When the two girls headed downstairs in the morning, Kitty was smiling proudly; Lianne had put Kitty's hair into a French plait, and then in return, Kitty had put Lianne's into a French plait too. They were both perfect, since Kitty and Lianne had a lot of experience.
The girls grabbed some toast and jam (Nutella for Kitty) and sat down together, spreading their toast before they both started to eat, chatting and laughing with Rick and Tyler.
"Everyone, Dennis is visiting another care home today, so I expect you all to be on your best behaviour while he's gone. Understand?" Isobel said. Dennis was standing nearby.
"Yes, Isobel!" everyone chorused. However, as soon as Dennis went to get ready, Isobel threw all the kids a wink. Everyone in this house hated Dennis.
As soon as he was gone, everyone cheered and headed outside, with strict orders to be back at 8:30, giving them an hour to spare until Dennis was back.
Kitty, Lianne, Rick and Tyler went to the town, going to Starbucks and they all shopped. Lianne paid for everything, she insisted, and she still had tons of money left.
They eventually sneaked all their bought stuff home, hiding it well along with the money, before the four headed to the park.
"Amazing." Lianne murmured quietly.
"What is?" Tyler asked, as the four sat on swings.
"I never expected to find friends in a care home." She admitted.
"Well, we're too awesome to not be friends." Kitty said.
"You're right." Lianne said with a grin, as they all started to swing.
"I wonder why Dennis went to look at another care home?" Rick asked.
"Maybe he's changing jobs." Tyler said.
"I wish he'd just get sacked or put in prison instead." Kitty said.
"Don't we all?" Lianne said.
"No kidding." The boys agreed.
They ate fish and chips with the last of the money they had brought out and they sat in the park, just talking. They barely noticed how dark it was getting until Kitty spoke up.
"SHIT! Guys it's 9:25! Dennis will be home soon!" Kitty said.
"Fuck, run!" Lianne said, and the four began to run home through the shortcut...which was unfortunately a forest.
Kitty stopped running suddenly when she realized she was alone. "G-guys?" she whispered, looking around her.
Suddenly, something in the distance growled. Kitty looked around her wildly, fumbling for her laser-torch thing. She shined it ahead of her and screamed loudly, starting to run again.
She was being chased by a wolf.
Meanwhile, Lianne was running round looking for the others. "Guys! Where the hell...?"
Kitty screamed again, and Lianne heard her.
"Kitty!" Lianne said, running towards the torch light. Kitty ran into Lianne's arms. The wolf was close behind, so the two ran.
Lianne tripped over with a shriek. The wolf bit her leg, hard, and she cried out in pain.
Kitty tried to hit the wolf and her arm got bitten. Kitty cried out, too, and helped Lianne limp away. Thankfully, the wolf was distracted.
When they finally got back to the care home, they saw Dennis standing in the doorway. When the two girls stepped into the light and he saw they were bleeding, he ushered them in.
"You're alright!" Tyler said, running forward. "Oh my God."
"What the hell happened?!" Rick asked.
Tyler got the first aid kit and treated Lianne's leg, while Rick did Kitty's arm.
"A wolf was chasing us." Kitty said.
They told everybody everything.
"You two, you're grounded for a week." Dennis said, before leaving.
"Did you make it back in time?" Kitty whispered to the boys.
"Yeah, just about. Sorry, we thought you were behind us." Tyler said.
"It's fine." Lianne said.
"It was kind of fun." Kitty admitted, causing everyone to laugh.
When they all went to bed that night, though, Dennis sneaked upstairs, into somebody's room. The door creaked open, Dennis snatched something, then crept out.
In the morning, Lianne went into Kitty's room to find the girl in tears.
"My picture...of me and my sister...it's gone." Kitty said, and she burst into tears. "It's all I have!" she sobbed.
Lianne wrapped her arms around Kitty and hugged her. Kitty hugged Lianne back. "Don't worry, Kitty. I promise I will get your picture back."
The two got dressed and walked downstairs. Dennis had the picture in his hand.
"My picture!" Kitty said, reaching for it.
"I'm locking this picture away until you learn to behave, girl." Dennis said, and he threw the picture into the filing cabinet. He held up Lianne's mother's locket, and threw that in too. He locked the cabinet and walked away.
"I...no!" Kitty said, slamming her hands against the drawer, "I look at that picture, every night, before I go to bed, I...I can't be without it!" Kitty said, crying harder. "I will never see my sister again, that's as good as I've got!"
Rick entered the room and found Kitty and Lianne trying to break into the cabinet. He pressed a finger to his lips, shushing them, and he held up a key. He opened the cabinet, and Lianne and Kitty grabbed their things.
Lianne grabbed a picture and put it face down into the cabinet. It was of Isobel and Dennis, smiling, along with the kids. She also grabbed another locket, identical to her own, and put it in. Rick locked the drawer again and they ran out and upstairs. They hid the locket and the picture in Lianne's locked box, placing the key on the chain back in the jewellery box, and they put the treasure box back in the cupboard.
"He'll never know the difference." Kitty said, and they headed downstairs for breakfast.
