Everything that Betsy said to Kaleb went through one ear and out the other. Kaleb's head was spinning from all the talking he couldn't keep up.

He wasn't worried about getting caught; he was more worried about how he could follow the instructions. She was very vague about why he had to use the bathroom in a certain way. Being sneaky and not getting caught is what he was made for, but following instructions for him is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack. He slumped his back and groaned loudly. It was as if he were disappointed that he couldn't wander around the house. “Fine,”  Kaleb howled loudly, 

Leaving the room, he sees a corridor, along a passage that leads into other rooms, and he notices all types of animal heads on top of each door. Except for Betsy's door. Some of the doors were opened and the others were closed. Betsy slams her door closed, creating a loud bang that shakes the house walls. This startles Kaleb, causing him to make a run for it and freeze right in the middle of the passageway. He hears footsteps and 2 to 3 voices coming around the corner in front of him. He is completely in the open, so he breaks into one of the closed doors and closes it again quickly.  Lucky for him, it was unlocked.

Xander Gasyer and two other voices can be heard through the door. Kaleb presses his ear against it. He can't make out what they're saying, but the mumbling sounds agitated and fast. The group sounded like they were getting closer by the second. Kaleb starts to step away from the door, walking backwards and staring at the door right in front of him. The footsteps from outside the door begin to get louder, an indication that they are close. 

He was now right next to a bed and slid under it quickly with ease. The bed was filled with all types of junk like sticks, rocks, dry leaves, teeth, and bones. The talking continued, but no footsteps could be heard; they had stopped right in front of the door, so now Kaleb could hear them. 

“What do you mean you lost it? Mom just came into my room and said she found it.” A familiar voice resonated outside, causing Kaleb’s eyebrows to twitch in confusion.

“She didn't want to tell you this, but we have to kill someone to survive this storm. Me and your brother, Jaques, came up with a plan.” Xander said calmly, trying to explain what was going on

“Isn't this like the second time you've done this and then blamed someone else? How can you be this careless again?” This time, Kaleb recognized the voice as Ada, one of the twins who had slammed the door in his face.

"And now you're blaming Betsy, not surprised," Asa chimed in to Ada’s question.

"A mute and blind child!" Ada shouted in a sarcastic tone to emphasize her point.

“Well, I-” Xander said, trying to explain his actions, but couldn’t come up with anything in mind.

Kaleb recognized another voice. Xander, the father of the family. The other two were girls, and they were unrecognizable to him. He could hear the doorknob turn as they continued to talk. Kaleb was determined to make it out without getting caught. 

“Well, I don't know what to say,” Xander murmured under his breath while scratching his head. 

Kaleb couldn't help but smile at his cowardly response. He is well known and feared around the village, and yet he is too afraid to speak up to his own family. Xander made a reputation for himself outside the house. He made himself look like a prestigious leader, a fearless warrior who uses brute strength to overcome and defeat any beast of any size, solid or fast. 'So much for fearless.' Kaleb thought to himself with a smirk. 

There was a moment of deafening silence as the doorknob twisted and the wooden door groaned along the floor. Xander walked into the same room Kaleb was hiding in, while the two girls waited by the threshold. That silence spoke volumes; it whispered disappointment and lies, and yet no one got the hint. 

Kaleb could feel Xander's heavy footsteps on the wood floor as he took long strides to the cabinet in the room. The moment was nerve-wracking for Kaleb; he could hear and feel Xander’s steps through the floorboard. His heart began beating out of his chest against the floor as he saw Xander’s shoes next to the bed. Xander thrusts open a drawer from a cabinet, making a loud slamming noise. Xander searched each drawer in the cabinet frantically, moving everything around with both hands. The neatly folded clothes were now in chaos, tangled on top of each other.

"Where is it? Where?" Xander mumbles to himself in frustration, and his patience is running thin. 

He still couldn’t find what he was looking for and decided to search every nook and cranny inside the room. He punched the bed’s mattress out of frustration, causing Kaleb’s heart to explode out of his chest. He flinched so hard that he accidentally hit his head on top of the bed’s frame. Xander was too angry to notice the noise. He then snatched the sheets off his bed and did the same with the closet, checking in every pocket in his jackets and pants. The other two girls added to Xander's frustrating search.

"Have you lost something?" Ada asked, folding her arms in boredom.

"I'm not surprised at this point," Asa added.

"What did he lose this time?" Ada asked while rolling her eyes to the back of her head. “Every time you lose something, we’re always the ones who need to find it!” Ada shouted while stomping her feet on the floor.

"Maybe he lost his key," Asa answered her while shrugging her shoulders, knowing she was right.