Author's note: I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while, but I'll try to update sooner from now on ;) I know this is a rather short chapter, but it's better for the course of the story this way. I hope you all enjoy it! I 'll try to update soon. Please review
Jonathan and Evy arrived to the O'Connell Manor, which once had been Carnahan Manor. Right after "the Hamunaptra incident", the trio had thought they needed a change and since Evie and Jonathan had a house and a few distant relatives there, so why not London?
Evy threw her bag on the couch on the parlor and hung her coat up, one of the things she despised about England was that coats were almost always needed and it rained 24/7, very different from Cairo for sure. Just as she was doing this she felt two strong hands on her hips holding her from behind.
-Hey. - She said sweetly, knowing exactly whose they were .- I missed you today, I thought you were picking me up, not that silly brother of mine.
-Hey! I heard that!- Said Jonathan who was watching the husband and wife interact from behind. The couple simply ignored the man's remarks and continued to stare deeply into each other's eyes.
-I went out today, all the way to Cambridge.- Richard answered his wife.
-Cambridge? What did you do in Cambridge? – Evy asked surprised with his little trip.
-Oh, that's a surprise, Mrs. O'Connell. Would you like to take a look at it?
-Yes…- She asked intrigued with what it might be, Rick's surprises were always different and unique, somewhat magical, one could say. – What is it though?- Her usual curiousness got a chuckle out of Rick.
-Hard to explain, how about I take you to the library and just show you?- Rick said shifting his weigh from side to side.
-So, it's something to do with books then?
-You could say so…- He answered taking her small hand in his and leading her to their private library.
-What do you think?- he asked as she contemplated with pure amusement the pile of papyrus that sat on the desk. One thousand pages at least, all in ancient Egyptian.
-Wow- was all Evy could manage to say without turning her gaze from the object.
-It's a diary- He informed quietly.
-I know, it's written.-Rick was still shocked she could decipher those hieroglyphics, she was so intelligent, one of the many reasons he had fallen in love with her in the first place. He was told it was a diary, being other way, for all he knew it could easily be an Ancient version of War and Peace.-How did you get it?-She added.
-Remember that distant cousin of mine that works in Cambridge?- She nodded- She gave me a call last week saying there was something no one could decipher, as there are a few symbols the scholars have no knowledge of, so he asked if I knew anyone that could do it, being that I've lived in Egypt and all. I know it sounds silly, but I had a weird feeling about this, almost as if I was connected to it somehow. Something inside of me tells me that we should know its contents. Plus, I do know how much you love these things.- He explained while both stared at it in a daze. When Rick's cousin Jack had mentioned the artifact, he instantly became really curious, more than usual if that's possible. He couldn't explain why, but he thought there was something different about it.
- Cambridge scholars couldn't read it?
Rick simply shook his head no in response.
-What makes you think I can?
-Let's face it, honey: you are much smarter than them.
She smirked and dared taking a few steps towards the journal that was now within her hand's reach. She extended her hand and touched the writings on the front page. Suddenly, her body shook and she fell to the ground, startling Rick, who immediately came to her side and grabbed her now unconscious body before it hit the ground.