DEREK'S MOM POV "Where in the world could he have gone?" I wondered aloud as I began to panic. I descended the stairs until I was standing in the sitting room where some of the staff were. The moment they laid their eyess on me, they went mute, fiddling with their hands like they hadn't been doing anything before I got there. Well, I didn't have time for them. "Good evening ma," One it them thought it wise to greet me. I felt Irritated and in response hissed at him. "What is good about the evening? Spare me yite greetings and get to what you are expected to do!" I yelled and immediately, they began to disperse. Reality dawned on me almost immediately. "Has any of you seen my son Derek?" "Oh yes, we saw him when he arrived from school. He went right to his room," another muttered in ent

