When Tina arrived to town, she immediately went to the library. She found Charles reading a book and she smiled upon seeing him.
"Looks like I came at the wrong time," she said as she sat in front of Charles.
The black haired boy smiled and closed the book he was reading, "not really...so ready to know more about what I told you yesterday?"
Tina nodded and Charles could see the anticipation in her eyes, he smiled at her and stood.
"Well then, let's leave and talk at the park" he suggested and Tina followed behind him.
As they sat on one of the benches, Tina looked around and found that no one was walking around the park. It was only them, she looked at Charles with a raised brow.
"Uh...is it just me or there are no one here right now aside from us? Did you rent the whole park?" she teased.
"Sadly I don't have the money, and right now the people are all busy with their work to even stroll here so that is the reason why I choose this place" Charles replied.
"Anyway, let us continue from where we left off...here" he added and took a bunch of pictures he hid on his jacket.
Tina took it and looked at them, "is this the Lee family?" she asked then glanced at Charles waiting for a response.
The black haired boy nodded, Tina stopped on one picture and looked at it with familiarity. Charles noticed her and took a glance at the picture she was looking at, "that is their only daughter Stacy Lee. She was the same age as us when they took that picture."
"She's very beautiful..." was the only sentence that came from Tina's mouth.
Somehow she felt like she had seen her and suddenly Sue's image flashed on her mind, she knew this girl's name was different from Sue who she just met a while ago.
"Beautiful indeed, she's a blonde beauty with blue eyes and everyone at town calls her princess for she is like one" Charles explained as he stared at the sky.
Tina can't help but feel strange, she knew it may just be a coincidence but the blonde girl she just met and this Stacy girl on the picture looks exactly the same.
"Anyway what happened to the Lee family?" she asked brushing off the thoughts she had.
"Well it was a tragic one," Charles frowned and Tina looked at him with curiousity.
"Like I said before, the family were known as kind and powerful due to Mr Lee's business and his wife always accompanies him on trips...The information I heard from my father was that during the couples' business trip to another country, they left their daughter Stacy alone on that house. I don't know what happened to her during that night but it was apparently Halloween and at that time, our town is celebrating that event. Anyway, news just came to the whole town the next day when the couple returned and found that their only child was missing. The couple was hysteric and asked the police to investigate. But on the very next day...my father read on the newspaper that the couple was found dead on the mansion. Their bodies were found on separate locations and it was very gruesome for the media to even post it" Charles explained.
Tina asked, "so what you are saying was that Mr and Mrs Lee killed themselves after finding out that their daughter went missing?"
Charles titled his head as if agreeing but at the same time disagreeing, "that was what the news told us all but...the truth to what happened was never known. Afterall, there was no witness."
"Was their daughter found?" Tina asked with concern.
Charles shook his head, "No and the search was put to a stop since no one followed up on it and her parents are already you know. Anyway...do you need help again at your house?"
Tina smiled and nodded, "Are you gonna help me again?"
"Just until 6 pm ok?" Charles replied and Tina jumped with joy.
"That's great, I met another friend and she is willing to help me out too in cleaning.The task would be finished fast if the three of us teamed up" Tina said.
Charles replied with a raised brow, "a new friend? What's her name?"
"Oh you will like her, she seems shy but I think you two would get close too...Anyway I gotta buy some cookies so meet you later at the house ok? Just go ahead if you are free...Thank you!!" Tina shouted as she dashed off towards the direction of the bakery shop.
"Tina!! What is her name?" Charles shouted but was too late as he shouted for no one.
He sat and shrugged, he decided to come back to the library to bid goodbye to his father as he took out the bike he borrowed yesterday to go towards the big ebony mansion. Somehow the house still scares him but he promised Tina to help her out and somehow seeing her smile made Charles blushed.
To be continued.....