Chapter 15

SONG: OH PRETTY WOMAN - ROY ORBISON


"It truly is beautiful isn't it?" MacGregor sighed sipping at his drink someone had given him looking out on the view with lily and Rose stood by him either side.


"It is." Lily sighed with a smile.


"Yeah." Rose smiled.


"Right enough with appreciating the view, I need this Arrowhead translated. MacGregor, stay close and Rose sweetheart." Rose looked at her mother. "You can explore until your heart's content."


"Really?" Rose's face lit up.


"Yeah go on I trust you to be safe." Lily mirrored her daughter's smile before Rose ran off excitedly over the fact that her mother was letting her have some freedom and trusting her. Lily smiled at MacGregor before going to find the chief from earlier on hoping she could help her translate the Arrowhead. 


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"Can you translate it?" Lily crossed her fingers.


"Possibly." Trader Sam, the chief from earlier, shrugged. "Possibly, but, you know, there are some impediments."


"Your English gets very exact when you want something. I have the tingling impression we're to negotiate a price." Lily smirked, Trader Sam mirroring the action. 


"You get me. Trader Sam likes a trade." Sam pointed at Lily smiling.


"Oh I bet." Lily nodded as Sam stood up looking around at the very little things MacGregor and Rose had left behind seeming interested in MacGregor's top hat. "Would you like that hat?" Sam hummed in response. "You can have the hat."


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"Hi Uncle Mac." Rose ran up to MacGregor and Frank.


"Hi sweetie."


"Hi Rose." Frank greeted the girl using her proper name for once but the girl ignored him. "So you think she'll get over it?" Frank sighed continuing his conversation with MacGregor.


"Not likely." MacGregor answered bluntly.


"It wasn't personal, you know. It was a pre-existing arrangement." Frank tried to give excuses.


"Cross Lily like that and you are dead to her. Dead and buried..... entombed." MacGregor continued. "Embalmed and entombed."


"I got the idea." Frank rolled his eyes.


"Dead as a dodo." Rose joined in.


"So you're talking to me now?!"


"Dead, dead, dead," MacGregor and Rose spoke in sync, Rose ignoring Frank previous statement.


"MacGregor!"


"This beer's actually quite nice." MacGregor swirled the liquid round in his cup smiling at it, the taste surprising him. 


"It's masato." Frank stated as Rose's eyes widened realising what the liquid her Uncle was drinking from lost of reading about the Amazon. 


"Uncle Mac." Rose cringed as MacGregor hummed in response taking another sip. "It's made out of fermented spit. You're drinking spit!" M<acGregor gulps down the liquid that he sipped. 


"When in Rome." Frank rolled his eyes walking off. "I wish I was in Rome."


"Uncle Mac." Rose held in her laugh. "I'm going to explore some more can you let Mum know."


"Sure Petal." MacGregor rubbed Rose's back soothingly. "Go and have fun." Rose ran off once more MacGregor the one to be smiling widely now seeing his niece truly happy for once.


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"LILY!" Frank rushed to Lily.


"Oh for God's sake I just want to sleep!"


"Where's Rose." Frank continued with his serious tone, now scaring Lily.


"I - I - I don't know MacGregor said she had gone off to explore so, I do - I don't know!" Lily stuttered out of panic. 


"You need to find her and quick." Frank was cut off by a woman screaming now terrifying Lily that Rose could and possibly will be in serious danger.



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