𝓓𝓸 𝓸𝓻 𝓓𝓲𝓮 ❣︎ 𝓔𝓶𝓫𝓮𝓻 𝓐𝓭𝓭𝓪𝓶𝓼

𝓢𝓔𝓡𝓘𝓔𝓢 𝓞𝓝𝓔 ❣︎ 18

Pugsley was sitting at the end of the pier by the lake in the woods behind Nevermore when Ember and Wednesday approached.

After her encounter with the sheriff, Ember had went back up to the school, where she had met with her female cousin, telling her everything Gomez had told her about Garrett Gates.

"Interesting," Wednesday had commented, mouth going silent but brain not.

"So where are you heading?" Ember asked, seeing a black bag in her cousin's hand.

"To see Pugsley. He went 'fishing' in the woods but didn't take his gear," Wednesday answered.

So, the two cousins had decided to go up to the woods together; more as an accompaniment than friends.

They found Pugsley easily, coming up on him from behind.

"You forgot your fishing gear," Wednesday told him, making him turn around to see his sister and cousin.

"Go away," his eyes were teary, and his voice choked up.

Wednesday didn't say anything, but instead layed down the two fishing rods and sat down beside Pugsley. Ember sat on the other side.

"Stop trying to be nice," Pugsley told them. "It doesn't suit either of you."

Wednesday ignored this. "Father packed your favourite bait," she said.

This alone was enough for Pugsley to look in the black bag Wednesday had brought with her. He delved inside it and grinned, pulling out a grenade. But then his smile disappeared, and he just let the small bomb drop into his lap. "What'll happen to him now?"

Ember thought. "Well, he's confessed, so there won't be a trial. After he's sentenced, he'll be sent to a state penitentiary, where he'll lose his mind being separated from your mother."

"Did you know they haven't spent a night apart since they tied the knot?" Wednesday asked.

Ember didn't think she could ever love. Let alone love hard enough to be like that.

Pugsley, meanwhile, shook his head. "I always thought I'd be the first one in the family behind bars."

"Mother and I had a bet going," disclosed Ember. "It was going to die when she did, but Lurch carried it on."

Silence fell between the two siblings and one cousin. "Come on, let's see if the fish are biting," Wednesday finally said.

Pugsley sighed, and pulled the pin on the grenade, chucking it ten metres into the water. There was an explosion with a splash ten feet high, and then about thirty to forty fish floated to the top of the water.

"That's quite a catch," Wednesday said.

Pugsley sighed, looking at his sister and cousin. "I'm gonna miss him!" He cried.

"It's not over yet. He's innocent," Ember told her cousin.

"Well... if anyone can figure out who really committed the crime... it's you two," Pugsley gave a small smile at his cousins, then his face became serious. "You have to find out the truth and free dad."

"Well, until that happens, we both know mother will be falling apart," Wednesday sighed. "Which means we all have to be strong. And by 'we all' I mean you."

Pugsley looked out at the lake.

"Now, give me one of those," Ember said, extending her hand for a grenade. Pugsley put one in her hand and she ripped the pin out of it, chucking it further that her cousin's into the water. The explosion seemed bigger, but it was probably the same.