The New Tenant

I was moving boxes from my truck into my new home - he startled me.

A boy standing in the hallway.

"Hello, how did you get in here?"

"I'm looking for my ball - it's in that room," he said pointing.

I sensed loneliness in his voice.

"Well then, we better go find it!" I said playfully.

He smiled.

I walked passed him finding the bedroom empty.

"I don't think we're going to find it in here," I said turning to him - he was gone.

I never saw him again, and no one could ever identify him. I wonder about him sometimes.