CHAPTER NO. 1

FLASHBACKS

1980, 28 OCTOBER, LONDON

4:00 AM

Ohhhh Ahhhh My head is spinning so much where am I. This place seems like I’ve been here

before but I don’t seem to remember much clearly. Why my head is hurting I don’t remember

being drunk last night then why I’m reeking of alcohol.

[ Aislinn woke up in a room full of uncertain thoughts in her mind. she doesn’t seem to

remember anything from the last night. The situation in the room is a bit messy her cloths are

over the bed and the room is one of the mansion. There is a casement window at the front wall of

her room which is half open and sizzling air is blowing through it.

The door to her room opens with a creaking noise like it’s not been oiled for a couple of year. An

old lady dressed as a maid come in the room without knocking with a tray of typical morning

breakfast.]

The old lady addresses the women in the bed as young lady,

your breakfast is ready, young lady

wash yourself up, eat the breakfast and come join us in the fireplace room.

[ The old lady left with a smirk on her face. She not even asked how she was and it seems to

Aislinn like she ordered to come downstairs. The facial expressions of Aislinn were comfortable

when she encountered the old lady’s presence but were changed after she left with a strange

tone.]

Ohh God what a strange and cold encounter it was. My head is hurting so I think I should first

eat the breakfast and then figure out the situation here as well as my own thoughts. Why did she

call me young lady? I’m not that much young to be called young. I’m 30. She could have used

my name. Oh well it doesn’t matter to me anyway. I think she said “come join us in the

fireplace room”. It seems like there are more folks downstairs I better go down and ask them

why am I here and what happened to me last night.

[While Aislinn was getting ready to know the truth about last night, suddenly a cool breeze

flowed and swirl swiftly through her long black hair as the air blew , a series of flashbacks

occurred in her subconscious mind , at the same time a thunder bolt in the sky flashed after a few

seconds the thundering sound came and Aislinn felt surreal for a moment with Goosebumps she

tried to remember the flashbacks again but it was useless she forgot.

But she remembered

something a piece of a flashback, a piece of an unfinished event , a fact , a thing that could

possibly answer the question that what was she doing here in the first place]

Everything seems strange at this moment that now one doesn't remember the past they had once. maybe that was bound to happen sooner or later.

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CHAPTER NO.2

A SHORT INTRODUCTION

5:00 AM

[ A screaming sound comes from the downstairs]

Oh My God what is that sound coming from did something horrible happened downstairs I

should go and check.

[Aislinn rushes down without any second thoughts about the scream and the thing that she had

just remembered.]

Is everyone alright I just heard some screaming noises?

Yes, my lady everything is alright but someone is not, said the old man.

[Aislinn became shocked to witness the dead body of a young man that was lying on the bed in

another room on the right side of the mansion]

OH My!!!! What happened to this young man. Is he really dead?

I’m really sorry My lady you had to witness such an accident. He had a heart disease and we

didn’t know. This morning he had a heart attack and when our maid came to give his morning

tea she found her dead already .

But how did you know he had a disease like this?

My lady we found some medicines in his possession that’s how we became sure.

Was he a guest here? Shouldn’t we contact his family first. They would be worried if they had

known about his poor health.

Yes, my lady he is a guest, well we will take care of this matter, as we are possible you should

take some rest in the fireplace room.

But I want to ask some other questions about last night. By the way sir what’s your name I mean

how should I call you?

My lady, it’s Thomas Fred. About last night you can ask from my nephew he works here with

me. He is in the fireplace room his name is Andrew. Now please excuse me.

Yeah sure Thomas.

[what happened downstairs was not predicted it was just ought to happen. Aislinn was not sure

whom to believe and she thought that Thomas was hiding something, something that shouldn’t

be hidden, not from her.

Andrew was sitting on the couch as she entered, A young man with wrinkled face and brown

curly hair.]

Welcome my lady how are you feeling now, last night you were quite drunk I think you are

much better now.

Yes, Andrew I’m fine now but could you tell me how I ended up here in this mansion I don’t

remember clearly.

It was 7:35 in the evening we were all having our evening tea while enjoying the weather outside

when suddenly we heard a noise of a car’s horn and then the bell.

We opened the door and welcomed you but you were completely drunk and barely standing up.

so Rebecca our maid helped you to get in your room. We thought you had lost your way, so we

helped you.

