Oswald would be back in school next week.
. . .
He curled himself into the corner of the sofa, hugging himself and had his hood up.
"Oswald. . .? Can we talk?"
". . ."
Fredrick sat down with his son, not too close to give him space.
"Ozzy. . . Why did you go in the ballpit? You know the sign that said."
"I know. . ."
Oswald felt ashamed that he felt like crying, hugging his knees.
"I don't know. . . I just wanted to scare you."
His dad turned to him,"Scare me?", Oswald nods,"I was mad. . . This summer, I was bored. . . And, you and mom were too busy to spend time with me, you just dropped me off off at Jeff's Pizza, alone. . . All I did was eat Pizza and drink soda, so I just. . .", the room was silent, Oswald hiding his face in his knees in shame, he shouldn't be crying.
His dad, silent, tapped his head,"Oswald, look at me.", Oswald looked up, his dad wipes his tears,"Now, I won't deny what you did was silly. Especially when you're told you about pink eye.", he nods, sniffling as he remembers that.
"But. . . I do understand why you wanted to do it."
His dad sighed,"We haven't been too far to you, Oswald. . . It was stupid of me to leave you alone for so long, even if it was a Pizza Place, it wasn't responsible of me to leave you alone."
He took off his hood, Oswald looked up as he tried to wipe his tears with his sleeve.
"And, you're right, I know me and your mother haven't had time to spend time with you, and I can understand your frustration. . . And I know you felt lonely cause your friends were away on holidays or visiting family.", Oswald nods, his beckoned him over, holding him close,"I'm not mad, I won't tell your mom about the ball pit thing; And We'll try and spend more time with you Ozzy. I'm sorry we made you feel lonely or made you feel like we were dumping you there.", Oswald nods, closing his eyes.
"Besides. . . What you did, I did something far more stupid and bad, and I was 18 years old; You're better than me."
He was 10. . . Fredrick didn't blame him, he did need a more stable job and while his wife worked late hours. . . They needed to talk; For the sake of Oswald.

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Jeff sighed it.
"There; Feel free to investigate."
So the police investigation began, taping off the area and stuff being removed to look further into.
Jeff reached into his pocket for a cigarette.

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"Anything on the cameras?"
"Yeah look. . ."
One cop pointed to the camera; There was Jeff, on the computer and in background they saw Oswald run past him, then running out.
"Wha?"
"Kid looks terrified; It looks like he's being chased by someone or something, maybe whatever bit that kid."
Chief nods, making a note; Something was in that Pizza Place.