PART TWELVE..A VERY SCARY EVENT

I CAME HOME FROM MY DELIGHTFUL DAY WITH THE FISHBACK FAMILY.   I SAT DOWN WITH A SCOTCH AND SODA AND BROUGHT MY DIARY UP TO DATE..FOR POSSIBLE FURTHER CONSULTATION !  I FIXED A SECOND SCOTCH AND THOUGHT OF THAT MYSTERIOUS LITTLE BOY DOWN THE STREET, AND IT BROKE MY HEART TO THINK HE WOULD TURN INTO AN ALCOHOLIC.  I NEEDED TO STOP THE EVENT IN HIS LIFE THAT WOULD BEGIN THAT FOR HIM.  I REMEMBERED THE COUNSEL FROM MY ANGEL  "DON'T TRY TO CHANGE HISTORY."   SORRY, ANGEL, I AM GOING TO TRY.  I WENT OUT ONTO THE FRONT PORCH AND JUST LOOKED AROUND.  I FOCUSED ON 3509 AND SAW A SHADOWY FIGURE DART DOWN THE DRIVEWAY BETWEEN THE BRANN'S HOUSE AND THE FISHBACK'S.  I DIDN'T FEEL TOO GOOD ABOUT THIS AND THE SCOTCH MADE ME A LITTLE BRAVER THAN USUAL.  I WALKED DOWN TO 3509.  I WALKED DOWN THE DRIVE BETWEEN THE EBMEYER'S HOUSE AND 3509.  BOBBY HAD HIS SHADES DOWN BUT I COULD SEE THE FLICKERING LIGHT FROM HIS CANDLES.  NO ONE TO BE SEEN.  AS I WALKED BACK OUT TO THE STREET, I SAW THIS SHADOWY FIGURE DART DOWN MY DRIVE WAY AND DIS-APPEAR.  FEAR NEARLY CHOKED ME....I WALKED BACK UP TO MY HOUSE AND STOOD ACROSS THE STREET TO SEE IF I COULD SEE WHO THIS WAS.  NO SIGN OF HIM.  I WAS TIRED AND WANTED TO GO TO BED.  BUT WAS AFRAID TO ENTER HOUSE.  I REASONED WITH MYSELF AND BECAME ANGRY..IT WAS MY HOUSE AND I AM GOING IN.  I WENT IN, SEARCHED THE ENTIRE HOUSE, AND FOUND NOTHING.  I WENT TO BED AND HAD A GOOD SLEEP..PROBABLY ONE OF BOBBY'S PRANKISH FRIENDS...I HOPED....(TO BE CONTINUED)