A woman with red hair opened the door. She had darker magenta hair, that was in two ponytails. She was wearing circular glasses. She seemed not to tall. She looked like she was in her early or mid twenties. Judging by her clothing, she was a maid. "Hello, how may I help you?" She asked. "Have you seen a girl with brown hair, brown eyes, wearing a blue dress?" I asked, trying to recall what Alice had worn today. The lady's eyes flickered with remembrance and possibly guilt. "No, I haven't seen her," she lied. I could tell she was lying, because her hand was twitching and she couldn't look at me straight in the eye. She is a very bad liar or she was very nervous and couldn't remember, I thought to myself. "Oh well. That's ok. Actually, I was here to ask the watchdog if he could help me. I have a considerate amount of money for him if he helps," I asked innocently. The lady thought for a moment and nodded. " Of course! Come right in!" the lady said, allowing me to go inside. "Just sit here and wait as I call him down," She pointed to the sofas.
When I entered, I could barely speak. I was astonished at the beauty of the building. I looked all over the living room, dining room, basically that had no people on the bottom floor. I almost stopped breathing. The furniture, the chandelier, the walls, the decor. Everything was just so fascinating. I was drowning in my thoughts, when I heard a scream. That scream sounded awfully like Alice. It was coming from upstairs. What was Alice doing here? Why was she here? Is Alice actually here, or was it her mind playing tricks on her? I then heard that same voice scream "LET ME GO!" That voice had to belong to Alice, but the fact of her being here was ridiculous. Why would she be here? As the maid came, she poured me a cup of tea and sat beside me. "My name is Mey-rin, what is your's?" I took a sip of tea, which had slightly burned my tongue. I managed to say "Dawn. Dawn Richards," without sounding like a monkey. As the Mey-rin started to pour a cup of tea for herself, we heard another scream. "PLEASE! SOMEONE HELP ME!" Right then I felt a hot liquid spread over my lap. "Ouch!" I yelped. It felt like there was fire on me. "Oh I'm so sorry! Here let me help you!" Mey-rin then grabbed some napkins and tried to clean the table, but just made more of a mess. Hearing more screams that sounded like Alice, I took advantage of this moment and asked, "Do you mind showing me where the bathroom is? I can clean this on my own," The maid nodded and headed upstairs and showed me the way to the bathroom. I entered and stayed in there until the maid was out of sight. Now is my chance. I quietly tip-toed out of the bathroom and tried to hear for more yelling. However, all the commotion had seemed to subside completely.
I finally heard another yell saying "I DON'T KNOW!" It was coming from the far left of the hallway. It was the last door on the left side. She must be in there, I thought. Before entering, I heard a boy say "What is the secret? What did you mother and father do?" in a dangerous and threatening tone. Oh lord, Alice doesn't know any secrets. If you want secrets, you should look for me, I thought. Plus our parents did nothing bad. I tried to open the door, but it locked. Darn it, I thought. I looked for something that could unlock the door, but there was nothing. I had no other option, but to break the door. Then I spotted a few keys at the bottom of a door. I carefully pulled it out, and tested each key on the door. The last one worked.