Chapter 11: Diary

"Turn the page. ”

Ryan's voice rang out, and every few minutes, the groundbound spirit would say the same. Then the banshee Alice would put down her old journal of Sbella Tempest and turn the page for the Earthbinders.

The two are not reading the same book.

Alice watched it from ten years ago, while Ryan watched it from the last three years. Sibella's letter, which had been opened by the bedside, contained nothing but the words, 'My son, look at my diary, you will understand.' ’

In fact, Ryan doesn't understand. Before he became a groundbinder, the box had never been a secret, he didn't understand it even if he had read the diary, he didn't understand why his brother Rivench left home, he didn't understand why his parents kicked Alice out after agreeing to adopt her, and now, he couldn't understand why his parents had never touched him for three years, and even now, he just abandoned Barton.

Alice had already turned a few pages, and the banshee, realizing that Ryan hadn't turned the page for a while, looked up at Ryan floating in mid-air.

Ryan tilted his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Won't you turn the page?" asked Alice.

"If you don't turn it over, it's useless to read it. Ryan's drifting body streaked in the air.

Alice put down the diary and asked, "Have you read all these old diaries?"

"Yes. Connor replied.

Alice pointed to a line of words: "'It's winter, I'm happy with the new yarn, and I want to be able to knit new sweaters for everyone by Thanksgiving.'" Last year's sweater doesn't seem to be of much use......'"

"What are you doing with this!" Ryan glared at Alice dissatisfied, he had seen these things when he was a boy, and they were all trivial. It's a lot more boring than the notes on the recipe of the potion in the box where the spell is recorded.

Ryan's mother, Sbella's journaling style hasn't changed in any way, even in the last three years.

Alice ignored Ryan's complaints and continued: "'Last year's sweater doesn't seem to be of much use, especially Ryan's, he grows fast, and last year's sweater is already a little smaller. I'm going to throw them all away tomorrow and miss the church fundraiser, which is a shame. ’”

"Hah! she never donates anything to the church! and says she missed!" Ryan snorted.

Alice glanced at Ryan, continued to look back at her diary, and read, "'A very sad thing happened today, when I discarded my old belongings on Ogier Street, I lost my wallet, which contained more than four hundred dollars, enough for one person to live for a month. Forget it, it's Thanksgiving, and may the person who picked up my wallet be grateful. ’”

"Hmph! she's been like this all the time, losing ......."

Ryan's words were interrupted by Alice.

"I remember that winter. Your mother was wrong, and I spent the whole winter on those four hundred or so. Alice looked at Ryan and said. The banshees have never been so calm.

Ryan twitched around the edge of his transparent body in the air, not seeing him turn around, as if it was just smoke dissipating and gathering, Ryan's frowning brow kept flickering.

"And, of course, those sweaters, I remember my favorite one with the red stripes because it fits the most. Alice thought for a moment, got up from her bed, and walked to her closet, "Do you want to see it?" Alice opened the closet, pulled out a cardboard box on the ground floor, opened it, and pushed it in front of Ryan.

"That's what I used to be. Alice pulled out one piece of clothing, "Even though I can wear all the boys' looks, I sleep on the street and don't have any choice." You're lucky to find these in the trash, especially if you find your wallet. ”

Alice was silent for a moment, then repacked the box, pushed it back into place, walked over to the journal Ryan had read earlier, and flipped through a few pages.

"'Spring is coming, and it used to be this time of year when Ryan's love was always unusually exciting, as the Barton High School League was about to begin. I always tell him that it's not a good thing to be unstable, and it's easy to lose yourself, but he's just a teenager, and I don't listen to much of it. ’”

Ryan's body began to flicker, and the transparent body boundaries were merging with the air, and as Sbella said, it was not a good thing to be emotional.

"'I should have reminded this kid, well, let me think, what to bring to see him?' What about the flowers of the Soul Attraction Grass? Remember the time before he left us, he seemed to be very interested in the Soul Attracting Grass, what a headache of interest. Hey, let's just decide, fortunately I planted a large area of soul-attracting grass last year, otherwise this spring, it seems that there will be a little bit of a shortcoming. ’”

"That's enough!" Ryan yelled, "I don't want to hear it! Put it all away! I don't want to see this!"

Alice looked at Ryan, who had completely merged with the air at the edge of her body, and stopped reading, put away the letter and the diary that Ryan was reading, and left the one she was reading, and continued to look at it.

