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Jacob stood in the foyer as he watched the tow truck repossessing his Huht, but as the use He was more than a year behind on its payments With the medication that the doctor had prescribed for his Alzheimer he didn't trust himself behind the wheel therefore the vehicle had setdriven He walked back to the living roo his truck away He looked at the house and it was disheveled to say the least He needed a housekeeper, but he could no longer afford the cleaning lady not even for one day a week He picked up the phone and was about to dial, but suddenly he couldn't remember who he was about to call He placed the phone down and then went into the kitchen Dirty dishes were everywhere and the trash was overflowing froh the ht to the refrigerator He opened it and stood looking inside of it as if he were deciding what to eat

"Louise… Louise…" He began calling for his wife

"Louise are you upstairs?" He asked when she failed to answer hi back

"Why haven't you gone grocery shopping? Why is the refrigerator eerator's door opened and headed upstairs to their bedrooain he asked as he entered the room Louise was not in the bedroom Where could that woman be he wondered as he went to Markus' rooain he was surprised to see that Markus was not there either Panicking he ran to his daughter's room

"Dinah… Dinah…" He called out and was terrified when he realized that none of his family was at home What happened to his family?

"Where is everybody?" He mumbled to himself as he made his way back downstairs

Once downstairs he went back to the foyer and to the closet that held their coats and jackets He grabbed a lightweight jacket however he forgot that he was only wearing his house slippers He left in a hurry forgetting to close and lock the door in his haste Once outside he began walking down the block looking for his family

"Louise… Louise… Louise…" He called out as hethis way and that As he alking he saw so him from the opposite direction