excuse me, I still have a lot of papers to attend to," Frank said and walked towards the door going out of the big house.

          "Good bye Frank, don't worry when Mara returns, I'll immediately lock her up in her room, maybe that way you'll get to talk to her the next time you drop by. I just want to make sure that she'd stay in this house much longer for a change," laughing, Cassandra answered.

          Frank once again just shook his head in dismay as he reached the door. He didn't bother to answer Cassandra's last statement. He looked around the house hoping that he would see Mara somewhere. But he just couldn't find her. So Frank decided to board his car and left.

          From her room Mara could see her godfather's car slowly leaving their yard. She cried looking at him wondering