The Journal

Chapter 7

"Nooooo!" Ed shouted ," how could we be soo stupid ? We should've taken care of it !"
"The Journal ?" Em asked
"Yes !" Ed wailed
"It's with me !" Em said ," I had kept it with me ."
"Oh Gosh !" Ed said and hugged her tightly . Em turned red .
"Ed can't ........ breathe !" Em chocked .
"Oops ! Sorry !" Ed said blushing so hard that he would beat Ron Weasley's hair colour !
"It's okay !" Em said with a smile . He smiled back at her.
"Soooo , lets clean up ?" Em said smirking .
Barbra and Ed groaned , they hated cleaning up . Ed had to get home that day , his uncle was comming back and he had to give his 'dear' uncle a 'welcome back ' . Em and Bera roared at the sound of 'welcome back' , both had heard of Ed's wierd uncle who hated cats , parrots , dogs , ants and butter knives because it gave him nightmares .
     " Once I was ill and uncle wanted a toast . He had put the bread in the toaster and then he saw a c-laugh-cat and -laugh- h-laugh- he sc-laugh-laugh-screamed like a girl ! The poor cat got scared and jumped on the table a-a-laugh-laugh- a butter knife fell fell from the t-t-table a-a-a-laugh hard- and it fell on uncle . Since then he is afraid of butter knives ." Ed said laughing so hard that even Bera could not help but laugh .
      Em couldn't help but laugh at Ed's tale as well as Ed . He was clutching onto his side laughing hard . Tears sprang from his eyes , he looked hilarious . Any outsider would call him insane .
Ed looked at the time ," Oh my Goshes ! I gotta go ! Em you are to stay with Bera , I'll drive you there !" Ed said grabbing his hoodie .
Em grabbed a few clothes and dashed out with Ed and Barbra . Ed drove them to Barbra's apartment .
Barbra skipped her way to the door fiddling with the key .
"When's your Uncle comming ?" Em asked as Boo tried to unlock the door .
"I have to pick him up from the airport . His flight lands in 20 minutes ." Ed answered .
"I would like to meet this 'uncle' of your who apparently fears the sweetest of creatures . Has he mentioned being Ophidiophobic ?" Em smirked .
"I'll ask him that . You can meet him soon if you like , he doesn't do much ." Ed said climbing into the car .
"Ask him whether he is afraid of make-up too !" Bera shouted as she opened the door .
"I will !" Ed said as he drove off .
"Come on ." Barbra said , Emilia hadn't realised that she was staring at where Ed was .
Em walked in and smiled she loved having a colour co - ordinated home .
"You know , you should be an interior designer ." Em said .
"Yeah , I'm working on it !" Boo said smiling .
Emilia took out the Journal . She flipped to the next page .
"VD LDS MDZQ SGH JHMF SDMS . NOD NE SGH AHFFDRS HM SGH UHKKZED ." Em read .
" What do you think this means ?" Barbra  asked . She had pick up her compact (again) and was applying it .
"If I change it ...... I need a piece of paper !" Em said .
Boo handed her one from the fax box .
Em started jotting down the words on the paper when Boo spoke up .
"You know I find the chief an idiot to have given Carrie Darth a lapiz lazuli necklace !" Barbra said ," If it was me I would have never done that !"
"I don't know ! I mean just look at it this way , I have a lot of wealth and I wanna thank someone , what will do . I will give some of that wealth won't I ?" Em said .
"Okay , but why lapiz lazuli ? I read ...." Boo said but was cut off .
"Excuse me ! You read ?!" Em said surprised and shocked .
"I read fashion magazines and sometimes they have history so I read it too ." Boo said .
"Okay ...." Em said still not getting over the idea of Barbra reading .
"Lapiz lazuli was something prominent in Afghanisthan . And it used to exported . America does not have a good supply of Lapis Lazuli . So it must have been imported . If so then why would he give it to Carrie Darth ? Lapis Lazuli is used for making jewellery and statues . I think there is something more to this ." Barbra said .
For the first time in her life Barbra said something useful . Emilia thought her friend did have a valid point . In those days wealth was considered a way of pottaying power .
Even Akbar the Great a Mughal Emperor of India during the medival age as she had read would not give away any of his wealth with any reason . Though a generous man Akbar needed reasons for showing his generosity .
The chief aka a king was basicaly the head of the tribe lady Carrie Darth belonged to , it was just modernised in her case giving titles of Lady and Lord during the arrival of the Europeans .
"You have a point Boo !" Em exclaimed .
"Right !" Barbra said .
"We should research about Dr.Perseus too . I want to know why he was murdered . I think there is more to this thsn we think there is !" Em exclaimed .
"And as you said there were several other murders too ! Why did they happen ?" Barbra asked .
"Adding to that who was the man who followed me ? Does he have anything to do with this or was it a coincidence ?" Em asked .
Just then the phone rang , it was Ed , Em pick it up .
"Hello ! Em , Bera whats up ?" Ed asked .
Em and Barbra filled him in about what they were discussing .
"Wow ! I never thought that I would come to see a day when Boo would read history !" Ed said with shock dripping his voice .
"I know right !" Em exclaimed .
"Shut it you two ! Get to the point and lets discuss ! You are acting as like me when I see a stain on my face" Barbra said .
Ed chuckled from his side of the phone . Em smirked and shook her head .
"I will research about Dr. Perseus . And Em my Uncle would be pleased to meet you !" Ed said cheerfuly .
"That's nice !" Em said smiled she really did want to this hilarious Uncle of Ed's
Ed then said a quick good bye and switched off the phone .
"So what does this mean ?" Boo said pointing to the words on the journal .
"It means ........."

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Ha ! Ha cliffy !
I want you guys to tell me what these words mean .
Until then no updates for you my friend and also the first person to figure out the meaning shall have the next two chappies dedicated to him/her .
I also wanna know if you want Barbera to be single or not .

Until then
Your friend
Annie
To the stranger who is reading this book apparently is my friend ☺!