chapter 4(Edited)

Dinner was so delicious! said Ethan happily

After a nice chat between Elsie and Ethan.

Ethan had finally left, leaving the mother-daughter duo in the house.

Ethan, I'm home!

A now-familiar silence greeted Ethan at his home.

Dishes from the meal were unwashed, laundry was everywhere.

It was a normal thing for Ethan to do, knowing what his father was like.

For as long as he could remember, he had always done chores around the house even if he was a five-year-old.

*complaint

...stinks...! Alan's clothes, which he had left for his son to wash, were reeking of sweat.

Ethan's little nose was complaining about the smell, as Ethan carried all the clothes into a wooden tub, before filling it with hot water.

Her little hands were shaking, as she scrubbed the clothes, to remove the dirt from the clothes.

!!!!

I think I'm going to be sick, Ethan spoke, as he rubbed his little nose, lucky for him he had already finished washing the few clothes his father had left him.

The house was still a little clean, so I'd better leave it for the next day.

* steps

Small footsteps began to be heard in the house.

Ethan decided to turn around to see who it was, not expecting someone to jump out at him.

-BOOOO!!!!!

Ethan AHHHHHHHH!

Ethan had fallen backward, startled, confused until he saw Sara, who was laughing at the sight of his face.

Why?

Sara didn't hear Ethan's little murmur.

WHY! You scared me half to death.

"Come on stop being angry" Sara who had now stopped laughing, was trying to talk, to Ethan who was angry.

I was all focused so that Sara would come and I almost scared him to death.

His heart was still jumping from the shock.

*sigh*

"Well...for you came"

Sara "It hurts me that you think that everyone comes to you because they want something from you.."

Sara wore a pitiful expression, which fooled no one, not because she was a lousy actress.

Which it partly was, but because he was grinning like a sly fox.

*sigh*

"Well.....I want you to help me look for clues about my mother, in my house."

Why me?

Ethan was confused, the truth was that he knew about the disappearance of Sara's mother a few months ago.

But since she disappeared, Sara had never brought up the subject of her mother and always avoided the subject.

It was always weird, but I left it aside, because I didn't want to touch a delicate subject, so I ignored the fake smile that Sara always gave and that only I and Richard noticed.

"Please.... "

The look on Sara's face was pitiful; it was the first time I had seen that side of her.

I felt a little sad, I had never met my mother, so I had never felt the feeling of losing my mother.

But the one feeling, which I now shared with Sara was, that I miss a mother's love, something my father never gave me.

There are things that a father can give you, but it will never be one of them the warmth and love that a mother can give her children.

I knew I would get into a lot of trouble, but I decided to ignore it.

Enough was enough, I had always ignored Sara's attitude, but what kind of a future leader am I, if I keep ignoring my friend's problem.

Ethan "Okay, stop crying."

Ethan smiling at Sara, hugged her, before giving her a handkerchief to wipe her face.

"thank you..."

Sara was calmer, so she returned to her cheerful attitude.

The small hints of sincerity were noticeable in their facial expressions.

"Let's go! " Richard's voice came from outside the house, I could tell he was already bored of waiting.

Had both Ethan and Sara seen each other they would walk out the door, to see Richard somewhat angry.

Richard "It's cold outside, they should have been quicker".

Ethan was not surprised to see Richard, he was someone he trusted and it was very likely that Sara would ask for his help.

"What time is it? "Sara asked Richard, who was the one with a watch now on his wrist.

"10:00"

"That's why I said they took too long!"

Richard "We only have 30 minutes, until the caregiver comes to your house Sara."

Sara, who was listening to Richard's words, was somewhat embarrassed, made a scene at Ethan's house.

He wanted their help, he knew that Richard's help alone, would not be enough and it was because, even though they were physically stronger than Ethan.

He was much smarter, it pained him to admit it, but it was true.

Just the thought that he might not be able to help her, made her emotions go out of control.

Ethan "Well let's go! "

Ethan pulled Sara out of her thoughts as he grabbed her hand and hurried off to Sara's father Angus' house.

The little feet of the three children were marked in the snow as they ran to Sara's house.

No one suspected them, because they thought they were playing.

Besides, Ethan was with the two little devils, so any mischief shouldn't be too much trouble.

The house was already in front of the three children, to their luck it was close to Ethan's house.

It was a shack of about 100 square meters, about the size of Ethan's house.

Sara was the first to enter, to her good fortune, the housekeeper her father had hired to watch her for mischief had not yet arrived.

Ethan "Well we're looking for"

Sara, who heard Ethan's question, turned to look at him, scratching her head,

He had just remembered that, he had only told her that he wanted to look for evidence or clues as to what happened to his mother.

He didn't have time to tell her what happened, so he decided to tell her later.

You can search, everything related to my mother.

Ethan and Richard nodded before heading off to various rooms.

Sara went to her father's room, she knew something might be there after she heard her father listen to a voice recording.

Richard, who was now in the attic, was looking at the dusty boxes.

"HAAAAAAAA!"Richard shouted when he thought there was a severed hand, but it was a toy arm.

*sigh*

"My heart almost came out "Richard said with a hand on his chest.

"Well, let's keep looking."

Ethan, who was the one looking for a room to look in, was tired.

She felt a little bad but still decided to help her friend.

...ACHUU...!

*sound

Ethan's nose was running, so he decided to wipe it with the sleeve of his sweater, it was kind of gross, but he didn't know what to wipe it with other than that.

Really the best rooms, to look for had taken the two.

Ethan was about to go help the two of his friends, with their respective rooms.

Until he found the back room, Sara had told him to look there, but there was nothing because it was completely empty.

But I had doubts because always the safest place for something is where no one suspects.

And what better place, than in such an obvious place, that it seems unbelievable that it is there.

Ethan approached the door, it was completely dark, the curtains were closed, the floor was dusty.

It looked like no one had entered in several dozen months, but that was the most suspicious thing, Sara must have searched the room several times, several months ago and we were in a place full of snow and the little dust that could get in, should not reach that amount.

He was deep in thought.

The dust on the floor must have been a security method or at least one of many.

There should also be microphones and cameras.

Ethan, now more convinced, would run out to the power lever, which provided electricity to the house from the solar panels that were on the house.

Sara's house was one of the few houses that had electricity, even Ethan didn't have electricity in his house.

His father, he had been told, that Angus was the one who got it for his house and he could not intervene.

Arriving at the power lever, Ethan first of all, put a dusty rag in his hand, to pretend that someone put it there by accident, he didn't want to leave fingerprints.

The electricity had gone out in the house and Ethan decided to put plastic bags on his feet, so he could then more easily spread dust, which he had in his waistband stuffed in a baggie.

Fortunately, my father gave me books of all kinds for my birthday.

To my luck, there were ninja arts, for novices included in the books.

Spending 120 months practicing the contents of the books, which my father brought me, were not in vain, the bad thing is that I could not learn to fight because of my weak body.

The room was completely empty, but Ethan wasn't falling for it, he knew there was something very wrong here.

He looked everywhere in the closet and bed that were the only things, which were there, but nothing.

Until he finally found it.

"...There you are as....! "