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Their car ran down the drive way until it was at the gate. Mr. Joe honked to signal their return. There was a little wait before the gate opened. Mrs Parker was the one opening the gate.
She stepped aside for Mr. Joe to drive the car in. He did just that but he did not park it, instead he left it at the center of the house. Leo was first to get down. Mrs. Parker came and hugged him immediately.
'She knows'
Leo realized. He sank in to her embrace. He was tired and he was finally noticing it.
Anamay got out of the car and joined the hug. Mr. Parker watched them.
He used to be a stung hater of these things but right now, it was ok for them. In fact, he needed those too but no need to interrupt them, Lace was his wife. He would get his own later, however he wanted it.
Believe me, the way his heart weighed at the thought of Demetri. That he was going back to Stare at all the things he owned and be reminded over and over how he died; the hug from his wife was certainly not going to feel romantic.
"i have to start going now. I need take him to…" It was Dr. Joe's voice.
He was taking to the Mr. Parker.
"… you know," he ended the statement.
"Of course," Mr. Parker affirmed, getting down from the back of the pickup car. He went round to where Elish was.
"You should get down too." Elish looked at him and looked at the car.
It's not that he does not want to get out, it's that he does not know how. He looked back at Mr Parker, hoping his switching gazes would pass the message. It did not.
"Come on, Elish. There is no need to be shy."
Elish raised a brow.
'Shy, surely not'
It seemed embarrassing to be unable to do what everyone was so conversant with.
"Do you know how to open the door." Elish's gaze ran behind him, it was the doc. He had noticed.
"No," he replied.
Mr. Parker also heard what he said.
"Oh, really", Mr parker spoke too, realizing now that Elish was trying to tell him that.
"Move aside a little", Mr Parker told Elish. He did. The man brought his hand into the car and pulled on the ledge that opens the door. The door pooped open.
"Did you see what I did," he showed the ledge to Elish.
"That is how you open a car door."
"I see," Elish gave an enthusiastic reply.
Mr Parker moved aside for him to get out of the car. They both took steps forward, allowing the doc to restart the car, wheel back and turn, leaving the house.
Mr Parker made a gesture to
Elish wit his eyes, to follow him. He did, they both went over and locked the gate.
Mrs. Parker was now talking to the kids, hugs and kisses over, when her husband got to her. She watched him until he was close enough.
"Honey," she said. He smiled.
"Lets go inside."
"Alright." Mrs. Parker moved with the two kids, Elish followed, walking behind her husband.
They went into the large one story building through the white front door. There was a walk way in which lead into the main house. Elish wondered why they stopped when they got in there. Then, they started taking off their shoes.
'Oh, So what you use to cover your feet outside is not what you use inside the house' He summarized.
There were soft pampams at the second layer of the shoe rack where they kept the ones they just took off. There was a size for everyone, Elish noticed. Each person took out his own and wore, heading inside when they did.
Mr. Parker and Elish were the ones left after the three went in. Mr Parker went over, put his shoes In the rack and took out a pampam. He turned and dropped it In front of Elish.
"Take off those things and put this on."
"is that not yours," Elish asked.
"I do not fancy this dumb tradition. I like walking around bare footed. But my wife will not allow it for anyone else."
'Oh so here, she is second in command'
"Alright," Elish bent down, wore out the old thing on his leg, put it in the rack like he saw them do then put on the soft slippers. His weight flattened the poor thing to the ground. It's puffy beauty gone.
Mr. Parker looked at the slippers. He signed, what uncanny strength.
"Lets go in." Elish did not move until, he did. Tagging along from behind. They walked into the sitting room.
Bright white chairs sat in three places, a short rectangular table In their middle. They were facing a glass wall that exposed an angelic view of the green flower garden.
The chairs were almost 5f tall and 4ft wide. All of them. The gab between each of them over two feet. The living room was indeed very big to accommodate such large chair and still be so spacious. Mrs Parker sat on the chair that allowed you to face the door conveniently.
"Where are the kids?" Mr. Parker noticed their absence.
"They both went up to their rooms. Anamay said she would call her parents. Leo was just exhausted"
"Oh, I see." Mrs. Parker looked at Elish for the first time. His jawline was the first she noticed, probably because he had his eyes down… what sharp jaw, she thought.
"What's your name?" she asked. "Elish", He answered.
'An odd name too. Well certainly he was a teenager but he looked like an overgrown one. Like he had been doing manual labor his whole life then he grew tremendously tall too'
"Elish what?" she asks another question.
"I do not…" Elish rose eyes. She saw them. Her eyes grew wider.
"Remember anything other than my name."
Mrs Parker did not process his last words immediately. She was immersed in those double colored oddness.
"You do not remember anything else?" she looked at her husband. She was finally understanding things now. He gave her the 'we will talk later' stare.
"Its alright. No rush."
"Exactly," Her husband butt In.
"Elish come with me. We are all beat. You should be too. A good bed should suite you, right."
"Thank you" Elish said.
"It's no big deal." Mr Parker stirred, giving Elish a pat on the shoulder will he walked past him.
Elish Followed him like he had been doing since they came here. They walked to and up the serpent curled steps, into the first floor.
Mr Parker lead Elish past five rooms and stopping at the one on the extreme. He pushed the door open and gestured him forward. Elish responded, making some steps into the room.