Chapter 44

He glanced at his expensive wrist watch. There was still more time before his father came home. He continued his stroll and stopped in front of the pond. He admired it for a while and moved to the green meadows. 

"The Meadows where we play," he murmured and smiled. 

He used to be a playful little boy. Once, he had played for straight six hours with his friend Jessy in the meadows. They climbed all the trees in the garden, swam in the river, played with the frogs and the bunnies. They even uprooted a beautiful plant which earned them a great shout from his mother and she sent them out of the garden in anger. That brought the play to an end. Shd however forgave them when they apologized and gave them pizza to eat!

"Hahaha," he laughed at the memory. 

He looked at a tree close by and saw a funny drawing on it. He had made it with Jessy and Mabel. He took a deep breath and continued walking. When he was done looking at and admiring the river, he walked ba