Chap3 Family Ties

This chapter will probably be quite short but I think it's needed! Thanks for all the wonderful reviews! They encouraged me to carry on with this fic even though it was only meant to be a one shot! Please, please read, review and enjoy!

POV changes in this chapter from Will to his aunt, for this chapter only!

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Thanks to DarkoBender my amazing beta reader!

I couldn't believe it! The boy had only being staying with me for one night and I had lost him! I can't describe the fear that filled my body when I entered his room to see how he was, only to discover his empty bed!

I searched the entire house for him hoping that he was merely hiding in a dark corner somewhere, trying to come to terms with the death of his mother.

When I had searched every room in the house realization struck, William was out in the streets alone. The thought made me sick with worry, the streets were no place for a young boy who was addled by confusion and grief!

I tried to think of where he might be, I tried to think of places a ten year old boy would go if he wanted to run away from the harsh world.

My mind drew at a blank, it was then that it became clear that I knew nothing about my nephew.

That didn't stop me feeling wracked with guilt, the one thing I promised to do for my sister was to look after her son and see to it that he was safe and happy and I couldn't even do that. I had lost him and he hadn't even been in my care for a full day!

I ran out of the house and began desperately searching the town for William, my distress growing by the second.

I forced myself to sit and calm down so I could try and think of where William may be. After sitting for a few minutes it came to me, it made perfect sense!

His father! William would have run off in an attempt to try and find his father. It occurred to me with more dread than my not knowing where he was as I now knew the extend of the danger he was in.

The only thing Will knew about his father was that he was a merchant sailor, he hadn't seen or heard from his father in many years.

I ran down to the harbour going on the assumption that Will would have gone there in search of information of his father's whereabouts or better yet, his father.

When I got there I began frantically asking questions but no-one knew what I was talking about or if they did they were hiding it well.

I was at a total dead end I didn't know what else I could do. I ambled home, upset and disappointed. Walking into my house, I noticed something I hadn't seen before on the table. It was a letter from William.


Dear Aunt Mary,
I'm sorry but I can't stay with you. There's something that I need to do, I don't want to tell because I don't want you to stop me.
Please don't worry thank you for letting me stay.
Love you lots.
Love William.
Xxxxxxxx

Despite William's begging for me not to worry the note made me worry more! All I could do just now was go home and hope that William would realize that finding his father was very unlikely and so he would return home! I just hoped that time would be soon!

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