Chapter: Father Brown

Alye still held the picture tightly in her hands, almost as if she were afraid of losing it. "Alye!" Suddenly shouted a deep male voice. The door was thrown open and a fat, middle-aged man entered the room. It had to be about six feet tall, maybe a little shorter, but no one could really tell. Clouds of fat hid his entire body, hid his neck, almost drowned his eyes. He had wide, large lips that, as soon as he began to speak, revealed his yellow-black teeth and the putrid smell of his mouth. His thick black eyebrows pulled up, while his dark brown eyes wandered searchingly. "Where are you, you useless thing?" Boomed from his mouth. He went a few steps further into the room and listened to see if he could hear a sob, a wail, or some other sound that might give the little girl away. Alye sat huddled in the corner behind the door and tried as best she could to suppress any sobbing and crying.“He mustn't find me!” Was her only thought. Silence pervaded the entire room and only a faint gasp from the fat man could be heard. He rubbed his bald head and sat for a brief moment on a chair that was next to him. It was obviously not easy for him to climb the two hundred steps up the tower, especially not with his record weight of 210 kilograms, which he had devoured himself over the years. “I'll get you, you little bitch, and then be prepared for something!” The man rose from the chair, looked around the room again and then left angrily, but also relieved to go down the stairs and not up to have to. Alye waited tense in her corner for about five minutes before she sagged inwardly and cried bitterly. "Mom, Dad! Why don't you help me? He almost had me! Father Brown almost had me!"~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~