52 Lake of bones- Part 2 (1/2)
Heidi who was standing in midst of the apple orchard, looked up at the nearest tree to see fruits everywhere around the branches. Touching one of the apple, she sighed before letting it go. She had been feeling anxious and her chest feeling tight since a few days. The weather was cold and gloomy but she felt hot. Pressing the back of her hand over her forehead.
”Doesn't seem like I have a cold,” she said to herself.
Stanley who was in the mansion getting a window cleaned by the maid had seen someone standing in the orchard. In a hurry he ran down to see if his precious apples were getting kidnapped to only find Ms. Curtis standing there.
Hearing the rustle of dried leaves on the ground behind her, Heidi turned to find the butler standing and looking at her.
”Good afternoon, Lady Curtis,” the butler greeted her.
”Good afternoon, Stanley,” she greeted back, ”These apples are beautiful. I haven't seen one to be so red in color. You must have taken really good care of it,” she smiled at him.
”Thank you. They were very difficult to grow in the beginning because they kept dying due to the weather conditions of the Bonelake. I was finally able to see them grow after years of growing them over and over again,” the butler confessed looking at the trees longingly.
Hearing him speak about it, she asked him, ”How long have you been working for the Lord?” she asked to see him count in his mind before answering her,
”Four decades.”
”I see,” she responded at his answer. In a human's gaze, Stanley would be considered to be in his late twenties but in actuality it would be greater than that. According to what she had studied, half vampires aged the fastest compared to the other vampires but slower when it came to humans.
Thinking the lady must be bored by herself, he asked, ”Would you like to go to the town?” she shook her head.
”I don't feel like going out today but I think I might ask for a letter to be sent to the Meyer's mansion.”
”Of course, milady,” the butler bowed compliantly.
On one cloudy afternoon, Heidi had accompanied both Nicholas and Warren to one of the human town to greet and donate money to an orphanage for children. It wasn't a full fledged home but it was enough to give sufficient amount of food and a roof to live under for the ones who had no one to look after. It was a surprise to see the little children hover over the lord excitedly though the same couldn't be told about the lord.Nonetheless he spoke and acknowledged them, like the polite lord he was meant to behave.Heidi herself took time when she saw a shy girl stand behind the large wooden pillar to go talk to her. The little girl stuttered out words to reply to Heidi but the woman was patient with her.
The main in charge of the orphanage was a woman who had a strict appearance and it seemed like the children were all scared of her. The scene reminded her of something of her past which she immediately pushed it behind her mind. Secretly Heidi looks at the children for any suspected injury but apart from few scrapes and wounds on the knees and elbows she finds nothing to be out of place.
As a getaway for the children from the orphanage. They were taken to a popular river away from the lake of bones.