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-A few hours later-
The funeral had come to an end, and Oreo and Vanilla were standing in front of Vienna’s family’s mansion, planning to go home.
“I can’t believe Viscount didn’t come…” Oreo said in a somber tone as she stared forward.
“Well, she’s an adult and a professional journalist. As much as I’m sure she’d like to have some time off and be able to come to the funeral, it’s not something that will always be possible. Even if she did manage to get some time off, it’s possible she could’ve been suddenly ordered to come to work by her boss because of something happening in Corner Brook.”
“You’re right. But even then, that’s such a heartless thing for her boss to do.”
“True, unfortunately, that’s just the way the world works.”
Oreo looked up at the sky and saw that it was filled with dark clouds.
“I think it’s about time we start to leave. It might start raining any minute now.”
“Let’s hurry then.” Vanilla said before grabbing her girlfriend’s hand.
The couple began to walk away, but they didn’t manage to get too far from the mansion when Vienna called their name.
“Are you girls leaving already?”
“Yes. We’re gonna head out before it starts to rain.”
“But we were about to have lunch!”
“I’m sorry, but we can’t afford to stay here for much longer, or we’ll risk having to head home while it’s pouring, potentially getting us sick.” Vanilla said, frowning slightly.
“I understand… but before you two go. Can you promise we’ll be able to hang out sometime later?”
“Now that you mention hanging out… we never did manage to go-“
Vanilla stopped herself mid sentence and put her left hand over her mouth.
“Vanilla, is something the matter?” Oreo asked.
“Nope! Everything’s fine. I just remembered I had something to do for my aunt back at home.”
“In that case, we have to hurry home!”
The couple turned to Vienna.
“Well, we’re gonna be leaving now.”
“See you later.” Vanilla said as she and her girlfriend walked away.
“Bye, girls…” Vienna said as her friends walked away.
-A few minutes later-
Vanilla and Oreo returned to their house. Sitting on the couch as usual was Bel.
“How did the funeral go, girls?” She asked, looking up at them.
“It went well, I guess. It was a little bit rushed, but what can you expect when you only had a few hours to prepare such an event?” Oreo responded.
“I haven’t gone to a funeral in a long time. Last time I went to one was when my sister and her husband died. I don’t really remember much of the event, only that I was barely able to stop crying during it and had to take a month off from work afterward.”
“Were you close to my mom?”
“Yes. Your mother and I had the same friends, so we were always by each other’s sides growing up. When we grew up, I didn’t have much time to visit her as I was usually away for work, but still, I bought a small house near where she and her husband lived so that I could still be a part of her life. When the news that she and her husband died broke… I couldn’t believe it. I thought I was being pranked. It didn’t truly sink in that they were truly gone until I was told that my niece was now going to be in my custody.” Tears began to well up in her eyes.
“Are you okay, Bel?” Oreo asked.
“You look like you’re going to cry.”
“It’s fine. You were curious about my relationship with your mother. I’m your only source of information about her, so I’m more than happy to answer any questions you have about her.”
After they were done speaking with the pink haired woman, Oreo and Vanilla walked into their room. Vanilla closed the door, walked over to her bed, and sat down on it.
“Why did you stop talking to Vienna when we were about to leave?” The white haired girl asked as she sat beside her girlfriend.
“When we first talked about going shopping together, I promised that it would be the four of us… but now that Murray’s gone… that’s not possible, a-and it’ll never be.”
“…Vanilla.” Oreo sat down beside her girlfriend and hugged her. “I’m sure that Murray wouldn’t want you to be upset over the fact she can’t hang out with us. On the contrary. I believe that she’d be happy about us being able to have fun going shopping without her. While it’s true that the four of us won’t be able to go shopping anymore, at least three of us will be able to have fun together.”
“Yes. Murray wouldn’t want us to not be able to have any fun because of her death. We need to be able to go shopping sometime soon to honor the promise we made to her!”
Oreo smiled and nodded her head.
-The next day-
Viscount stood behind the gate to Amos’ mansion. Somehow, she had managed to sneak in without anyone exiting the building, a passerby spotting her, or the police seeing her.
I can’t stand here for too long, or I’ll risk getting kicked out of here or worse, arrested by the police. I need somewhere to hide quickly. Viscount thought to herself before running behind to the water fountain in the center of the front yard. She stood there for several seconds, looking to the left and right to see if there was anybody nearby, before running over to the left side of the building.
“This might not be the best spot to hide in, but there aren’t many others, and as long as nobody sticks their head out of the windows, they shouldn’t be able to see me. Now the only thing that’s left is to wait for a maid to exit the building.” She murmured to herself with a grin on her face.