Afternoon

With time to kill before her cousins were free, and in pretty high spirits, all things considered, Emma decided to explore the old house she was a guest in. The house had been in the family for generations, and Emma remembered parts of it, but she wanted to re-familiarize herself.

Emma saw most of the house last night. What she hadn't seen were the cellar, the attic, and the garage. Emma knew searching the attic might be a little bit like snooping, but she knew that was part of the reason she wanted to do it. She remembered playing hide and seek in the creepy cellar as a child. The memory made her laugh as she recalled James crying after one game where Jenny and her had turned out the lights and ran upstairs. Kids could be so cruel.

Smirking, despite the amount of pity she felt for her unfortunate cousin, Emma decided that exploration was indeed called for. Now she just needed to figure out where to start.