…Angelique to Barnabas and Julia, and Jill to Brian and Susie! All four kept their mouths shut not to reveal how the new person that Elizabeth had hired looked like! Elizabeth made the introductions.
"Everyone, this is Angelique Jillian Bouchard. She is the new person that will be helping Mrs. Johnson for now on." Elizabeth said with a smile on her face.
"Allow me to be the first to welcome you to the family and hopefully you will stay to work for Elizabeth for a long time." Barnabas said with a fake smile on his face and Julia just smiled as well knowing this could be the same Angelique that had cursed them back in 1795!
Brian and Susie just smiled at her, thinking that somehow Jill had made her way here to help them. But Brian sensed that there was something more about this new person, and was going to ask both Barnabas and Julia later about it. As the five of them sat down and Angelique was serving everyone, Roger came into the Drawing Room and saw two new people, and inquired about them.
"My, my, what do we have here? Two people that I know nothing about. I hope that I can learn more about you two in time, if I do make anything to be around people like you." Roger said in his snobby voice while looking down at Brian, Susie, and Will.
"Roger! Stop acting like you own Collinwood! You will show respect to our guests or I will make sure that your allowance is cut down to where you will have to get a real job! Do I make myself clear on this?!" Elizabeth told her brother in a threatening manner!
"Very well Liz. I will try to act civil to our guests here. Tell me, what are your names?" Roger had asked both Brian and Susie.
"I'm Brian Collins, and this is my fiancée Susie Anck-Sun." Brian told Roger while not hiding the fact that he did not like this version of Roger so far!
"Someone else pretending to be a Collins now. The last one that tried that ended up leaving Collinsport without a red cent in his pocket!" Roger said in an imperious voice.
Brian was doing his best to keep myself from attacking this version of Roger, but then he would reveal the truth about himself and Susie! Susie on the other hand, had kept her hand on Brian's arm to keep him from going after Roger as well, and hopefully things will calm down now! Brian finally spoke to Roger while keeping himself and his vampiric side in check!
"Listen to me Roger Collins! I have worked hard for what I have, and not have it handed over to me on a Silver Platter! I've dealt with someone like you not too long ago, and made him realize that he was not the only one in the world, and that he should start thinking about other people that included his son! So you have better learn not to judge people before something terrible will happen to you in the near future!" Brian said while getting himself a glass of Sherry from the wet bar, and gulping down in one shot!
Will just smiled at what his new friend had said to Roger, and went over to Brian to say so! Brian just thanked Will, and headed out the French doors that led to the garden and the gazebo. Susie grabbed her jacket, and followed Brian outside.
"I'm glad to see that there is someone else that will stand-up to you Roger. You are not the bully that you think you are!" Liz said with a big smile on her face.
Roger just made some noises and left everyone in the Drawing Room to go up to his room and sulk.
"Barnabas, maybe you should talk to Brian and Susie and see if they will come back in." Julia said to Barnabas.
"Will, I could use your help with them if you don't mind." Barnabas said with a concerned voice.
"Sure thing Barnabas. Hope we can get them back inside now that Roger is gone." Will said with a lop-sided grin on his face.
Once they were gone, Julia asked Liz a question.
"Liz, how did you find the new housekeeper?" Julia asked Liz.
"I had placed an ad in the paper, and the next day she had shown up. Why do you ask Julia?"
"It's just strange that she would be the one that you would hire right away. I hope you checked her credentials thoroughly?" Julia said with some suspicion in her voice.
"I did, and they came back with very good reports on her work and service. Is anything wrong?" Liz wondered.
"No, just making sure that you did the right thing Elizabeth." Julia said with a false smile on her face knowing that this was the same Angelique that had cursed Barnabas and herself!
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Barnabas and Will found Brian and Susie sitting on the bench that was inside the gazebo. They went up to them making sure that everything was alright.
"Brian, are you alright now after dealing with Roger?" Barnabas asked in a concerned voice.
"Yeah, just honky-dory." Brian said with some sarcasm in his voice.
"Well with the way that you spoke to Roger, he'll think twice to talk like that to you again." Will said with a big smile on his face.
"That's not what's concerning him Will. It's the fact that the new housekeeper looks like his former fiancée Jill. She died some time ago, and she looks just like her." Susie said in sad voice while holding Brian now.
"I hate to tell you two this. But she looks like the Angelique that had cursed Julia and I back in 1795. And if it is the same, then something must be done to stop her from doing any more harm to this family." Barnabas told them.
"Wait, how can she looked like two different people Barnabas? Susie said she looks like his former fiancée, and you're saying that she looks like Angelique that curse you and Julia. That makes no sense." Will said in a confused voice.
"It makes sense Will. Everyone has a double somewhere, and this is the place that there's a double for Jill. Unfortunately she happens to look like Angelique to Barnabas and Julia. We have to make sure that we don't reveal this, or the truth will be known about Barnabas and Julia now." Brian said in calmed voice now.
"What are we going to do if she decides that she would want to destroy Julia and myself?" Barnabas asked.
"Susie and I can take care of that. Sorry Will, but you most likely have never dealt with a witch before, I have, and I'm sure that Susie here can do somethings that you would not be able to do. You would have to stay out of the way so you wouldn't get hurt." Brian told Will.
"I'm fine with that. I've seen some strange things since I've been here, but now a witch. I'll leave that to the professionals in dealing with that." Will told them.
Brian just smiled at his new friend. Hopefully once they figured out what Angelique is doing here, and stop her, hopefully Brian and Susie can get back to their own time band to be with friends and family once again.