Chapter 137: Chapter 137
After he was gone, Dylan was still tied up, while his sister wasn't, she was the one that later untie him.
"Did you see her leave? Vicky asked her brother, who didn't seem to care about him being tied up, he was still looking round the house, hoping to find her somewhere.
"I didn't see her, and that is why I am still searching". He tells her, getting off what is left of the rope, he got the matchstick, and put on the lantern, to illuminate the house a bit more, he searched around the house, and saw nothing, he even went to where she had hidden before with his sister, when the guy had come earlier that day, but she was not there, he felt dejected, as sat back on the floor, close to where he had been tied to the legs of the bed.
"You are her nurse, you were supposed to be watching her". He yelled at his sister. Vicky could not believe his brother would raise his voice at her, because of a girl, he seem to be fond of her, she had seen the way he was looking at her earlier that day, and she didn't take it as anything, but with the way he was sounding now, she didn't need anyone telling him that he likes the girl.
"Is that what you are supposed to say to me? You didn't even bother asking if I am hurt. You saw what that guy did, and what he looks like, and all you could think of is me watching her? She spoke in disbelief about his outburst, that he seem to suddenly realize that he had done something wrong, he came close to her and pulled her close.
"I am so sorry, I didn't mean to shout, I don't even know why I shouted". He apologized and kissed her cheek, before she pushed him aside.
"I am not angry, I am actually happy, it only means that you like her, I would have thought that you are gay, because you have never told me you like anyone, but since you are acting like this because of this girl, then there is hope, that even if she will never like you, since she is missing, you might fall for someone else with the same color of hair, eye and lips". He chuckled, for she guessed just well, what he really likes about her, but she didn't mention the color of her eyes, which is one of the things that had attracted him, the moment she opened her eyes.
"That is not what I am saying now sis, she might be running, she might be in danger, and she didn't wake us up, because she didn't want to put us in trouble". He says, when his sister didn't say anything, he added.
I just pray she is fine, and that nothing bad happens to her". She still didn't say anything, she seem to be trying to listen to something.
"Did you hear that? She asked, when he stopped talking to focus on her. At first he feared that the man that had invaded their house was still around and eavesdropping, and that is what his sister was asking, but then she still looked like she was looking into space.
"Hear what? I can only hear the chattering of the birds and the falling of snow". He says, but she shook her head adamantly, trying to get him to pay close attention.
"Are you saying you cannot hear a sound, like someone snoring? She asked, pulling his head towards where the sound was coming from, and only when he confirmed it, did he look up at his sister.
"You are right, I can hear it". He says, and then started tracing the sound. They moved to the other side of the house, and the sound became louder, he looked beside, and found a ladder, his ladder. He had brought the ladder, so he could work with it, the roof would get worse, when the rain starts coming down.
He wants to do it for his sister, before he goes back to his place, which is close to the river. He stood near the ladder, with his sister, and the sound of someone sleeping and snoring not so loudly could be heard, he looked up at the roof again, he didn't want to believe that Juliet is the one up there, but he still decide to check it out, he looked up again, before climbing up the ladder to the roof, and there she was, with her beautiful curly hair, falling off.
She had suspected that he might come back, and before she falls into her unconscious state, she had climbed up the roof, which happen to be the best place, for if she had not gone there, she would have been caught, and he wouldn't have been able to save her, which would have hurt him more than loosing his parents to the cold hands of a wicked doctor.
Juliet seem to smell him, or was it the potion wearing off, that she opened her eyes, and smiles at him. It melts his heart, seeing her alive, he helped her out of there, with his hands on her waist, he helped her down, she was made to rest on the bed, till the next morning, before she was told all that happened, and receiving praises of how smart she was, to have discovered the roof, and used it as her hiding place.