American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 334 Mrs. Ashton
"Edward was hospitalized two months ago due to a stroke, and he hasn't fully recovered yet, so he needs oxygen."

Ella explained, and her words silenced Jamie.

After a long while, Jamie continued speaking in a dry voice.

Why didn't you tell me these things?

Edward spoke.

“I have written you many letters and made many phone calls, but you have neither replied to your letters nor answered my calls.”

Hearing this, Jamie felt even more guilty.

To make himself feel better, Jamie suddenly mentioned the poem his mother used to sing to him when he was a child.

"Father, do you still have that poem about Mary Shaw?"

Edward's cloudy eyes drooped, as if he had remembered something sad.

Ella, who was standing nearby, offered an explanation for Edward.

"Jamie, it's just a poem, don't overthink it."

Jamie frowned. Roy had already told him that Mary Shaw was real, and the bizarre way his wife died proved it.

"Something's not right! There must be something wrong with this poem. Are you hiding something from me?"

Jamie looked at his father, Edward.

Edward took a few quick breaths, as if he was having trouble breathing because he was angry.

Ella quickly placed the oxygen mask on Edward's face and then helped him catch his breath.

"Jamie, your father isn't feeling well, so please don't upset him, okay?"

Seeing his father's weak state, Jamie felt guilty again and was too embarrassed to continue mentioning the poem.

"Fine, if you don't want to tell me, then forget it."

After saying that, Jamie turned to leave.

At this moment, Edward spoke again in a weak voice.

Jamie, would you like to stay at my place tonight?

This voice was filled with an old father's longing for his son to return home; it truly brought tears to the eyes of anyone who heard it and saddened anyone who saw it!

Jamie stopped in his tracks, his face full of hesitation.

Seeing his father's aged and ailing state did make Jamie feel guilty, but he couldn't get over his own conscience.

Just as he was about to refuse, Roy suddenly grabbed Jamie's shoulder.

"I think it's okay for Jamie to stay at my place for the night, right?"

Jamie certainly didn't dare refuse Roy, who was capable of opening iron gates with his bare hands, so he could only nod awkwardly.

Hearing this, Edward looked very pleased, and even Ella showed a happy expression.

"Please sit in the living room for a moment. I'll take Edward back to his room first. He needs to rest and can't talk to people for long periods of time. I'll tidy up the room for you in a bit."

After saying that, Ella pushed Edward away, leaving Roy and Jamie in the living room.

"Mr. Black, why are we..."

"Shh!"

Roy gestured for silence. Although Ella had pushed Edward away, it didn't mean there weren't Mary Shaw's spies in the living room. He noticed some dolls in the living room and could vaguely sense some eyes watching him.

These dolls are probably also controlled by Mary Shaw, and Roy and Jack's conversation would definitely be overheard.

"This is not the place to talk. Let's wait until we're in a safe place."

Jamie found it strange; what could be unsafe in his own home?
But since Roy said so, Jamie could only believe him and quietly sit on the living room sofa and wait.

After a while, Eileen returned.

"Jamie, you should stay in your own room. It's quite clean there, and I clean it regularly. As for Mr. Blake, I'll prepare a guest room for you now. Since we rarely have guests, some of the less frequently used rooms are quite dusty."

"Mrs. Ashin, thank you very much."

Roy smiled and thanked Ella, then Ella led the two upstairs.

To be honest, Ella is really great. Not only is she beautiful and has a good temperament, but Roy can also tell that she has a very good figure.

Even though she was dressed in a rather dignified and virtuous manner, it still couldn't hide Ella's slender and sexy figure.

Especially when Ella was walking up the stairs, the way she walked seemed to be tempting Roy and Jamie.

Roy's expression turned strange. Was he about to stage a scene from "The Young Stepmother" or "A Friend's Mother"?
When Ella arrived at Jamie's room on the second floor, she opened the door.

"Look, isn't it the same as when you left?"

Jamie became dazed as he entered his room, memories of the past flooding back.

Not long after his mother's unexpected death, his father Edward married a young and beautiful new wife. At the time, he was a teenager and very dissatisfied with his father's attitude, so he left home in a huff.

