Ivan sat cupping his cheeks on his hand feeling bored. His eyes were fixed on the door hoping that Alicia and Ethen would emerge on the door any second and he would run welcoming them.
“Why are they taking so long?” When he was no longer able to take it, he mumbled in a low tone.
“Don’t worry, they might be on their way,” Carl tried to console him.
“But I am feeling bored,” he replied.
“Do you wanna play hide and seek?” questioned Carl.
He hastily got up in excitement. “Really? Are you going to play with me?”
Carl smiled and began to count. “One, two, three…”
Hastily Ivan jumped off the couch and ran upstairs. Smiling Carl kept on counting, “Eleven, twelve… thirteen…”
After counting till fifty, Carl walked upstairs. Slowly he wandered around the hallway searching for Ivan. He went
