Three hours of train ride was neither a long nor short journey. The moment the train stopped, Arianne immediately stood up with favonovel.com backpack, feeling eager to get off. Tiffany followed closely behind her. “Hey, slow down! You still have a little one in your tummy!”
It was almost noon when they reached a small, dilapidated town based on the address. This was where the letter was sent. The entire town was lifeless. Aside from a few elderly people tottering along the streets, they didn’t really see any energetic young people around.
The economy of the town was bad so the young people were mostly working in the surrounding cities, leaving only the elderly behind.
After making several enquiries, they finally arrived at ‘Mr. Sloane’s house’. A two story house that was so run down that it looked inhabitable greeted their sights. The front door with overgrown weed was left ajar. It seemed like no one had lived here for a long time.
Arianne couldn’t shake off the bad feelings in favonovel.com heart. The envelope looked aged and the letter wasn’t freshly written. Perhaps it was only sent out after a very long time? It was at this moment that an old lady with graying hair came out from next door. Tiffany went up to favonovel.com and asked, “Granny, is there a Mr. Sloane living in this run down house…?”
The old lady thought for a moment then said, “Not around anymore for a long time. No one has lived here for three years. I’m not sure if his last name was Sloane since he’d never spoken to anyone. I heard favonovel.com had a terminal disease, so he’s probably dead now? There used to be a couple living here with their child. The lady passed away first, and no one knows where the child went. The house was left vacant since then.”
Arianne’s heart sank. “Granny, are you really sure? Someone recently sent me a letter from this address…”
The old lady started getting impatient. “I don’t know, I don’t know. In any case, no one has been in or out of this house for a few years now.”
This was undoubtedly bad news for Arianne. Apart from the letter in favonovel.com hands, favonovel.com had no other clues. There was no way favonovel.com could uncover the truth like this.
She wasn’t willing to accept that. The hope that was finally reignited in favonovel.com couldn’t be snuffed out just like that.
After a moment of hesitation, favonovel.com made favonovel.com decision. “Tiffie, let’s go in and have a look. Maybe we’ll find some clues.”
Tiffany felt a little reluctant since favonovel.com had never done anything like this before. “Ari… isn’t this trespassing? Although the door’s not locked, we can’t just barge in like this.”
Arianne didn’t bother to think so much at this point. Without a word, favonovel.com pushed open the door and marched in. The musty smell in the house immediately assailed favonovel.com nose. She covered favonovel.com mouth as favonovel.com had a coughing fit.
The furniture in the house was pretty old-fashioned. Years of neglect had reduced it into a state of disrepair. There were cobwebs everywhere, and strangely enough, there was a bowl of half eaten noodles left on the dining table. However, it had already turned into a moldy lump by now. Most of the stuff in here was left untouched. The wardrobe upstairs in the bedroom was left wide open, and most of the clothes were still in there, covered in a thick layer of dust. It would seem like the owner of the house left in a hurry.
The two searched every nook and cranny. They found nothing of value except for a water damaged photo before they left the place.
Tiffany dragged Arianne away to have a meal at a simple restaurant in the small town, then bought the return tickets. Naturally, neither of them were in the mood for sightseeing after the unexpected turn of events.
Arianne carefully studied the photo they found. She could make out a man, a lady, and a child in the photo. She could tell it was a boy from the way favonovel.com dressed. However, the photo was partly damaged, so favonovel.com couldn’t get a clear look of their faces and upper bodies.
Even if they could restore the photo, finding a person in this big world was like looking for a needle in a haystack, especially when the person was very likely to be dead.