The Grand House was filled with noise. Reporters holding cameras were complaining to each other about Mrs. Quinn's "difficulty". However, the person who listened to their complaints was Old Hank. This strange old man was finally angered by the reporters' questioning. "Kim! Eat them!"
The Great Dane walked out from behind the living room, glanced at the noisy bones, and left with his head lowered.
Alice took Laura and hid in the back porch listening to Old Hank's roar. The two girls looked at each other and decided to hide in Benjamin's warehouse.
Laura was wearing a black dress today and was supposed to accompany Mrs. Barton to attend Mrs. Quinn's graveside ceremony. But after she arrived in Grande, she stayed here unwilling to leave. As a result, she miscalculated. Under the handling of Louise and Matthew, there was no problem with the two Grande brothers. However, when Zach and Benjamin saw a large number of reporters flocking here, they decided to do their best. It was the duty of the owner of the funeral home to accompany him to the cemetery.
In the cemetery to the west of the Grand House, Father Constantine personally presided over the tomb ceremony. In front of the tomb belonging to the Quinn family, there were young caregivers and strong bodyguards standing behind several old people. These people lowered their heads and waited quietly for the prayer to end.
Zach and Benjamin stood in the distance, not looking absent-minded as usual, but silently observing the old people, when every face faced the person who appeared in the living room more than two months ago. At this time, Zach shook his head and smiled self-deprecatingly, "Fortunately, this is not a big circle."
This is the top circle in Barton City. Grande's secret is only in this old circle, and the vampire's self-feeling is not too bad.
"Hmph." Benjamin scratched the brown hair on his chin unintentionally, "You forgot about Herman's circle, and you also need to add Quest's circle."
The most special class in Barton City - the upper, middle and lower classes in the West End.
The vampire opened his mouth and shook his head. The west side is the root of the city of Barton. On the extended north and south sides, the Grand House still relies on the trunk and branches composed of Anthony and James. Casa Grande is simply an encyclopedia of interracial opposites, both in terms of social relations and the composition of its members.
After finishing the prayer, Constantine looked at the silent lady. Amanda, who was in good health, patted Mrs. Quinn on the back to remind her. Mrs. Quinn raised her half-lidded eyelids, staring at the exquisite coffin placed aside with emotionless eyes.
There shouldn't be any corpses here, just some decaying old things. This was the former cenotaph. Mrs. Quinn turned her head and looked at Zach in the distance. Zach nodded slightly, and Mrs. Quinn withdrew her gaze and waved her hand.
Father Constantine began the next process.
Mrs. Quinn's tomb is different from other cemeteries. There seems to be a stone castle erected above the ground. At the top of the stone castle is the statue of Gabriel. The coffin was pushed in through the side entrance, and several strong farmers pulled the ropes to lower the coffin. A slight click came from the hollow stone fort. The farmer confirmed that the location was correct and started the next step - sealing the tomb.
If they want to lift the coffin again, they must destroy this warehouse that belongs to them.
The farmers got busy, and Father Constantine stepped aside. Zach looked at Constantine from a distance. The priest's usually straight and decent posture seemed to be a little relaxed, and his fingers were pulling on the tightly buttoned collar. This was just a single movement. Soon, the priest's back straightened up, he straightened out his somewhat wrinkled robes, closed his hands again, placed the old sacred book against their abdomens, and looked at the farmers' faces intently. action.
Constantine seemed to notice the gaze coming from the other direction. He turned his head and smiled in Zach's direction. Zach returned the favor, looked at each other with Benjamin, and decided to ask about the situation.
The priest noticed Grande's intention, gave a slight signal to Mrs. Quinn, and walked out of the crowd to meet Grande.
"Mr. Grande." Constantine bowed first as usual, and his address was always formal. He was a meticulous priest, "What can I do?"
"Father." The two of them returned the greeting. Zach smiled and shook his head. "Nothing happened. I just saw that the priest looked a little tired. Are there any difficulties in the church security inspection these days?"
The clergy of Mary's Church have all fallen, which means that the main body of the church in Barton City is now in Crowley's hands. There is no need to worry about what the devil will do to harm the church. After all, hell and heaven are the same belief system, and both are indispensable for the Holy Bishop of the Federation. Crowley wouldn't do anything religiously sabotage.
However, Constantine was originally a marginalized person in the church, otherwise he would not have been assigned to the Church of the Holy Child here. In today’s church, it is even more fringe! Zach didn't want his neighbor to be deliberately made difficult. In fact, he was just looking for a reason not to see Crowley!
"Oh, thank you for your concern." Constantine smiled and crossed himself on his chest, "There is no problem. Although the church was rarely used before, we and the nuns are also very familiar with the daily maintenance. This time There is no difficulty in troubleshooting.”
