The infinite growlers

ng good now?" Mark said, staring d

seer. Mark understood the look on his face. "Well

in his seat and took out a book. "Man! Have you done Mr. Th

eplied, starin

let me

ing out his assignment notebook. As soon as Thrai

our assignment? This is the first year, and you are already slacking off," Thrain

nswering my q

don't know, but yesterday in cla

" Mark interrupted. Thrain sto

d! Con

o, and then I stared out the window..." Thrain paused his writ

ou made it up, right? Because

What does sound real to you?" Thr

k replied, staring blankly

gure. It had the same red eyes. No! I

here?" Mark asked as Thrain's wo

the problem?

all sorts of strange hand-drawn diagrams. Thrain continued writing, thinking that Mark didn't want to tak

ter, man," Th

own to Thrain and muttered a f

d why?" Thrain asked, barely u

ust your night was good, since mine was the b

the classroom. "First things firs

Thrain, began passing their ass

more assignment notebooks. If those two don't submit, I

seem to be missing in class t

ass. They had indeed skipped. He knew something would go wrong, which was why he declined t

n school today?" Mr. Thomas a

anything about it to any of us, I

e friends in th

e student replied, pointing

hem and give reports tomorr

s," they replie

went... right?" Thrain aske

d on the board. He didn't like being ques

homas left the classroom after giving t

eeth. He stood up, placed his bag on his

hrain, who had been exhausted

tudying since I'm yet to

it's those mystical stuff again, right? You a

ing his glasses. "Later!" he muttered, leaving

ude of his, stylish snu

Thrain had expected; it was a bungalow with an old structural desi

began to knock. He knocked for minutes without getting any response

Mark requested, leaving Thrain wonderi

oormat, and took the ke

d you stood there, knowing where the key

roach, and it was obvious he

rm," Thrain said, rubbing his n

re amazed. "The inside looks entirely different from the out

e a few times,

around, but he couldn't even find

id, as if he could read t

er it's so c

let's g

't checked aro

e house, it's obvious he did

u come to that concl

s been the clean type," Mark observed, us

, wondering how quickly Ma

we go next...

N

n wh

he wo

.

orry and fear. She had never been there before, but she knew that th

d Mrs. Anderson hesitated for a moment before speaking. "

lly and motioned for her to take a s

together. She couldn't imagine what could have happened to her daughter

d and introduced himself as Officer Johnson. Mrs. Anderson explaine

e a whisper now. "She's never gone back on her words before. I've tried calling her cell phone, but it keeps going

down notes as she went along. "Do you have a

s. "No, I don't. She's never given me any rea

mforting hand on her shoulder. "Can you give me a recent photo of her and any other

e pulled up a recent picture of Fiona on her phone and dug in

s. Anderson answered his questions to the best of her abilit

e you we'll find her. So, I would like you to go home and maintain a positive mindset... I'll take

ved and reassured that e