So, this means I came here in my own car well could you tell me where my car is parked right

now?

It’s where you left it last night my lady, outside, near the garden.

[At this moment Aislinn thought that the plot described by Andrew was not fully correct because

she remembered one thing from last night she wasn’t drunk at all, When the door to the mansion

was opened she ran upstairs so quickly like she had discovered something or was going to

discover.

Now the problem was that she didn’t remember what she was going to discover.

The only solution to this problem was to search for more clues in her car and upstairs………….]

I should go and find my car maybe I’ll find something that may lead me to somewhere.

But where are my car keys I don’t remember putting it somewhere. Maybe Rebecca knows

because she is the one that cleans the rooms and do other chores.

[Aislinn hurries to the kitchen which is located beside the fireplace room and searches for

Rebecca the maid]

Rebecca are you here?

Oh, young lady how come you are here. Is there any work for me?

Yes, I mean do you happen to know where my car keys are?

Yes, young lady the car keys happen to be on the key holder that is right there in the fireplace

room. You will find some shelves there and the holder is beside the shelves.

Thanks Rebecca.

The key holder is full of keys how would I recognize mine one here oh there are tags on the

keys seems like these are the keys for the rooms in the mansion so it means the key without tag

might be the one I’m looking for.

Now the key to the secret is in my hands. I hope I’ll find something there.

CHAPTER NO.3

THE UNFINISHED STORY

7:05 AM

This mansion was a traditional style English country house situated on the streets of the famous

and historic The Bishops Avenue, North London.

The owner of this mansion was Thomas Fred the old man, only a few people residing in The

Bishops Avenue knew about his family and his nephew Andrew.

In the early 1970s there was a mysterious story going around in the area that Thomas, older

brother James Walter had a daughter in her 20s who was the real heir of this mansion and the

whole property but due to some unfortunate accident his brother and his niece had died in the winters

of 1968.

Of course, these were the rumors that had gone a while in the neighborhood but after some time

the rumors had gone away.

But a letter was found in the possession of Thomas Fred who said that it was from his late

brother James Walter.

In the letter James had left a dying message for his younger brother that

goes like this according to Thomas.

My dear brother,

I hope this letter finds you in good health I don’t have much time left so I’ll

get straight to the point I was dealing with a black business here in Zurich due to which

fortunately I was able to keep the mansion and my daughter both healthy but some unforeseen

events had taken place here in Zurich so I wont be able to come back in London as we

promised. The black business has gone bad if something happens to me you are responsible

for the mansion for the time being until my daughter comes here and take over the property

and the mansion that I have left for her.

Your brother,

James Walter

The letter clearly says that the daughter was alive but in these many years she didn’t even once

called her uncle nor she visited the mansion.

So, the rumors took their place and everyone in the neighborhood thought the daughter might had

died. Till now there was no word from her so, two conclusions were made either she died or

maybe she is hiding from the gang that belonged to the black business her father was involved in.

So, by luck Thomas had taken over the whole property as well as the mansion as he was not

married and had no children to whom he could further pass on the mansion. So, he decided to

give the mansion to his nephew Andrew, his only family.

Andrew was basically not his nephew he was the only son of his best friend who had early died

in a car crash with his wife when Andrew was only 5 years old. So that’s how Andrew came

under his uncle Thomas Fred’s care…….

[Aislinn was on her way to the car with the keys suddenly she overheard someone talking to the

maid in the hall room the voices that Aislinn heard were familiar.]

What are those voices they seem so familiar to me seems like Rebecca and Thomas are talking

on some important issue but why does Thomas voice seem so sharp like he is a kind of rebuking

her.

I don’t have the time to over hear them I should better check my car out there.

[Aislinn goes outside the mansion and straight towards the garden where her car was parked it

was raining heavily. The weather was not so pleasant in the month of October]

There my car is ohhhhh my its punctured I don’t remember that my car was punctured it was fine

when I arrived here how could it be like this.

I think someone was out here doing some dirty

tricks with my car I better look inside if something is missing.

Hmmm there is a luggage a big one it seems like I was planning to live here for a long time, I

better take my luggage with me and search it more thoroughly I might find something that will

help me to remember my lost memories.

Oh, what is stuck here in the passenger seat looks like a

scrap of paper. Something is scribbled on it, A clue maybe.