The Wanderer

Chapter 9

Once we got home I put Randy to bed and Robby was in their room making shure he was ok.

I was going to find out about the tree man if it was the last thing I did. We don't have Internet so I would have to go to the library tomorrow. What do I do with Randy and Robby though. I don't think I should take them with me but I can't leave them home alone.

"AHHHHH!!!!" I scream into a pillow "how am I supposed to do anything by myself around here?" God I hate my life.
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I woke up in the middle of the night again. I didn't want to look out the window. I didn't hear anything but you never know, it could still be out there.

I look at the clock and it says it's 2:45. I groan and try and get comfortable. I look toward my window just in time to see the bird fly into it and fall to the ground. I jump up to see if it's ok, but as I start looking out my window I see the woods.

They seem to be calling me to them. I feel like I should go now but I'm too scared to leave the house at night with him out there.

I look for the bird but don't see anything. I walk back to my bed and try to fall asleep. Let's just say I couldn't fall asleep that night.

When the sun rose that morning I was still laying in bed trying to fall asleep. I was so tired but for some reason couldn't sleep.

I looked outside and again I felt like I should go into the woods. To be honest I was a little worried about my mental health.

I walked to the boys room and saw them both sound asleep. I walked downstairs and once again felt the urge to go into the woods and this time I gave in.

I grabbed an apple and stepped outside. It was a nice Cool September morning. As I walked to the woods I wondered what the boys would do if something were to happen to me today.

When I got to the tree line I stopped dead in my tracks and stood there and stared into the woods for a good fifteen minutes. I'm not shure why it took me so long to work up the courage to take that one step. Maybe it was because that step could lead to my death.

As I walked through the woods I kept spinning around to make shure no one was behind me.

When I got to the tree Randy had fallen out of I heard a really loud screechish howling sound. The coyote on steroids sound again. I panicked and spun around to see him. The tree man was only a few inches away from me and has a tight grip on my arm.

I tried to fight back but his grip only got harder. Then he started talking.

"I am tired of this curse" he stared and his grip got so tight it broke skin. I felt blood running down my arm and pain shoot up it. "Now you must disperse"he finished just before I blacked out.