of the collar and ran to fetch the stick. Panic now overtook Johns face and he rushed after the dog bounding away. He glanced back at the pair, as if to tell them he would be a little bit more aware of them from here out.

Esther looked at Pearl with a nervous relief.

Pearl returned her look with one of the same, she wasn’t so sure that further questioning was in their best interest. She reached out and took Esther’s hand and the pair walked back inside together.

Esther broke the silence meekly, as they walked down the hallway to Pearls room, “We didn’t prove anything.”

“We didn’t disprove anything either.” Pearl retorted as she turned the key to her door. Once safely inside with the door shut and locked she turned to her best friend, “How is it he knew so much about me? And why?”