Elise and Ian then saw Ernest walking toward the staircase. His expression was solemn and his lips were pursed tightly until he come to a stop at a certain room. He took a moment before knocking the door. A second passed as Dalton opened the door, meeting Ernest and looked at him in surprise. It was a well known fact how both Mr. and Mrs. Lone, always locked Ernest in the dark room. Therefore, the fact Ernest standing in front of him was a surprise which gladdened Dalton greatly.
"How did you come here?" Dalton asked with a large smile on his lips. From the bottom of his heart, the older young man was happy to see that now Ernest could roam the house entirely. "It's great that finally father and mother had come around. They know understood what they have done was wrong. I do think my conversation with them last night might have helped them changed their minds."
"Even though you had always tried to talk to them for hours every evening until night," muttered Ernest.
