(England, 9:34 pm)
Mr. Charlie was seen laying on the bed and as soon as he grabbed his phone to make a call, his wife came in.
"Oh, I was just about to give you a call..." he said and watched his wife sit down quietly next to him.
"I am so worried about Tristan, darling it is making me weak and I feel feverish... I hope he returns home... I want to be able to see him again and be a great mother to him, I am yet to fulfill that" she said in a shaky voice.
Mr. Charlie let out a sigh and pulled his wife closer, "come on darling, you are a great mother and I know Tristan is alive, I can feel it" the man replied as he ran his fingers through her hair slowly.
"I hope you have not been stressing yourself too much over it? I noticed you have been going out frequently these days" he added.
Her heart dropped and her lips trembled in fear.
She looked up sharply and nodded, "Yes... It is all for Tristan, I have been trying to link up with some people so we can find our son" she replied, hoping he wouldn't realize she was lying.
The woman sobbed quietly as she waited for his response.
Mr. Charlie sat upright and held her face, he carefully wiped away the tears from her eyes.
"Don't cry... you know I hate when you cry" he said and watched her nod in agreement.
"This is my time", she thought and looked up at him sadly, "darling I have been worried about you a lot too concerning your work, you have been going through stress lately. Don't you think you need some helping hands? someone to represent you sometimes when you are tired to work" she said and sniffled.
"I wish... I wish Tristan was here... it would have been convenient for you" she added.
The man gave out a sigh and after a short while of giving it a thought, he finally concluded.
"As the search for Tristan goes on, James can represent me anytime".
The woman looked up sharply at her husband, "really? but honey... isn't James young for this? we could wait for Tristan" she said, hoping he wouldn't agree to her fake suggestion.
The man drifted away gently and rested his back.
"He can always learn, I will make sure to teach him all he needs... so he can be capable of handling things whenever I am not around, his age doesn't matter, his brain does" the man concluded.
Mrs. Charlie's heart was filled with Joy, she moved near her husband and rested her head on his arm gently.
"anything you say is perfect honey," she said as a smile appeared on her face and she got satisfied with his decision.
She knew she did right by executing Tristan, allowing Mr. Charlie to see James as his son, and putting him in the position of the heir, everything worked out fine for her.
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The moon was shining through a lattice of leaves, pathy sky, and stars were seen in glimpses through the tree breaks.
The flutter of wings unseen, snapping twigs. Everywhere was peaceful until the loud clattering of plates caught every living thing's attention on the island.
without hesitation, Adriana and Phillip dashed towards the cottage, getting in. They saw Tristan on the floor, he had gotten scared and had fallen.
Phillip looked around and asked worriedly, "what happened? are you okay?".
Tristan looked at them and then at the old chair, he stretched his shivering hands and pointed his finger.
"d... did you guys see it?"
"See what?" Adriana asked nervously.
"There is something behind that chair" Tristan answered in a shaky voice.
Adriana took a step back as Phillip walked towards the chair slowly, he picked up a knife from the fallen object as he kept walking.
He knew no bad creature would have crawled into the cottage, nothing as such has ever happened and it won't happen.
"don't go near it, you don't know what it is" Tristan warned as Phillip got closer.
The young man hurried up and stood next to Adriana, they both waited patiently, waiting for the creature to jump at Phillip.
"Oh my God...!!!" Phillip exclaimed.
Tristan and Adriana held themselves out of fear, "what is it!!!", Tristan said out loud.
"It is...." Phillip said in a low mysterious voice, he suddenly turned back with a spider in his hands.
Tristan's heart dropped and immediately felt relieved on seeing the spider, he let out a sigh and watched Phillip mock them.
"A spider made you fall and made you two shit your pant... interesting humans", Phillip said as he walked out with the spider still in his hands.
"what? If I knew it was a spider, I wouldn't be that scared... what do you mean?" he bluffed out, "even Adriana can't be scared of a spider, why do you think I would be.... right Adriana?" Tristan said as he turned back.
He noticed her body shivering, he moved closer and looked at her confused.
"what are you doing?" he asked.
Adriana shook her head as the shivering continues, "What is that creature just now, with many legs....." she said in her lowest voice.
Tristan stood upright and chuckled softly, "you gotta be kidding me..." he said and looked away, "you are shivering because of just a spider? how about the two-headed spiders huh?" he exaggerated and giggled to himself.
"You know back in England, there are a lot of spiders and other insects with a lot of legs, which you don't like... we should go to England together someday, I will like to show you them... lot of them" he added and turned to her with a mocking smile on his face.
He noticed her eyes getting closed and her legs getting weak, which led to her staggering.
"Whoa Whoa Whoa..." he said out loud and hurried to her.
"ADRIANA!!!"