15th birthday." Julia sighed. "It went missing when my mother past. Now do you know why I got so upset about it?" William nodded. "How did you find it?" Julia looked up and said. "That's the thing it just shown up the morning I gave you the report. That is why I looked upset." William nodded and said. "Why didn't you tell me what was wrong then?" Julia turned away embarrassed and said. "Because I wasn't sure whether I was ready to remember the memory or not..." William pulled her into a hug and said. "You know you can tell me anything. But there's one thing I must ask..." Julia said without looking up. "What's that?" William looked down and said. "Why don't you want me telling Ruby? She was there." Julia looked up and said. "William you cannot tell Ruby any of the memories I tell you even if she was there or not. But there is one that you can't tell her no matter what. It was when I was 18...
Julia and Ruby were on a hill where they grew up, Ruby pointed at something in the distance. It appeared to be an old factory. Ruby said. "It only appears to be about 3 miles lets go check it out?" Julia was a bit wary but agreed to go. When they got there it was really quiet. Julia didn't like it so she ran. Ruby chased after her but she was too fast. She suddenly turned to face Ruby. "If I leave I don't want to be followed Ruby. Please leave me to walk home on my own!" Ruby turned to walk away but then said. "You know I'm 3 years younger than you! I can't walk home on my own at 15!" Julia turned around and said. "It was you that wanted to come here! Just go home!" After she shouted that she turned and ran into the trees...
When Julia got home Ruby was covered in mud. She 'claimed' that Julia had left her (even though she did) and she got lost. Later that evening Julia went into Ruby's room and said. "You didn't get lost! I followed you home! I wasn't going to let anything happen so I made sure you got home. Why lie?" Ruby looked shocked. "Because you made me feel so small and worthless what was I supposed to do?" She asked. Julia walked over to her and said. "Okay for that I am sorry but why did you lie what were you to get out of that? And you should know I would never leave you!" Ruby looked gobsmacked and said. "I'm so sorry I never..." She was almost crying...
Julia turned to William after telling him that... "That's why I don't want you telling Ruby anything." She sighed. William looked at her and said. "I'm confused does this have anything to do with the necklace..?" Julia shook her head and said. "No I was explaining why I don't want you to tell Ruby anything. Since then I haven't been able to properly trust Ruby. She should have believed me..."
Just after that Julia said. "I'm going to tell you about the day I lost the necklace." William nodded and she continued.
It the day of Ruby and Julia's mother's funeral and Julia wanted to wear her mother's necklace instead of her own. At the funeral she took off her mother's necklace and placed it on top of the casket. Ruby went up to it with her and placed a note on top saying 'goodbye mum love Julia and Ruby x'. After that they went back and stood by their father. When they got home Julia went up to her room to get her necklace but it was gone... She asked the servants if they'd moved it but they all said no.
"That was the last time I saw it until four days ago. I don't even know who gave me it back." Julia said, tears with in her eyes. William could see she was upset talking about it. William asked. "What would you like to do about it?" Julia turned to him confused. "Well you have your necklace back but you're still upset. What can you do to change that?" He had a sweet smile on his face. Julia smiled at him and said. "William could you do me a favour..?"
TBC...
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