That departure lasted for more than a decade.

When Jamie returned, he was around thirty years old and had a wife. His father, Edward, didn't even give him his blessing for the marriage.

This is rare in Europe and America. If a marriage does not receive the blessings of both sets of parents, it is basically equivalent to eloping, which is equivalent to severing the father-son relationship.

Edward knew nothing until his wife died.

“Mr. Black, I’ll take you to the guest room.”

Jamie stayed in his room, reminiscing about the past.

Roy gestured to Jamie, indicating that he shouldn't scream.

As long as Jamie doesn't scream, Roy can save him no matter what happens. But if Jamie screams and triggers Mary Shaw's power, then Roy can't do anything but help him get revenge.

I wonder if Jamie, who was looking dazed, noticed Roy's actions.

“Mr. Black, this is your room. Let me tidy it up for you.”

Ella first opened the window to let in fresh air, and then began to clean the dust in the room.

It's clear that this room hasn't been used for a long time.

Not only was there a lot of dust, but there were even spider webs in the corners.

After cleaning off some dust, Ella took out blankets and pillows from the cabinet and laid them out.

As Roy watched Ella bend over to make the bed, a question suddenly popped into his head.

Dolls don't seem like a bad idea, do you?
Roy's recipes already include ghosts, demons, and female robots. How about trying something new?
I quickly shook my head, trying to shake off the discordant thoughts in my mind. Recently, my desires seem to have increased again. I don't know if it's because the realm of desire has upgraded to the embodiment of desire.

"That should be enough."

After making the bed, Ella got up, wiped her sweat, and smiled brightly.

The sunlight streaming in through the window fell on Ella, giving her a soft, haloed glow.

The scenery was so beautiful that Roy couldn't help but take a few more glances.

Ella truly lives up to her reputation as a perfect doll. Not only does she behave and speak exactly like a human, but she also possesses a soul indistinguishable from a normal human. It's a mystery how Mary Shaw managed to do it. Creating a perfect doll from a human body falls within the realm of magic, but directly creating a soul is the domain of God.

Roy strongly suspects that the soul inside Ella's body was not created by Mary Shaw, but rather that she had stuffed a ghost into the body of this perfect doll.

"Mrs. Ashin, thank you very much."

"It's nothing, it's just a small matter."

As she spoke, Ella tried to leave the guest room.

But at that moment, Ella suddenly lost her balance and fell forward, landing right in Roy's arms, who was standing at the door of the guest room.

Roy caught Ella instinctively; it was a completely natural reaction, without any selfish motives.

With a soft, fragrant body in his arms, Roy's expression turned strange.

Isn't this development a bit too cliché?
However, this confirmed Roy's suspicion that Ella's figure was indeed the type that made her look slim in clothes, and that she was truly well-endowed without any exaggeration.

"Mrs. Ashton, are you alright?"

"I'm fine. It's probably because I've been dieting recently, so I have a little low blood sugar."

In cases of low blood sugar, it is indeed possible to experience a sudden blackout when standing up after bending over or squatting. Ella's explanation is quite reasonable.

But outsiders might not be able to understand it.

"What are you doing?"

Jamie walked over at some point and happened to see Roy embracing Ella in an intimate pose.

Ella quickly pushed Roy away, hurriedly brushed her hair aside and straightened her clothes, her expression somewhat shy.

These subtle gestures and expressions seem somewhat like an attempt to cover something up.

"It's nothing. I almost fell, and Mr. Blake helped me up."

Sure enough, when Jamie saw Ella's actions and expressions, and heard what she said, he began to look at Roy with a strange gaze.

Roy is indeed the kind of charming boy with great sexual tension, while Ella is a lonely housewife in her thirties whose husband is quite old and has recently suffered a stroke that has left him unable to move.

It seems quite normal for something to happen between the two of them.

It's no wonder Jamie was thinking this; that scene has appeared in so many movies and TV shows, especially those set in Tokyo and the San Fernando Valley.

So Roy answered Jamie directly.