Time passed with the sound of a soft flip book, and another girl appeared at the door of Alice's room, "Alice, what are you looking at?" Lola jumped on Alice's bed very familiarly, leaning on the shoulder of her friend who was still paying attention to an old book, "Indian?

Alice tilted her head, looked at her friend, and smiled helplessly, "I'm an Indian!"

"But you've been adopted here......" As soon as Lola finished speaking, she realized that she had said a very sensitive word, and her voice immediately lowered, "I didn't mean that." ”

"I know. Alice patted Lola's hand and showed that she didn't care.

Lola breathed a sigh of relief and looked curiously at the dense notes that had been written, "What is this?"

"Diary, the family I used to foster, the diary of that owner. Alice said honestly.

Lola blinked, snatched the diary and closed it, and tossed it aside, "What are you doing with it?!You sued me, you used to live in the big ......" Lola reacted quickly and avoided the sensitive part, "They're not good people!"

Alice smiled and took the diary, "I used to think so, but they weren't that bad, at least they taught me the Indian script." ”

Lola frowned, she felt that her friend was too kind, and saw that Alice opened the diary again and asked, "What is written?"

"'Today I met the two people I used to do again, they looked at me, I looked at them. It's ridiculous. I don't know if it's more ridiculous for two people to stand together like that, or if it's more ridiculous for me to look at them calmly. But I don't have anything to worry about, today I got a new shawl, it's a little heavy, and when I walk, I make a light collision sound, which makes passers-by look at me. ’”

"What is this about?" asked Lola, confused.

Alice ignored her friend's question, she was already about to see the end, and continued, "'Unfortunately, there is no way, I need to throw away the garbage in my hand, Ryan (personal name, Alice is not translated in Federal) has never had asthma, and I don't know what I bought so much asthma medicine for. You can't trust buy-one-get-one-free scams anymore. ’”

"I heard Benjamin say that you used to have a lot of asthma too!" Lola said as if she remembered something.

Alice smiled, "'I've thrown away the trash, look at the two behind me, and this needs to stop.'" I don't want to go out in such a heavy shawl every day. I made a gesture to them to stay here, and they seemed to understand, until I turned the corner, and they were still there. Well, it's a strange day, so don't come back to Ogier Street in the future. ’”

Alice closed the journal, and she didn't have to look at the rest anymore.

Lola looked at Alice's face with a hint of a smile, blinked, thought for a while, and still held her ground, "Still, they're not good people! They shouldn't have ...... in the first place" Lola found that there were too many sensitive words to avoid at all. Moreover, it was a very private matter, and Lola should not have asked about it in the first place. There was a wave of frustration on the girl's face.

Alice didn't say anything, she had already seen the first part in the morning, and Lola couldn't hear it. Alice just smiled and put the diary in the drawer, "Let's go find Benjamin." ”

Lola's frustration changed to a different object, "He's not there, Matthew says he and Zach are out." ”

Alice sighed, not knowing what entertainment to prepare for her friend. The House of Grande is not an interesting place.

"Matthew is here?" Alice noticed the person in Lola's words, at noon, while everyone was eating, Matthew's mother rushed to the Grande House to inform Matthew that his father was injured, and then Benjamin gave him a vacation, and now he is actually here again.

"Well, he's down there, waiting for someone from the telecom, are you going to install a new phone?" asked Lola, retracting her frustration.

"yes, Zach said to keep work and personal phone calls separate. Alice wasn't lying, and she suddenly had an idea: "Let's go to the kitchen and make something to eat for Matthew's father." ”

"Oh. Lola nodded, but asked in confusion, "What's wrong with his father?"

"During the prayer, he was wounded. He was supposed to be given a holiday, but he still came. Alice explained as she walked.

"Ahh

"Huh?" Alice looked at Lola, "What's wrong?"

"There were also people in our West End who were injured during the service, and my grandmother came back and said that it was a good thing I didn't go with me. ”

"Is Mrs. Barton alright?" asked Alice, worried.

"Well, she's fine, but her friend is hurt. Lola thought for a moment, "There's one you should know, Lady Quinn." ”

Alice's footsteps faltered, "What's wrong with Lady Quinn?"

"Don't worry. Lola saw Alice's sudden excitement and comforted her, "Lady Quinn is only slightly injured, but her caregiver doesn't seem to be doing well." ”

"Grandmother said that while she was praying, the priest's pulpit suddenly collapsed and slammed right into the front row, and she happened to be standing beside her, and pulled Mrs. Quinn past her, and she was held down. ”