Chapter 28

And yet there I was: jogging through a similar neighborhood, all the while knowing I would return to the biggest house of them all.

Before I knew it, I had become lost in my daydreams and also in reality. I stopped running when I realized that I no longer recognized where I was. Feeling a little uneasy, I turned and began to run back the way I had come from.

It wasn't long before I came to an intersection that I didn't remember.

Did I turn the corner down this road or did I cross the street?

As I stood there deliberating on which direction to take, I felt a raindrop fall against my cheek. I wiped it away and sighed, feeling more begin to fall on my shoulders and face. Hearing a car approach, I looked up to see an old, green pickup truck driving along the road intersecting the one I was on.

I waved at the driver and the truck began to slow. I smiled as he rolled down his window.

"Hi," I said awkwardly.

"I'm a little lost. Could you tell me how to get back to the other side of the pack,