Missing From: Peggy Boone Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 12:02:54 When Willie let himself into the Old House, something was different, but he was unable to put his finger on it. He walked down the hall. As he walked back, he found a note laying on the table by the stairs. When he picked it up, he saw it had his name on it. When he opened it, he saw it was from Barnabas. The note read: "Willie,
I have gone away for awhile. What happened to Chris was my fault. Don't try to find me. Take care of the Old House and Julia for me." Barnabas." Willie dropped the note back down on the table. He looked through the Old House and saw that Barnabas was indeed gone. He began calling for Julia until he realized that she was at the hospital. He went out the door on his way to Collinwood to call Julia at the hospital. On the way, he wished that Barnabas would have a telephone put in at the Old House. He got tired of having to walk to Collinwood every time he wanted to make a phone call. When he got back to the Old House, he paced and smoked until he heard Julia's car. He met her outside. When she walked toward the door with a worried look on her face, he told her about the note. When she asked him if he had searched the entire house, he told her that he did. Willie told her that Barnabas blamed himself for what happened to Chris Jennings. When she told him that Barnabas could not have saved Chris from falling off of Widow's Hill, Willie told her that he thought Barnabas was feeling the way he was because everything had happened at the Old House.
