I’ll see it clearly. You don’t worry.”I started walking away, looking for a short tree from which I could pick a lot of leaves. Remembering what...she said earlier, I turned off my phone’s light. As it is, I had to conserve the battery since we might need it in the future. She was correct. Even in the night, I was able to see things clearly because of the moon.As I started picking the leaves, I realized that suddenly mom was calling the shots. In this difficult situation, she was telling me what. But a minute later, she came back and said in a quiet voice. "Ben, I think you'd better come here."Furrowing my eyebrows, I looked questioningly at my best friend. I couldn't read anything in her expression other than that she was gravely serious, and I got up and headed out. Everyone else was occupied in their own studies or with the TV show.It wasn't Ryan at the door. The person there was about a foot shorter, female, and had dark auburn hair. "Paige?" I exclaimed in surprise as I came down. I drove myself to the party, because I knew that I'd be spending the night there. I'm not really a big drinker, but on New Year's Eve, I make an exception. I brought an over night bag. I arrived in the early evening to help Deb set up. When I got there, Krista was there with some of her friends.The party was supposed to begin at seven o'clock, and dress was casual. Though I had been to parties at Deb's before, I had never been to one of her New Year's Eve parties, I've heard from people that. She wanted to give herself a chance to sort out things.The new job was not what she had expected and she was miserable. She hated getting out of bed in the morning. Finally she decided that she could not take the job any more and she decided to give her two-week notice that day. She discussed it with her husband and his only concern was that she quickly find another job so that they wouldn't get behind on the bills.As she walked to her office from the parking lot, she thought that she noticed.