It was now sunset and the rays of orange light fell down on all of Clear View. On the road that led up a small hill was a little boy who had just returned from playing all day. Further down the road was a person dressed in all black even though it was summer. As Kan walked home the mysterious person turned to look at Kan.

“Hey little boy do you live in the house up ahead.”

“Yeah, I live up there with mommy and daddy.”

The voice that came from the mysterious person was sweet and gentle and was clearly a woman’s voice. She looked at him gently and saw that this boy was too innocent. He was not wary of her at all so she decided to give him some advice for the future.

“Little boy when strangers talk to you, you should be wary of them. Those strangers could be bad men who will take you away from mommy and daddy, ok.”

“Ok. But...but aunty isn’t dangerous. Aunty has nice and kind eyes.”

The mysterious lady was surprised at Kan’s words. Maybe it was just luck but he had read her intent from just looking at her eyes. This was not a skill a young boy at his age should know.

“Don’t call me aunty, ok. Call me Big Sister since i’m not old enough to be called aunty. Big Sister may be kind but other strangers may not be so be careful, ok.”

“Ok Big Sis.”

“Good, now can you do Big Sister a favor. Can you deliver these two letters to your mommy and daddy.”

“Ok Big Sis but why don’t you just deliver the letters yourself?”

Kan cutely tilted his head as he asked the mysterious lady a question. ‘Wow, this kid is too cute.’ The mysterious lady thought to herself on how she was going to avoid his question and then she came up with the perfect excuse to fool a child.

“Don’t tell anyone but I am actually a super secret ninja that can only be seen by children. My powers make it so no adult can see me so it would be weird if your mommy and daddy just saw a flying letter come into their home.”

“Oooo. Big Sis. Big Sis. Can you also teach me how to do that.”

“Maybe when you are older. So can you deliver the letters for Big Sister.”

“Yeah, i’ll give the letters to mommy and daddy.”

“Good. It’s starting to get dark so hurry on home and be safe.”

“Bye bye Big sister.”

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“Bye bye.”

Kan walked towards his home and looked back to see if the mysterious lady was still there but she wasn’t. She had disappeared the moment Kan started to walk back home. There wasn’t a trace of her ever being there and she disappeared with the wind.

……

“Mommy, Daddy, I’m home.”

Unlike Doctor Frank’s front door knob which was unusually high, Kan could reach his home’s own door knob but the door was locked. Claire was setting up dinner and when she heard Kan’s call she went to go open the door but didn’t. Just like Jane, Claire stood next to the door with a smirk on her face.

“What’s the password Kan?”

“Oh. hmm. Ah, Claire is the best mommy in the world and no other mommy could beat her.”

“Good. Welcome home Kan. I’ve missed you so much.”

After opening the door Claire had picked up Kan and started kissing him on the cheeks and rubbing her face against his. She did all of this like she had not seen Kan in years.

“Mommy, why do both you and Aunty Jane have a passwords for the door.”

“What? Jane has a password too.”

Confused as to why Jane had a password Claire thought of the possible reasons but didn’t mind it too much. Having a password for Kan wasn’t doing him any harm so Claire stopped thinking about it.

“Mommy has a password because mommy wants you to rely on me. When you grow up you won’t rely on mommy anymore so mommy wants you to rely on me as much as possible right now.”

“Ok mommy.”

“Go and get ready to eat Kan. Go call Daddy too.”

……

The three of them started eating dinner and started talking about how Kan’s day was.

“Where did you go play today Kan?”

“We went to go play at Aunty Jane’s place. Aunty Jane told me that her and mommy kissed before.”

“What!?”

Claire turned beet red while Clive was laughing at Claire’s embarrassment. Under the table Claire pinched at Clive’s leg to get payback for laughing at her.

“*Cough *Cough. So what else did you do today.”

“Oh, I met Big Sister earlier. She was wearing all black even though it was summer and she was really nice. She also had really pretty blue eyes. She also gave me two letters to give to mommy and daddy.”

Both Clive and Claire had a serious expression on their face. It was unusual for letters to be indirectly given to them like this. Every villager knew each other so going to their house to deliver a message was the norm. The person was also wearing all black even though it was summer so must likely they were trying to hide their identity. This mysterious person had come to their village to deliver a letter so their could only be a few possibilities for the reason for the letters.

“Ok, mommy will clean the dishes so prepare for bed, ok”

“Ok.”

…….

“Is Kan asleep.”

“Yeah, he’s fast asleep.”

“Ok, let’s go then.”

It was now nighttime but at the Lock household two people were exiting the house. Clive and Claire were leaving their house at night and in Clive’s hand was the two letters Kan had given.

“Let’s go and see the mayor to decide what we do with these letters.”

“Ok Clive. I hope these letters are just ordinary letters.”