I apologize for a filler chapter, but, honestly, this is just to fill some time up before Jacob can get to the house.

"He thinks he's the one who can see monsters?" I asked after Millard dumped the photo on my lap.

"Apparently." He shrugged. We sat there looking down at Abe's grandson in his pajamas for several minutes.

"It's not too impressive." I noted.

"He is only nine."

"And I'm only ninety. What's your point?"

"You are impossible."

I held it up to better light. "How can you tell if someone's well, peculiar?"

"I'm not too sure about that. But then again, I'm sure Abe knows the signs."

"He's our rescuer? Our night in shining armor?"

"Yes, I suppose so."

"Hmmph." I flipped around and let my feet hang out over the side of the couch. "Well, I hope he gets here soon. We've waited long enough for our hollow slayer. Do you suppose he'll bring Abe with him?"

"He's so old, though." Millard noted uncomfortably.

"It's weird to me too."

"What would Emma say if she saw him now, when he's in his seventies?"

"Fancy a snog?" We both laughed at this.

~*~
"You're a cheater! A dirty cheater!" Olive exclaimed angrily as Millard pushed all of her money and houses into his domain.

"It's just how the game is played." He said. "I can't help it if you spent all your money buying the most expensive lots."

"But how am I supposed to give you my money when it costs over a thousand money?" She said.

"Maybe Monopoly is just too complex a game for the little ones to understand." Bronwyn said. "Do you want to go upstairs? I can read you a story." She asked Claire, who had gotten out way early in the beginning of the game, and Olive, whose face was still red.

"Only if you can read me the Tales." She grumbled. Bronwyn smiled and led the two girls upstairs.

"Oh, bird. Millard, how much is this green one?" I asked.

"With one house, that'll be 75." He answered. I counted out the money and was left with absolutely nothing.

"I'm out." I said.
Millard raised his invisible fist in the air. "Three times in a row! Who wants to play again?" He looked around the table excitedly.

"Actually, it's time to go to bed." Miss Peregrine said.