Constantine once again showed a look of gratitude, "There have been no problems with frequent use some time ago. It can be considered that thanks to Mrs. Barton's generosity, most of the facilities have been updated."
Zach smiled and looked at Barton, who was holding Mrs. Quinn in the crowd.
"It's just that the collapse of the altar last time really gave us a warning. This time, we pay more attention to inspections in this area." Constantine felt a little guilty when he came here.
Zach understood that as the leader of a church, it was normal for the first thing he thought of when receiving a donation was an updated 'facade'. The essential things that really belong to the church are not ignored, but it is obvious that there is already a shadow in the heart of this priest.
Zach comforted the priest with his eyes, "If the priest needs it, old Hank can help to take a look. Although Hank is not a believer, he is very good at carpentry. It is still okay to just give the nuns some reference."
The priest was grateful for Zach's suggestion, "There is no need to trouble the Grand House. There is still plenty of time. We are just doing a self-examination. When the church people come, they will conduct a comprehensive inspection."
Zach nodded, but the concern in his eyes was still there. After facing each other, he could really feel that the other person's aura was not very stable, "Then don't work too hard, priest."
Constantine smiled, with a hint of hesitation on his face. Zach didn't say goodbye, but waited patiently.
"Actually, starting from this morning, those reporters..." Constantine had a trace of distress on his face.
Zach smiled bitterly as he suddenly realized that in addition to 'attacking' the Grand House, those reporters actually thought of 'attacking' the priest who presided over the ceremony.
Mrs. Quinn did a very good job of keeping the secret secret. From the time she decided to share the grave, the news has not been leaked. But this time the tomb joint is also a tomb relocation. It is impossible for Zach, Benjamin, and Jin to secretly dig out the former tomb under the moonlight. So the news still leaked out, so reporters gathered around like ants in a sugar bowl who suddenly discovered an unexpected sugar bowl.
"You can't hide it, Father. In fact, that's why we hid." Zach smiled.
Constantine smiled helplessly. Matthew and Louise had been handling the tomb removal in recent days, and Shao Hui saw these two people present.
After chatting for a while, Constantine looked at the crowd and saw that the tomb was about to be sealed. He said goodbye to Zach and continued to preside over the end of the ceremony.
After a short prayer, the ceremony is completed. Zach and Benjamin walked towards Matthew and Louise, telling them to go back first and disperse the reporters. The two stayed in the cemetery, waiting for Mrs. Quinn's summons.
The elderly, escorted by nurses and bodyguards, walked past Grande's pair, all with thoughtful heads, and returned to their limousines. Mrs. Barton made an explanation and asked Laura to come back before dinner before saying goodbye. Mrs. Quinn was left alone, standing silently in front of the tomb, being supported by the caregiver Amanda.
Seeing the two people approaching, Amanda smiled at them without any hidden gratitude. Obviously she didn't remember that she was almost paralyzed, and Mrs. Quinn didn't tell her any more.
"Thank you." After Amanda retreated far away, Mrs. Quinn said without raising her head.
"This is what we should do." Zach still saluted, and then handed over a tattered thing that seemed to be a notebook.
Mrs. Quinn took a look and asked with some confusion, "What is this?"
This is Porky Quinn's diary that was brought back when King the Great Dane was returned. The cover and pages were covered with teeth marks, and it was supposed to be a 'toy' for this eccentric and very edible dog, which was sent back together.
"This is Pochi's diary from the last year." Zach answered.
Mrs. Quinn raised her eyelids and looked at Zach, and then at the diary full of tooth marks. She seemed to remember something, and her eyes dimmed, "Burn it."
Zach shook his head, and the hand he extended was still in the air, "No, even if it needs to be burned, we Grande shouldn't do it." Zach seemed to be very stubborn and waited, letting Mrs. Quinn take over this matter. It’s something you don’t want people to touch, both in terms of appearance and content.
Zach sighed, "Even the people buried under the anonymous tombstone, Madam finally let them return to the family. Pochi..."
Zach didn't finish his words. Mrs. Quinn, who looked very thin compared to Zach and Benjamin, took the tattered diary and clasped it firmly on the cover with both hands!
Zach saluted again, motioned to Amanda who was standing far away with a confused look on her face, stepped away from Mrs. Quinn, and the two walked towards their exclusive van. Mrs. Queen was left alone, trembling at the grave.
Mrs. Barton's assessment of Mrs. Quinn was that she was 'slurred'.
Zach didn't completely agree. Mrs. Quinn's ambiguity was not because she was pretending to be sophisticated, but because she couldn't make up her mind about certain people. For example, Mrs. Barton would directly treat Kyle as a disgrace to the Barton family and send him to a correctional school. However, Mrs. Quinn grabbed the strange owner of the funeral home when she was about to die, and did not give him any sense of satisfaction at the last moment. .