The Curse of Will Blythe

Chapter 8: The Departure

The storm lifted at 8 am, today is the day Emily and the others set out for the Weston manor. The servants dead bodies were delivered back to their families, Karl the chef went back to his home as his lady told him, Daniel brought with him a 'British rapier' sword that hung from the walls of the manor along with his pistol and the keys to the manor. Trisha brought a kitchen knife, while Emily and Jimmy were unarmed. They left at 5 pm so they wouldn't attract any attention in the town of Foregate. The coach was driven by Daniel, the sky was starting to get dark on their way to Foregate, they were wondered if the Weston household ever experienced the same supernatural threats they encountered. Emily wore her signature black lolita dress Daniel wore his butler's outfit and Trisha her own black and white maid outfit, Jimmy wore a normal collared black long sleeved shirt from the baggage he brought when he and his sibling decided to visit.

They arrived an hour later when the sun was almost down and entered the Weston manor's front gate, their coach entered but no one welcomed their presence. The manor was well and untouched, but the servants were all acting weird as if they're afraid of something.

"May I please talk to your master?" said Emily to one of the maids.

"What happened here?" asked Jimmy.

"Yes, I will call for him right away." the maid answered ignoring Jimmy's question before calling Mr. Weston from his room.

Mr. Weston greeted them shortly and escorted them to the living room, his eyes were all puffed and he looked weary.

"Jimmy? Is that you?" he asked.

"Yes father, what happened here?" said Jimmy.

"Where are Jack and Jennifer?" he asked.

"They're dead father. Why? what happened here?"

"You're mother, she..."

"What? Tell me she what?" Jimmy begged his father.

"She's gone. And now so are Jack and Jenny." he answered as he stood and walked away.

"Wait uncle Charles, I need to talk to you about something." said Emily stopping him, he then turned back and looked at her.

"I assume you are aware of the situation upon us?" she added.

"What are you talking about?" he said, refusing to believe what he had already witnessed, while twitching something in his hand.

"You took the coin right?" she asked again.

"What about this nonsense coin?" he said defensively while putting the thing he was twitching earlier to his coat's pocket.

"I'm sorry Lord Weston." Daniel sneaked behind him and pointed a pistol at the back of his head cocking it ready to shoot at point-blank range.

"Surrender the coin now." he said.

"I'm afraid that won't be necessary." said another man cocking his own pistol and pointing it directly at Daniel's head also in point-blank range, it was the Weston butler.

"You." Emily said looking at the butler.

"You took the key and the coin that night." she added.

"Very impressive, but I only managed to grab one coin since I heard footsteps coming towards the door, I hid behind the long curtains covering the window. When you left I still had no time to take the chest's full contents since you were going to send someone to clean up the mess he made with his blood when I knocked him unconscious with the back of my gun." he confessed arrogantly.

"Why do you still follow your master even after everything that happened?" asked Emily.

"I am loyal to my master and I will follow him no matter what his orders are. Beside's he promised me a very good pay if we manage to get the whole thing." he answered.