"Jamie, please don't overthink it. I was indeed having an affair with your stepmother just now."

"Oh, so it was just—what did you say? How is that possible!"

Jamie and Ella both looked at Roy in shock, completely taken aback by his words.

"What are you looking at? Isn't that what you want to hear from me? You won't believe me even if I say it!"

Roy glanced at Jamie and immediately knew he was joking.

To be honest, Jamie had initially suspected that Roy and his stepmother Ella had some issues, but now that Roy had said this, he felt that there was nothing between them.

Ella wiped away non-existent sweat, her face displaying a bewildered expression. Roy's witty remarks had probably left her unsure how to continue the scene, so she could only force herself to keep up the script.

"Well, it's almost lunchtime. What would you like to eat?"

Jamie found it odd that the topic had suddenly shifted to lunch, but he was still prepared to answer his stepmother Ella's question.

"Just grab something quick and easy—"

At this moment, Roy interrupted Amy again.

"Mrs. Ashin, I'm sorry, Jamie and I have something to do at noon, so we won't be back for lunch. But we will be back for dinner tonight."

After saying that, Roy forcibly locked Jamie's neck and walked out.

"Ouch! That hurts!"

"Shut up, Jamie! Stop acting like a sissy!"

Under Ella's strange gaze, Roy and Jamie left the big house.

Jamie didn't start asking questions until they left Jamie's house and got back into the Bumblebee van parked by the roadside.

"Mr. Black, why did you let me stay at your house in the first place, and then not let me have lunch at home?"

"Just wait a moment."

Roy activated his Eye of Truth, glanced at the puppet Billy lying in the back seat, and only answered Jamie's question after confirming that Mary Shaw was not controlling Billy to eavesdrop.

"There's something wrong with your young stepmother."

Roy didn't mention that Jamie's father was dead and had been turned into a doll, fearing that Jamie would lose control of his emotions and be unable to complete the performance if he knew the truth.

In comparison, if Amy only knew that Ella had a problem, she should be able to accept it.

Upon hearing this, Jamie was indeed very shocked, but that was all.

"Is there something wrong with Ella? What's wrong with her?"

“I suspect she’s been controlled by Mary Shaw. Think about it, Mary Shaw has already reached out to your wife, has she even visited your father who has been living in Ravensfield?”

Yes, according to Roy, if Mary Shaw's goal was really to avenge the descendants of the townspeople who killed her, how could she possibly let go of the Ashton family, who had been mayors for generations? Or rather, the Ashton family was Mary Shaw's greatest enemy.

Thinking of this, Jamie panicked a little. Although he did have some dissatisfaction with his father Edward, he didn't want him to be in danger.

"What should we do? Shouldn't we rescue my father first?"

Roy shook his head; he couldn't let Jamie have direct contact with Edward yet.

The current situation is that Roy, Mary Shaw, and the Hook Man have practically revealed their hand to each other.

Both sides knew each other's goals: Mary Shaw wanted to kill Jamie to get revenge, while Roy wanted to retrieve Jennifer's soul and capture Mary Shaw.

However, Mary Shaw was unaware that Roy had read the script and already knew Ella and Edward's secret, essentially knowing their cards.

So Roy is actually a level above Mary Shaw now. He has to make sure Mary Shaw thinks he doesn't know the secret in order to find an opportunity to catch her.

Otherwise, given Roy's previous display of strength, Mary Shaw might have gone into hiding, making it more difficult to find her later.

The only variable now is that hook man.

The Hook Man is a character who does not appear in the movie, and Roy does not know his true identity. He can only get some information about this guy from Francesca.

“You’ve seen your father’s condition. He probably can’t withstand any more turmoil right now, so staying put is the best option.”

Jamie was convinced by Roy's reasoning and nodded through gritted teeth.

"Mr. Blake, what should we do now?"

Roy recalled the movie's plot.

“Mary Shaw has a puppet theater, let’s go check it out.”

Isla Eschen (Amber Valletta, a former supermodel and Leonardo DiCaprio's ex-girlfriend; she must have been quite beautiful when she was young, but photos are hard to find)

(End of this chapter)