The Wammy House Memories

The Boy Behind The Books

Chapter 6!

Elizabeth tilted her head to one side while she put the book back on the shelf, she then stood on her tip tops to get a better look at the person staring at her from the other side of the bookcase. Whoever those eyes belonged to give her the creeps, they were dark with a crimson sheen. She grabbed a thick book from the shelf and stepped away from the bookcase, she hoped A returned soon.

" Hello..." The person said from behind the bookcase. " May I ask what you plan to do with that book? You see, I need that book you are holding to complete my essay."

" I'm planning to do nothing with it, I'm just looking at it." Elizabeth replied.

" Then you wouldn't mind letting me borrow it." He said with a chuckle in his voice. " Why don't you come and join me on the other side of the bookcase, then I can formally introduce myself to you. What do you say?"

" I can't walk properly right now, my left foot as decided to fall asleep on me..." Elizabeth replied before she held the book towards the shelf. " But you can come around to me if you want to collect the book you need for your essay, then I can introduce myself to you."

" I'll come around to join you when I've finished choosing the other books I need, but maybe we could have a conversation while I'm searching for them." He said. " That's if you have the time between your history research about The Wammy House and your interest in old hospital death records, do you believe in spirits?"

" No, I don't believe in spirits!" Elizabeth replied.

" You're not a student here, am I correct?" He asked. " I've never seen you around the orphanage before, are you one of Watari's guests for his charity event?"

" Yes, I'm here with my Great Aunt. She's an old friend of Mr Wammy, she's donated large amounts of her money to The Wammy House over the years and many other good causes around the world." Elizabeth replied. " My Aunt visits this orphanage twice a month to have afternoon tea with Mr Wammy in his study."

" Oh really?" He asked.

" I'm surprised you've not met her yet, she normally likes meeting the students she supports." Elizabeth replied, she took a step towards the bookcase. " I've accompanied my Aunt a few times myself when she's visited Watari, do you know a teacher called Jane Couldrey by any chance?"

" Of course I know Miss Jane, she's the head of the Mathematics Department. I also know she was the youngest person to graduate from Cambridge University at the tender age of seventeen." He replied. " Her parents lived in Warwick until their untimely death two years ago. Since then she's been a teacher at The Wammy House, she's a very kind and intelligent. But her intellect can not match mine."

" You seem to know a lot about her, are you one of her students?" Elizabeth asked.

" No, I've just read most of the students and teachers private information in Watari's office." He chuckled. " But you're a mystery to me, there's something unusual about you. My eyes see things you cannot even imagine, your death date is unknown to me..."

" What do mean by that?" Elizabeth asked.

" I can't see when you're going to die, you're an enigma." He replied.

" No one knows their death date, you're morbid!" Elizabeth laughed and rocked gently on her heels. " Would you like a sandwich? There is plenty of them left, I don't think my friend A would mind sharing them with you."

" Is there any strawberry jam sandwiches on that tray?" He asked. " I could just throw a jar of jam at someone for a jam sandwich right now, my dinner was so long ago."