Forbidden Love [Discontinued]

Chapter 9

"Hey great-great-grandpapi, how are you?" Toni said as she was lead inside the house by Raymond.

"I'm alright dear. Why'd you decide to visit?" he asked.

"Well I was wondering if I could go up the attic and look for some albums y'know" she replied.

"Then go right up ahead dear, just be careful, don't wanna break some of grandmami's things." he joked and Toni chuckled.

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"Dad, is it alright if we spend some time with nana and Cheryl?" Jason asked.

"Sure son, but don't give nana too much trouble" Clifford replied as he sipped his coffee.

And with that, they drove to Stonewall Prep to fetch Cheryl.

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"The hell do you want you psychos?" Cheryl asked laughing.

"We need your help searching for something, we'll tell you about it on the way there" Jacobe hurriedly said as they headed out to the car.

When they were in the car, Jason started driving . Thinking about their encounter with Toni last night.

"We met up with Toni last night" Jacobe said from his place in the passenger seat.

"What happened? Is she alright?" Cheryl asked hurriedly.

"She is. But do you remember the story that Granddad Eduard would tell us, the one about isabella?" Jason asked while Cheryl nodded.

"Well apparently, Toni's family has a different version. In their story, it claims that Alejandro would always treat Isabella as if she was a queen. " Jason continued.

"But that doesn't add up to our story." Cheryl said confused.

"That's why we're gonna be searching for clues, Toni's doing that as well" Jacobe said as they finally arrived at Nana Rose's house.

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"Have you found what you've been looking for children?" Roseanne Blossom asked the three. It's already been 2 1/2 hours and they still haven't found anything that links the two stories together.

"not yet nana" Jacobe replied.

Since it was already 12 in the afternoon, they were going to go to Pops with Nana Rose. So Jason dropped/opened the attic so they could go down. Jacobe went first, next was Jacobe. Though just when Cheryl was half way down, she heard something fall.

"Wait" She said. So they went back up again, searching for the item that fell. 

"Over hear!" Jason called. When the other two were there, Jason showed them a box that was on it's side with the contents of it spilling out.

Jacobe was the first to move and pick it up. He then placed it on the ground as all the of them knelt down to observe it. Cheryl got closer to it and noticed black marks, it looked like writings, so she dusted it with her hand. When it was clean enough so that she could see the writing, she gasped.

Isabella Claire Blossom

"This box is Isabella's!"She announced. And with that they opened it up. The first item they saw was a piece of paper that was rolled up, tied with a blue ribbon.

Jason picked it up and set it out of the box, saving it for last. Next was a black and gold book of some sort with a picture on the front of two women. Jacobe was the one to pick it up, fliping through the pages. It was surprisingly in good condition. The two others decided to sit beside him to see the pitures.

"Stop" Cheryl instructed as a picture caught her eye. "Go back...There!" When she finally found the picture, she studied it, she then took a glance at her brothers and saw the same expressions on their faces.

"I-isn't that Isabella?" Jacobe asked, while the two just nodded.

"Then who is that woman beside her?"  Jason asked.

They quickly rushed down to the living room, Jacobe tumbling in the process. When they finally found Nana Rose they quickly rushed to her.

"Nana do you know who this woman beside Isabella is?" Jason asked.

"Ohh.. that's Charlotte, that was Aunt Bella's best friend, they were very close." Nana answered with a smile. "Whenever I was little, every year on my birthday, she would always come and would give me gifts. "

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"Ahh shit!" Toni screamed as a box feel in her head.

"You alright there bug?" Raymond asked from downstairs..

"yep, I'm good grandpapi" Toni replied as she kept on searching. 

After a couple of minutes, she tripped on a box and landed on her stomach, making a huge thumping sound on the ground.

"Fuck! Shit that hurt" She complained.

 When she was about to get up, a piece of paper caught her eye. So she crawled to it, since it wasn't that far. Picking it up, she didn't see what it was, so she held it, thinking of what it could be. The paper was brown and slightly worn down from the years that it's been kept here. 

After a while, she decided to just give up, and went home, bringing the piece of paper she found with her. She made a mental note to show it to the boys tomorrow.