Christy touched its head and asked, "Do you have videos about small Trevor? I want to see his memory when he was very young..."
Eleven stood still, eyes sweeping across the wall and shooting out a scene with a beam of light.
It was when Trevor was younger. He hid in a corner and was found by the adults. There were sounds noisy and messy. Many people were calling him, some laughing and some greeting.
The scene changed. It was another dark corner where Trevor curled up, motionless. The world in his eyes was black, so was Christy.
At the same time. In the Peck's.
Arabella climbed up the stairs to the garret where she walked around and took out a glass bottle containing a rose. She then walked to the warehouse where she used to store childhood toys.
Servants helped her look for old things. Some of them were covered in heavy dust. The servants took them out and clean them. Arabella suddenly saw a little robot made by Trevor, which was probably replaced by eleven.
"Wipe that." Arabella pointed at the little robot.
The servants quickly wiped the little robot. Someone accidentally pressed something, and the little robot sparked a flash of light, casting an image.
The servants looked at each other in dismay and thought that Mr. Trevor was controlling the little robot. They shouted, "Mr. Trevor?"
Arabella looked at the scene projected and felt familiar. She said to the servant, "Stop talking. Everyone stands back."
The servants quickly stood back.
Hearing that Arabella was looking for childhood toys, her parents also rushed over. When they arrived at the door, a scene was just cast on the wall. The little robot stood there coldly, casting the scene from its gray gemstone eyes.
"What is this?" Rachel had never seen the scene before and was stunned.
"Is this our garden?" Mr. Peck asked. An old vat, about the width of two people and the height of one person, which was used for watering flowers more than twenty years ago, was on the scene.
Trevor was hiding behind the vat.
Arabella had no memory of that, and asked in shock, "Was he playing hide-and-seek?"
Trevor could only play hide-and-seek with her. Was he playing with her?
Arabella had no such memory. She stared at the scene, trying to recall.
In the scene, Trevor, about three or four years old, was squatting quietly behind the water tank. His small hands grasped the water tank. He peeked out to take a look, and then quickly hid back. Soon, two servants came over, carrying small buckets. They scooped water from the tank and chatted.
"Have you heard? The Pecks have already begun to choose a successor. It is probably Mr. Trevor. He has a high IQ and is smarter than Miss Arabella."
"No way. The Pecks have always been held by the hostess. I think it should be Miss Arabella."
"It's not feudal era. We value wisdom now. Mr. Trevor is smarter than Miss Arabella. Didn't you find that? Mr. Trevor is three times faster than Miss Arabella in counting numbers."
"The Pecks wouldn't allow two heirs to compete for inheritance before. If there were twins, they would strangle one of them after birth."
"Really? Then Mr. Trevor would strangle Miss Arabella if he becomes the heir?"
"I don't know, but I guess that only one of them can survive..."
"Big family like the Pecks is used to bloodshed. Like in ancient times, the prince killed the king for the throne. The children are young, so it's easy to deal with it. Just tell the others that one of them died of illness..."
As the two chatted away, Trevor, who was hiding behind the tank, did not move.
After some time, Arabella and the servants finally found Trevor. She clapped her hands and shouted, "I found you! I am your sister! You have to call me sister!"
Trevor was born one second earlier than Arabella, but Arabella wouldn't call him brother. She kept looking for a chance to persuade Trevor to call her sister. Trevor agreed to play this hide-and-seek and promised to call her sister if Trevor was found.
However, Trevor had regretted it and wouldn't call her sister or say anything.
The next scene was dark. Trevor hid somewhere and covered his ears, with those voices rushing over.
"The Pecks wouldn't allow two heirs to compete for inheritance before. If there were twins, they would strangle one of them after birth."
"Really? Then Mr. Trevor would strangle Miss Arabella if he becomes the heir?"
"I don't know, but I guess that only one of them can survive..."
"Strangle one of them..."
"Only one of them can survive..."
"Strangle..."
"Only one of them can survive..."
"One of them..."
"Trevor! Why are you hiding here?" Rachel's voice came as she opened the cabinet, looking at Trevor in worry and fear, "What happened? Trevor. My boy. Don't scare me."
Arabella, standing behind, wailed in confusion.
Mr. Peck was comforting Arabella, so were the servants. Some servants rushed to Trevor and extended their hands, "Mr. Trevor. Will you come out?"
Trevor covered his ears in fear and closed his eyes, unwilling to look again.
But those voices drilled into his eardrums.
"Strangle one of them..."
"Only one of them can survive..."
"Strangle...."
"Only one of them can survive..."
"One of them."
"Trevor! My child! What happened!" Rachel almost cried out. She pulled Trevor out, but only to find that he was trembling in fear. Soon, he vomited and fainted while spitting out foam.
As Trevor closed his eyes, the scene on the wall turned dark too, leaving noises. Those voices finally disappeared when Trevor completely fainted.
The little robot probably ran out of power. The gray gemstone eyes lit up and then suddenly extinguished, with the entire body toppling down.
Arabella staggered and fell to the ground. She looked at her parents at the door and the servants, and asked in confusion, "Dad, Mom, what was it just now? Was it Trevor's memory? Is he autistic because of me?"