There was a time when the estate was owned by a mean and old and very rich ancestor of Michael's. Not much is known of him, because in life he grew to be very secretive and in later years, preferred to live out his life behind the brick walls of his mansion. Michael's grandmother often said: "Great Grandfather Tobias was as greedy as leaves are green and a man who was permanently angry and suspicious of everyone.
One day, he sold all of his interests, passed his banking business down to grandfather Victor and went into the house and remained there, on the third floor for the next forty-seven years. He ignored everyone and life went on without him."
Now, old Tobias' spirit roams around the old mansion and surrounding estate, which has since passed down to Michael and Victoria. Stephanie says that she always sees him on the third floor and always searching for something, before he notices her and chases her away. If it weren't for Grandmother's stories and now Stephanie mentioning how much she didn't like him, old great great great grandfather Tobias would have been long forgotten.
It seems that Stephanie's friends, such as great great grandfather Victor, great great grand aunt Millicent, the twins without names and the others who remain on the grounds, they aren't very fond of old man Tobias either.
"Is he the meanest?" Victoria asked Stephanie as she sat with her pile of books in the library. "No, he's not." Stephanie replies as she fumbles with yellowed-aged pages of a book. "There are others who are much worse."
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