The Deep Dark Stone Path

Chapter 11 - *Dalilah*

I wake up and look at my clock. 8:49am. I hurry to get dressed. I brush my hair and put it up in a pony tail. I grab a piece if paper and a pencil and head downstairs, quietly. I eat a bowl of cereal. I write a note saying:
Dear dad,
I am going out to paint. I should be home around noon.
Love,
Dalilah

I said I was going to paint. It isn't a lie. That is an excuse to go meet James Hulseys parents and get to know him better. Or to possibly bump into Chris. I walk the way James came from the day I met him. About a mile and a half down the road, I finally find a house. It is a one story, run down house, that has a gray roof and is white. The paint is peeling off the house and beer cans and bottles litter the yard. I walk up to the door and knock. No one answers. I knock several more times and still get no answer. I didn't walk all this way for nothing. I pull a bobby pin out of my hair, and pick the lock. I put the bobby pin back in my hair and push the door with all my strength. It finally opens and I wish I hadn't opened it. In the living room there is a couch and a T.V. in the back part of the house are three bedrooms, a bathroom, and the kitchen. The house is also littered with beer cans and bottles. I manage to get to the bedrooms. I open the first one I come to and open it. It must be his parents room. The next one must be either his or a siblings. I open the last bedroom door and find a crying James sitting on a neat bed in a spotless bedroom.