Chapter 86: The Watts Estate - IV (1/2)

The tea party had officially started now that everyone was in attendance The centre table that previously had a few snacks to indulge on was noly starting to fill up as servants of the Watts fa out from the kitchen with more prepared food

There were several types of confectionery, such as scones, cupcakes and shortbread cookies, as well as so er sandwiches and quiches

The servants beganeveryone what type of tea they'd like When the servants caroup ordered three Earl Grey teas and one Darjeeling, with Maria being the odd one out

The second large cakes were introduced to the table, Acai had practically vanished frorab a slice or two, everyone else chose to wait for their tea before juirls see before the boys arrived

"So, we probably can't do it to, so does Monday work for you?" Maria asked Holly in a hushed voice "I've got some ideas in mind for yours"

"Monday works" Holly answered, "But reo over the price limit"

"I won't, promise Here, I'll show you one" Maria pulled out her phone, swiped for a few seconds and then pointed the screen towards Holly

Arthur caught a glie for a dress From the context clues he realised that they were probably picking out outfits for each other

A few minutes later the tea had been served, and Acai came back to the table with a plate stacked with slices of all of the cake options and a few smaller confectioneries The rest of their table went for food, and Arthur caer sandwiches and a slice of quiche

"Your dentist must love you" Maria remarked sarcastically as she watched Acai devour a plate of sweets, to which she received a playfully rude gesture in response Arthur was surprised at how close these two had gotten in such a short period of tis

The group enjoyed their tea, and once they were satisfied their group decided to pay a visit to the garden Out of the entire group, Holly seemed to be the arden was just a field of flowers, the garden behind the house was significantly larger, and rather than just a field of flowers it was more fair to call it a paradise or as essentially a private botanical garden

There was a vast range of plants, all separated into their own categories and labelled, Arthur followed along as Maria lead the group down one of the various paths that cut through the garden, but he walked behind everyone else as he started reading all the labels on the plants

"Oh , this place is aot so many protected species"

"See? I told you he'd love it" Holly remarked

As they continued down the path it eventually opened up a bit, and there were a few statues and other pieces of art scattered around, but Arthur noticed that Holly began hovering towards what looked to be sorin on her face

"Coroup

Arthur approached the cannon, and his eyes locked onto a podiu a plaque that hadto the plaque, the cannon was extracted froer liner that was lost at sea in March 1841