chapter 7

The rest of the day was pretty normal. We at dinner watched a movie and then went to bed. It was different with all the little kids gone. It was very relaxing . I could tell that mom was more relaxed than usual too which made me happy. Sunday morning, Mom was trying to find a church for us to go to . She finally found one and we were on our way to the city. It was amazing , not as grand as New York City but it was nice. When we arrived I was shocked to see Emily there arguing with Casey, Emily threw up her hands twice , until we sneaked up behind Casey.
    " Casey! Hey how are you?" I said tapping her on the shoulder .
    " Hi ! It's cool that we ended up going to the same church!" said Casey. She sounded agitated. but I wasn't really paying attention to her ... I was paying more attention Emily.   She was giving me dirty looks , then she looked at her watch and walked away. With a jolt I realized that was my watch that was missing . Then I also realized that I hadn't heard the voices last night.   I bet Emily was scared to enter our house again since she figured out that  I was catching on .
     " Mary, I have to go to the bathroom do you?" I said winking at her to let her know that there was something I had to tell her in private.
    " Oh yeah I do have to go !" she said. After we were safely inside the bathroom .
    " Mary! Emily has my watch !" I exclaimed.
    "Really? Are you sure ?"
    " Yes of course !" I said.
    " Do you think she stole it ? How could she now where our house is ? The only people who know where our house is besides family is Al, and oh my gosh .....Casey!!!" said Mary  sounding really scared .
     " Do you think it is her ? I mean it could be Al . but there has to be two people involved....Right? " I asked.  " Maybe Emily is sending them out to do that for money ! Or controlling them I bet she's controlling them because Al, and Casey don't seem like the type to be stealing things . " said Mary.
       " I don't think they are being controlled , that's fairy tale stuff ." I said .
   " Mary ?  Julia ? Are you guys in there? The service is starting!" said Mom's voice coming out from behind the wooden door .
    " OK Mom we will be right out!" I said. " Let's go."
During the service , Emily kept giving me dirty looks until I started doing them back, Then she started giving me really mean faces until Mary started  laughing so hard she snorted a couple of times . After that a whole bunch of people were giving us dirty looks which made Mary laugh even harder till she started sounding like a seal . I jabbed her in the arm with my elbow in a friendly way . After the service mom was so embarrassed  that she left before the cookies and tea .
    I am so Sorry Mrs . Stuart , but you should have seen the stupid faces that Emily and Julia were giving to each other. It was so funny. Julia you are really bad at giving dirty faces ." said Mary, starting to laugh .
     " You guys totally screwed that up! Mary you need to learn how to stop laughing when you need to !" said Rachel. I could tell she was kind of joking around , but I could tell she was mad too.
  " I 'm sorry but the nerve of that Emily, oh my goodness did you see her smirk after the service? " I said. " It made me so mad!"
    " It's okay honey I didn't really like that church anyway." said Mom but I could tell that she did. " do you guys want to walk around a bit? I would like to see the mall."
    "Sure Mom I would like that." said Rachel.
    Right before we entered the mall , a black hooded figure  rushed out and darted past us .. Then a blood curdling scream pierced  the air.