While Rachel was upstairs looking at her Youtube page, a knock on the front door interrupted Rob's and Frank's conversation. Frank wiped his hands on a nearby towel as he walked to the front door. He opened the door to see a rather attractive woman with a bit of a muscular build. Her brown hair was cut short in a sporty look, and her light brown eyes seemed to stare into his soul. Judging by the rest of her body, which was covered in clothes yet did little to hid her figure, Frank guessed that the woman before him was a were of some sort. "Can I help you?" he asked.
"Um, hi," she started. "My name is Shiela Wiggleston, and I'm a neighbor of yours." She looked at the house and asked, "Is this the Van Direstag residence?"
"Yes, it is," Frank responded.
"Ah, good," Shiela responded, "I'm a friend of your parents, Richard and Rose. They wanted me to give you a message."
Frank looked at the woman before him and asked, "Is everything ok?"
"Oh, um, yes, it's just there's been a bit of an accident, and they had to go to the hospital," Shiela answered as she rubbed the back of her neck.
Frank's eyes widened at the news as he responded, "Should we go to the hospital?"
"Oh," Shiela responded, "Oh, uh, I think you should stay here at home. It can be quite dangerous outside at night, and, um, they wanted to make sure that you're safe. They'll be back soon in the morning."
Frank paused as he processed the news and tried to think of a good question. "Is there anything that we should be worried about? I mean, our parents are in the hospital right now, right?"
"Oh, nothing too bad. Your mom, Rose, has to be checked out, but I'm sure they'll be fine."
"Well...okay," Frank said as he relaxed a little bit. "Thank you, um, Ms..."
"Shiela. Shiela Wiggleston," Shiela said as she finished his sentence. "And it's a pleasure to meet you...What was your name?"
"Frank," he responded.
"Well, it's good to meet you, Frank. Just stay inside and stay safe, okay?" She said as she turned around and walked away. Frank watched as she swayed her hips a little before closing the door.
"Who was that?" a male voice asked. Frank turned around to see Rob still sitting at the table.
"Just a neighbor checking in on us," Frank responded. He decided to not tell his siblings about their parents just quite yet. "Could you go get Rachel and tell her that dinner's almost ready?"
"Sure," Rob answered as he got up from the table and go upstairs.
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After checking her Youtube channel, Rachel spent the rest of the evening setting up her camera and microphone. While she wasn't prepared to make a video that night, she figured she'd go ahead and set up her recording spot so she could film when she was ready. Her preparations were interrupted by a knock on the door. She got up from her desk and opened the door to see her brother standing behind it.
"Frank said to tell you that dinner's almost ready and that you should go downstairs," Rob said as he looked at the room behind her.
"Fine," she said, "Tell him that I'll be down shortly." She turned away, huffing a little at the interruption as she put everything down. The preparations will have to wait.