Chapter 15

Chapter Fifteen

I had no idea there were so many workers around here as Cherry and Josh showed me around. There were many cottages scattered here and there, others were clustered together to form a community of sorts complete with a clinic for health emergencies. Cherry was born here so she's lived her entire life here while josh moved in when he was five after his mom's death. This is my home from now on unless I leave for college which wouldn't be anytime soon.

"It's really beautiful out here." I said.

"Wait till you see the pond it's the most ethereal thing around here." Josh said beaming with excitement so contagious I couldn't help but feel excited too.

Josh led the way and we followed. It was only the entrance to the forest surrounding the estate but the trees were all the way up that I had to tilt my head back to look at them. They were looming menacingly and so gloomy that I wondered how the rest of the forest would be like.

"Are there wild animals?" I asked suddenly.

A weir