Page 30 of Cadenbury Town Does Halloween

“What the hell?” the dark-haired man growls out. “Are you in the habit of scaring young children? What were you going to do with him or to him?”

“Nothing,” Sal protested. “I recognised him from earlier and just wanted to talk to him.”

“So you do that by scaring him?” the other man asked in anger.

“No,” I say, rubbing my forehead. “Look this is going wrong.”

“I’ll say,” the man with brown hair snaps out.

“I’m only going to tell you this once, stay away from us, and stay the hell away from our brothers,” and with that, the dark-haired man blows out a breath and we both go flying backwards.

I groan as I hit the ground and so does Sal. I sit up and see they have gone. I look at Sal. “Well, that could have gone better.”

“Yeah,” Sal says sitting up, just as a furious looking Cam comes running over.

He sees us and looks confused. “Please tell me it wasn’t you two that scared a child and made the family run out of here,” he practically demands.

Sal and I stand up.

“Yeah, we did,” I say, brushing my hands down over my jacket.

“Call Addy and Jude here now,” he says, looking angry and crossing his arms over his chest.

Hey babe, can you come over to the donut stand?

Sure, is something wrong?

Yeah, but we’ll tell you when you and Jude get here.

I can feel Adhan's confusion.Okay, I’m on my way.

Thanks“Adhan is on his way,” I say, feeling really bad.

“So is Jude,” Sal adds.

“We didn’t mean to scare him,” I say.

“Scare who?” Adhan asks, coming to stand by Cam, Jude at his side.

“The family I showed the Myers house to earlier. I saw them dashing out of the farm, when I asked them what was wrong, they said two men were preying on their youngest brother,” Cam says. “They said the two men were by the donut stand. When I arrived, I saw both Ernest and Sal picking themselves up off the ground.”

“You scared a child?” Adhan asks in astonishment.

“We didn’t mean to,” I say.

“I saw him at the shop earlier. He was with a light and dark witch. I just wanted to talk to him,” Sal tells them.

“So you corner an unknown child and try to talk to him on his own?” Jude says, sounding angry as well. “What the hell Saladin? What would you have done if someone had done that to Connie?”

“Covered them in boils,” Sal admitted.

“We honestly didn’t give it a thought that he wasn’t from around here,” I add. “We talk to everyone.”

Adhan runs a hand down his face. “The one thing I pride myself on is knowing this town is a safe place for everyone, and you two, two of my own family, have just made a child so scared, that the family ran out of here to protect him. To say I’m disappointed in both of you is an understatement.”

God, I didn’t think it was possible to feel any worse about myself, but knowing I’ve disappointed Adhan, hurts. “I really am sorry,” I say.

“Somehow that doesn’t really help,” he snaps out. “You both better hope we see them again so you can both apologise.”