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Chapter 2, I'll always be with you

They had difficulty sleeping through the night. Many strange noises were coming through out the house. All of them slept in sleeping bags trying hard to ignore everything. Elena looked next to her friend who was petrified. She got up leaving everyone where they were. Her stuff was still placed in the same spot where she left it. The sound thunder and lightening was coming from outside. She notice the picture of Thomas was gone on the table.

Then a strange flash of blue light had hit the house from the inside. She ran out of the room wondering where the others were. There were no sign of them anywhere. It was like someone just kidnapped them, leaving her alone in the house. Elena wondered if they all fled leaving her there alone.

She didn't know for certain running back into the room. Eventually, she did drift off to sleep in a deep slumber. As the hours past, she awoke in the bed with a blanket over her.

Elena wondered how she ended up in it with the blanket over her. "Good morning my dear." A woman walked in dressed in something from the eighteen hundreds.

"Who are you?" she sat up.

"Lucille, you must be Elena. Tea my dear?" she offered her.

"I hate tea." She left the room letting her freshen up. She needed a shower. So she decided to grab her bag heading to the caretaker's house. His place was huge and less creepy like this place was. He offered his place for anyone who couldn't stay in this there.

Grabbing her bag, she headed down the stairs. Lucille saw her leaving. "Where are you going?" she asked curiously.

"I'll be back," Elena said leaving. The walk to the house was only less than a mile away. She knocked and one of her friends opened the door. They hugged her seeing she was alright.

"We left, the place got too weird," Sam came up to her.

"I'm going back," she looked at him.

"You're crazy."

"I'm not, there is a lady there." Elena went past him putting her stuff in a room. She showered and changed clothes. After she got herself together, she immediately left walking back over there. Elena wasted no time making it to the front of the house. The door was barely open. She pushed it open gazing at the large hole in the sealing.

There was a man who came down the steps seeing her. He looked just like the man in the picture. Thomas looked at her observing her a moment. After the events that took place last night gave him a second chance. It would be a chance to do things the right way gaining back what he lost.

"I'm Thomas," he introduced himself to her.

"You look like the man in the picture I saw." He took a step towards her getting close. She just stared at him feeling a little unsure. The way he looked at her made him want to hold her in his arms again. It was like he fell in love all over again.

"You look like someone I once knew." He took her hand in his kissing it. Their moment was interrupted by Sam barging in. He noticed the man close to her.

"Get back," he snapped at him.

"Sam."

"Where did he come from? You're just going to let some creepy man get close to you?" he said concerned. Sam was starting to become a bit of an annoyance to him. He had no reason to hurt her. Thomas had learned that he would never hurt the one he loved after what had happened.

"I can assure you that I mean no harm to her," Thomas spoke.

"I'm not leaving her alone with you." Sam was protective of her. He always watched over her since they became friends. Lucille watched carefully from a distance at Sam. To her, he would be a nuisance to them. She came out front casually introducing herself to him. "Hello sir, I can assure you that Elena is safe. He is indeed my brother," she said guiding him elsewhere.

Sam looked back at her as he went into another room with Lucille. Thomas led her elsewhere. They ended up in a small room. She got up on the table sitting on it. He noticed how different she acted than what he remembered. Thomas realized this was a different time. "So tell me do you have interests?" he asked her.

"I write for a paper. Also i'm a paranormal researcher." she answered him.

"What do they do?"

"Look for the unknown, ghosts." Her interests had similarities of Edith. It amazed him what time could do. She must have been related to her in some way. There was a beeping noise coming from somewhere. She grabbed her phone looking at a text she received.

"Interesting device." He saw her messing with it.

"It is the latest thing. We can communicate through messages on the phone. So you lost your loved one?" Women must have been now wearing pants instead of dresses. It would be something he would have to grow accustomed to.

"A long time ago. She looked just like you. It's amazing how you both had similar interest." His tone was calm.

"I did get a book published. I have one in my bag I brought with me." She went to the front room going through her smaller bag. It was one of many copies she carried with her. Elena came back into the room handing it to him. Thomas was impressed with how it looked. It was a hard cover. He remembered how hard Edith worked to get her writing published. It intrigued him on how Elena succeeded in that.

He read the first couple of paragraphs. "This is written very well. The detail is quite impressive," he complimented her.

"Thanks. I worked hard on that. Writing is something I like doing. It just takes me away from everything for a while. It's my break from reality." He offered his hand guiding her out of the room. They went into the room where she ended up in. "This is my room." There were old pictures of women and a man that looked like him in it.

"I wonder if he ever loved any of them. There were so many." she said looking at them.

"There was only one. There isn't a picture of her." he looked at her. Thomas noticed how impressed she was with his history. She turned around about to take a step forward almost tripping on the uneven floor. Thomas caught her not letting her fall. Their eyes met as he looked into her eyes. Something about him made her heart skip a beat. He seemed so charming talking like he was from another time.

"Watch your step," he said keeping his eyes on her.

She straightened her self up. His hands were still on her arms. There was nothing but love in his eyes, feeling like she was brought back to him.

"If you had a second chance to do things over. What would you differently?" Elena wondered.

He let her go thinking a moment. Little did she know he did have a second chance. "I would do things differently not taking things for granted." he said coming up with a good answer.

"Well said. I got to find Sam." she said heading out the door. The room was quiet as she walked around looking for her friend. "Sam," she yelled.

Still there was nothing. Elena started to worry. "Sam, Where are you?" Lucille came out seeing her looking for her friend. "I sent him home," she said nicely.

Thomas stood out of his room seeing his sister. He didn't trust her with anyone like he did before. His relationship with her had become distant. Thomas would take measures into his own hands watching Lucille carefully.