- The Thomas’s

Meanwhile on earth, Jason had taken a leave from his office today, as he had a light temperature and the weather out was cold. And while he was resting with relaxed mind frame is when he had received the telepathic message from Rachael , some time after noon.

This message had gotten him worried and he had started pacing around his room, going back and sitting and then pacing at random intervals, although he was still exhausted.

He had a crush on Rachael while they were still their neighbours. That was years ago when they were still kids and currently he liked someone at his office. But Rachael was still his good friend.

His mother had come up to check on him and seeing Jim pacing around she felt anxious. She tried asking him if there was something bothering him and he gave her some stupid answer and went back to his bed. He did not want to drag his mother into it.

He was eagerly waiting for his dad to return home.

It was 6:00 in the evening, he heard the door bell ringing and knew his dad was back home.

Bill Thomas, Jason's dad did not have a good day at office today with his hire ups, as there were few escalations. Although he had abilities to manipulate the work, he was an honest man and did not want to take the wrong path.

He was also conscious about not letting people on earth knowing his abilities although at times when things got really bad he was tempted to use his powers. He had been successful in holding back from using his powers all these years.

Today he was really upset on how things went at work so he wanted ways to relax and unwind himself once he was back home. He had no clue , that something more dreadful was awaiting him back home.

As soon as his wife Miley Thomas opened the door, she saw how low her husband looked. She helped him take off his winter court.

Bill never wanted to show his office frustration on his family, so he calmly asked her about the whereabouts of Jim (Jason was fondly called Jim at home) and how was his health? He knew that Jim had a mild temperature when he left for office this morning.

Miley knew very well that both her husband and her son would never tell her their problems at office so there was no point in asking her husband about his day today. She knew from his looks that he may have had a bad day at work.

In response to Bill's question Miley replied that Jim's temperature had reduced by noon, but he seemed worried and disturbed and was pacing around in his room. That got Bill concerned too.

Having said that, Miley then headed off to the kitchen to make hot cocoa which both the men in her home, liked to drink during chilly winters. But today she was also feeling worried as she had sensed something was being hidden from her.

Bill walked towards the washroom, to freshen up. He had already pushed his problems at office to the back of his head and was now thinking about what was bothering his son.

He knew from Jim's friends the problems his son had at his workplace but Jim just like his dad never showed his office frustration to his parents.

Once Bill was out of the washroom he headed straight towards his son's room. Jim's room was upstairs right on top of their room. As Bill was about to go up the stairs he saw Miley carrying two cups of steaming hot cocoa in a tray along with some spiced cookies to munch on. She also seemed worried after seeing how dull both her husband and her son were today.

Bill stopped her on her way, gave a quick peck on her cheek to cheer her up and took the tray from her. He did not want her to worry and wanted to make sure she was always cheerful. His love for his wife just increased every passing day and he was always grateful to her on how she kept him grounded.

She had enormous patience and it was due to this nature of hers that they were able to live on this planet for so many years peacefully.

Bill winked at his wife and told her to stay back stating that he wanted to have a man to man talk with his son. Miley understood what her husband meant and she gave him a quick grin and a thumbs up.

In a nutshell they were a small happy family who doted on each other.

Holding the tray, Bill carefully climbed the stairs. Once he reached the door of Jim's room, he placed the tray on the table just outside the wall of the room and knocked the door.

" Jim it's dad. May I come in?"

As Jim was waiting for his dad, he quickly opened the door for him. "Come on in dad "

Bill walked into the room carrying the tray with him while Jim closed the door of the room behind him.

Bill carefully placed the tray on Jim's work table which was hardly used after Jim had changed his job. Jim looked extremely anxious and Bill sensed something very serious was bothering him.

He offered his son the cocoa drink and he looked at his son and said , "Jim is everything alright? Something seems to be bothering you " to which Jim replied "Dad walls have ears too "

This was a phrase which was used on earth in a different context but it was a code word or phrase which was very often used in their home planet . Bill sensed something out of place which may be serious or dangerous. He got nervous too.

"Jim it better be serious, you very well know that we can't use our powers here. Someone may notice it" and while he said that to his son, he silently said a spell in his mind and snapped his finger. The room instantly converted into a sound proof room.

There were certain messages which could not be conveyed to a person through telepathy or with earth's modern day technology like mobile phones. It had to be told directly to the intended person face to face.

Once the room was sound proofed, Bill looked at Jim and told him that he could speak now, as not even the air outside the room could hear what they were speaking about.

After a pause Jim started speaking. "Dad, I believe I received a telepathic message from Rachael today. I am not sure if I got that right but I wanted to let you know about it before I just brushed it off as my imagination."

"Who Rachael ?" Bill did not seem to remember this name.

Jim realised that his dad must have forgotten who Rachael was, as his dad was slowly ageing and it it's been quite a few years that they had moved here.

"Dad, they are one of us who moved to earth a few years ago, after us. Samuel uncle's daughter Rachael. They were our neighbours before we moved to this place after your current job. Don't you remember?"

Bill took a while before he finally recalled. As soon as he remembered his eyebrows frowned. He kind of guessed what must have happened as he knew bits and pieces of news which he had received from his relatives, some of them were still on their home planet while many had moved to different planets just like how the Thomas's had moved to earth.

Bill never asked anything directly to Mr. Samuel Pfiffer, Rachael's dad as he did not want to put the Pfiffer's in danger.

All he knew was that any danger that may come upon the Pfeiffer family had to do with that young lad Ray.

" I remember them now Jim. Tell me about the message you received."

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