Linda finished unpacking her clothes, so she decided to start on reading another novel. She opened her boxes of books and looked through the wide array. There was everything from romance to horror, science fiction to fantasy, almost every single genre that there is. She settled on reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. She settled herself on her bed and opened the book to the first page. Her eyes made it halfway down the fifth page when she heard knocking at the front door. Linda marked her place and went to go answer it. It was Lilly with her promise of groceries.

"Hey Lin. I made sure to bring lots" Lilly said, gesturing to the various amounts of grocery bags she brought.

"Thanks Lilly. Come in and show me what you brought me" Linda invited her. Lilly stepped inside with a smile. Linda helped with some grocery bags that Lilly couldn't bring in herself. They set all the grocery bags on the counter and went through the items of food.

"I made sure to get you stuff so you could make your favorite" Lilly said, pulling out a package of bread, jar of Nutella and a group of bananas. Linda loved her Nutella banana sandwiches. As they emptied the bags and put away groceries. Once they finished, Linda offered Lilly some food.

"How about a Nutella banana sandwich?"

"Sounds delicious" Lilly commented. Linda began making the two sandwiches.

"Linda, if you go outside, you might want to empty the rat traps outside. I could almost smell dead rat" Lilly said. Linda paused her actions. That was funny. Cleaning the traps was one of the rules on the paper she found next to the doll. Perhaps she could stick to that rule, as she didn't want dead animals in or outside. Maybe storing food in the freezer wasn't a bad idea either. If she gets hungry later, she won't have to cook anything. The other rules, however, she was going to ignore.

"Linda, are you alright?" Lilly asked, knocking Linda out of her thoughts.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks for letting me know about the traps" she said. She made the sandwiches and placed both of them on a plate. She set one in front of Lilly and the other in front of herself. They began to eat.

"Why don't we make this a regular thing?" Lilly said out of the blue.

"What?" Linda asked

"I don't mind delivering groceries to you once every week"

"You really wouldn't mind?"

"Not at all"

"Alright. What day works for you?

"How about Wednesdays?"

"Sounds perfect"

Lilly was getting ready to head off.

"Again, thanks for the groceries" Linda said

"It was my pleasure, but since I did you a favor, you need to do me a favor" Lilly said

"And what would this favor be?"

"Cody and I are having a party tonight and we would love for you to come. Maybe you could meet somebody new. I have a friend that might be interested. His name is Sean"

"Is he cute?"

"You'd have to see for yourself"

"Will you come and pick me up?"

"Of coarse. So is that a yes?"

"I'll go" Lilly squealed in excitement and hugged her friend. They finally exchanged goodbyes and Lilly left, promising to stop by for Linda later. As soon as she was left alone, she could hear the landline that was in her bedroom ringing.

Who the hell is calling and why?

The only way to find out was to go and answer it. It was still ringing when she got in her room and it ended abruptly when she answered.

"Hello?" Linda spoke into the receiver.

"Linda?" spoke the voice of a child.