Arriving home Lou was carried up to his room where he was left with the boy.

“Is he ok!” the boy asked worried.

“Who?” Lou asked as he sat on his bed.

“Your father’s butler!” the boy said. “Think his stress!”

“Don’t worry about it!” Lou replied. “I’m going to deal with it in a bit!”

“How?” the boy asked as he went and looked out of the window.

“Since he has to listen to me, I’m planning on having him take a month off and get some counselling and rest!”

“Are you sure that will work?”

“I’ll show you!” Lou stated as he jumped off his bed before heading to his bedroom’s door. It was locked.

“What?” Lou muttered to himself as he tried to open the door again, it indeed was lock.

“What’s wrong?” the boy asked confused, joining him.

“The door is locked!”

“Let me try!” the boy stated as he tried to open the door. “It is locked!”

Banging on the door Lou waited for a response, none came. Noticing that the boy was not beside him anymore Lou turned around to see that the boy was almost out of the widow.

“What the hell are you doing!” Lou exclaimed as he rushed over to the window. But he was too late. The boy was fully out and jumped. Looking out of the window Lou didn’t see the boy, on the ground injured or hanging somewhere.

“Where the hell did he go?”

Hearing the sound of running, Lou turned around when the door opened, and the boy was peeking inside.

“What the hell!”

the boy responded by beaming before opening the door fully.

“Come on, let’s go!”

“How did they not hear you?” Lou asked as the boy pulled him along.

“Didn’t see them so I assume they might of went somewhere!”

As they reached the staircase the boy stopped immediately, almost causing Lou to trip over him.

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“Why did you stop so suddenly?”

“Do you think you can go down the stairs safely?”

“You go down first and look around; I’ll follow slowly behind you!”

“If you are sure” the boy stated as he begun making his way down.

The boy looked up before disappearing.

Slowly making his way down, Lou used the handrail as support to keep himself steady. Finally reaching the bottom Lou sat down breathing heavily.

“Guess I need to start exercising, might ask the doctor when I go for a checkup!” Lou muttered to himself, swiping the sweat off his forehead.

Pulling himself up, Lou steadied himself as his legs shook uneasily for only a moment.

“If I take my time, I should be fine!” Lou muttered to himself as he begun looking around. ‘Which was did the boy go?’ Lou thought to himself as he decided to check the kitchen area. Before Lou could even move mere meters from the staircase, the boy reappeared.

“They aren’t here!” the boy stated, sitting beside Lou. “By the way, why isn’t there anything here?”

“Not sure why, don’t even know where my father’s butler able to get food from!”

“Maybe he orders food?” the boy stated. “Also when we see him, let’s get his name!”

“Sure, so what now?”

“There is nothing to do in your room nor anywhere else in the house. Do you want to go out?”

“Best not since I want to go to the cinema tonight!”

“Want to look at the product menu to see things that you can buy for the house and mainly your room?”

“Sure!”

“I’ll meet you back at your room once I get everything!” the boy stated as he got up and disappeared around a corner.

Pulling himself to his feet, Lou turned around before slowly make his way upstairs. Reaching the top Lou leant against the rail, catching his breath before making his way into his room. Climbing onto his bed Lou laid down to rest. Opening his eyes Lou realised that he might of fallen asleep since it was dark inside. ‘Where the boy?’ Lou thought immediately as he sat up. Getting to his feet Lou carefully made his way to the light switch. Turning the lights on, Lou saw that the boy was asleep on the end of the bed and the curtains were closed. Opening the bedroom door Lou went and turn the light off, hoping to not wake the boy. Closing the door Lou slowly begun looking for a light switch along the walls, there were none. ‘How does the lights turn on?’ Lou thought as he slowly made his way to the staircase. He knew where a light switch was downstairs. Holding tightly onto the handrails Lou begun to make his way down carefully. Reaching the ground floor Lou made his way to the light switch. Turning on the light, the entrance area lit up. Checking the front door, it was locked and bolted. Moving along Lou turned on all the lights before making his way back up the stairs. Reaching the top Lou sat down, trying to control his breathing. Hearing the sound of footsteps coming towards him, Lou spung to the touch seeing that the boy was standing there.

“What are you doing?” the boy yawned.

“Looking for the others!” Lou replied. “They did say that we were going to the cinema tonight!”

“Found them?”

“No one is downstairs so they might be on this floor!” Lou stated as he got up.

Leading the way, they checked every room only to find nothing at all. There was only silence beside them moving around.

“Let’s go back to bed!”

“Ok” Lou replied as they made their way back to Lou’s bedroom where they climbed into the bed and fell asleep.