Finally, he saw one. About a hundred feet ahead of him, a dirt road curved into the trees and seemed to disappear. It seemed a little sketchy but he d...dn't have any choice. The sun was about to set and he was running out of time. He pulled his car between the trees before turning it off and stepping out. He looked around before grabbing his bag and rifle and starting further into the forest.Eric had been in stressful situations before. He had only been four when everything changed and his. "And, for the girl, she's a friend ofmine. You know, from the note." Well, why is she here this time of night?!" his mother asked, morecalmly and quietly, but with a razor edge still ever present in hervoice."Because she's living with me. She has no place to stay, she has no oneto depend on, besides me. And, if you have a problem with it, I'll moveout of this damn house straight away! Then you can be the old witchthat lives alone in the abandoned house that scares little children andeats them. Another thing she wondered was just what her daughter had got them both into.Arriving at the Golden Palace a few minutes later the man in the front passenger seat got and opened the door, bowing respectfully as Sharifa, Nicola and her mother got out. Several tall men came forward and took their luggage inside and they followed them into the Palace. Although she had only caught a glimpse of the Palace before being ushered inside, Gwenllian almost got dizzy at the sheer height of the. "We might have to get her a bottle soon."***"I don't need a baby sitter! I'm old enough to stay home on my own! I'm eleven years old! It's not like I'm a little third-grader." Oh yeah? What if a robber broke into the house and did this?" Sarah asked, snatching Emily's notebook and dangling it above her head, just out of reach. "You'd never finish your homework!" Honey, maybe next year," Mrs. Thomas said reassuringly."Oh yeah, like some crackpot in a ski mask is going to come here just to.