8. Deep Fear.

As the days passed by, Elijah spent his free time reading the diary. However, most of the pages of the next diary were blank, leaving him puzzled. He read one page, but when he turned to the next, he found that the author had not continued writing. This intrigued him.

"Where are you going?" Elijah asked his parents, peeking his head out of his room as he saw them walking down the hallway.

"We're going to your brothers' meeting," his mother replied. His other two teenage sons, Sam and Robert, were twins, and they had a meeting of notes to attend. "We'll come back later, and there's some food in the fridge..."

"I know," Elijah interrupted her. "I know how to be alone, mother."

"I left you alone once, and you said the fab four wanted to mow you down," Josh couldn't help but laugh.

"I was ten!" Elijah exclaimed with a laugh. "It doesn't count."

"Yes, it does," they said in unison, giving him a hug and a kiss on the cheek.

"See you later, dear," said his mother as she headed downstai