Chapter 2: Years Later
After the murder of his mother and arrest of his father, William was adapted by a family that lived in Utah in the United States of America. He met a young woman named Clara Drakes and they were married after they dated for 2 years. Together William and Clara had three children- Michael, CC, and Elizabeth. He started a business named Chica's Party World. Eventually, Chica's Party World would fail and was bought out by a man named Henry Emily. Henry was a genius engineer who wanted to use William's idea of animatronics to help entertain children as they ate pizza and played games. William was reluctant to accept Henry's "bailout", but he did not have a choice when it came time to sign a contract. If he did not accept the offer he would have to go into bankruptcy. It was a way to save his family from financial ruin.
One day shortly after the acquisition was complete, William was sitting in his office at the new pizzeria that Henry and he co-operated. Looking at the picture on his desk of his family, he could not help but to feel a bit like a failure. He had a dream, but that dream was not realized.
Henry knocked on the office door and William told him to come in.
"William, I am heading home now. Ava just called the restaurant. She said that Charlotte had a hard day today, so I have to go deal with that," Henry said in a somehow jovial way.
"Okay, I will close up shop after finishing up counting this money," William said. He was a little annoyed that Henry hardly ever helped with the actual business side of the business. William felt like Henry's mind was always on the 'next big thing'. Henry was the dreamer of the team and experiences turned William into a realist.
After locking the door of Fredbear's Family Diner William got into his small purple car and began to drive to his house. When he arrived there his wife and children were sitting in the living room, watching something on TV. Elizabeth was the first one to turn to see William when he walked in the door.
"Daddy's home," Elizabeth shouted with joy.
"Hi, William. How was work," Clara Afton asked her husband.
"Well, I did not have to clean up puke today, so I guess it was a good day," William responded. Henry and he did not have a huge budget so they had to do a lot of the things that someone who is not the owner of the restaurant would do at other places. This was something else that William was not too big of a fan about the way that Henry ran the restaurant.
Michael, William's oldest, got up without saying a word. The pre-teen boy went to his room and did not come out until it was time for dinner.
CC stood up. The Burnette young boy walked up to his father to show him something.
"It is not as good as some of Michael's pictures but look at what I drew," he said as he pointed to the kitchen. CC took William's hand and led him to the refrigerator. There, hanging for all to see, was a drawing of Spring Bonnie, the yellow rabbit suit that William often wore at the diner. CC's initials were in the bottom corner, just like how Michael often put his own on the drawings that he made.
"It is not good," Elizabeth said to CC with a critical tone of voice, "I am sure that I can do better."
William heard what his daughter said but he chose to ignore it. However, when CC started to cry, Clara Afton chose to step in and stop it.
"Elizabeth, that's enough," Clara said sharply. William did not exactly like how Clara was always on Elizabeth's back, so to speak, about everything. She was only a child- and a very young one at that. Once everyone had left the kitchen, William opened the door and grabbed a beer. He could not help to wonder what Henry was doing. Surely, Henry's life was going better than his own.
In reality, Henry was sitting on a small toddler bed listening to his daughter, Charlotte Emily, tell him about her day. Charlotte's friend had been picked on in her daycare. For a 4-year-old this was something that caused a good amount of distress. Henry tried to comfort his child.
"Charlotte, it's in your nature to protect," Henry said- as if he was thinking to him out loud.
"What do you mean, daddy," Charlie asked.
"You always want to help people who need help. That is a good thing. It means you are a good girl," Henry said, "Get some sleep, Charlotte. I will see you in the morning." Henry tucked his daughter into bed and turned off the lights.
"I love you, Charlotte," Henry added.
"I love you, too, daddy," Charlie replied.
Henry closed the door and looked down at his watch. It was already 8:00 PM. He was not tired but decided to go lie down in bed and do some reading.