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Autumn began to come in Grindelwald, making the green color of the trees in summer swept by red and yellow strokes.

But that does not mean the scenery there becomes bad, it is a bright color mixture that makes tourists more crazy about Grindelwald.

Not to mention the thick fog that accompanies the morning, like today. The scenery in the village becomes more magical.

Lana could see how the fog had started to fall because the sun had already gone up.

More and more Lana sees how the village streets are crowded with tourists.

And of course Melina was also affected. The table in Melina is always booked out, either at lunch or at night.

These past two weeks, Lana's always been coming home in an unusually tired state. His work that always demands hard work, increasingly demanding Lana to slam the bones.

Aubrey could no longer ask him to talk. He almost fell asleep at the dinner table last night. Aubrey told him to go to bed without objecting.

His relationship with Aubrey and Barnabas is unique.

Lana feels like she has grandparents who are very considerate of her. Not bad, but of course there's a slight difference, which is that these grandparents make it feel like they're getting inside the fridge every time they get close.

Hugs were forbidden, and Aubrey complained almost daily about this.

Aubrey always waited for him to come home impatiently, and heard a series of questions when Lana came home late. And to be honest, Lana likes it. For many years she had lived alone, the attention she had gotten from Aubrey made her feel like she had a home.

Today it is even three months that he lives in Grindelwald and Lana is starting to feel bad. For the first time in ten years, he felt comfortable and safe. It was a feeling he never imagined would come to him.

Joan and Erich, as usual, were unusually good neighbors. Joan, who still ignored Lana's cold demeanor, sent Lana a delicious meat pie almost every week.

Especially after knowing Lana could not cook anything that deserves to be called food, she was more eager to send the results of her cooking to Lana.

Not to forget while calling for astonishment, how could someone working in a restaurant not know how to cook?

The only skill Lana has gained over the years working in restaurants is that she can wash a pile of dirty dishes in no time.

But it's been a week since Joan showed up.  And of course, because he and Erich must also be very busy with the flow of tourists to Grindelwald.

They both manage the farmland, but also receive tourist visits who want to experience life as farmers. And of course many tourists are interested in visiting their farmland, to experience a unique experience.

According to Lana, this is absurd, why during the holidays they even want to work hard to become farmers? They should relax in the hotel.

To Lana's astonishment, she began to look forward to the time when Joan knocked on the side door loudly, calling out her name.

Lana finds herself looking at the door wondering when Joan will come. Then Lana felt stupid, since when did she look forward to the arrival of guests at her house?

Lana snatched the makeshift sandwich, which she made in a hurry. He was long daydreaming, but he woke up too late.

His tired body, made his eyes heavily open. But Lana had to keep going to work, and again yesterday Marco told her to come early.

There is no time to relax, Lana sat up while stepping straight away from home.

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Melina today was amazingly busy, Lana would be lucky, if she could straighten her back a little. He had been standing for hours in front of a tub full of dirty dishes that seemed to never end.

In between, he still had to wash all the dirty pans and pans that continued to be used interchangeably by Marco and Petra.

Usually he will get a break at lunch and also in the afternoon before the start of dinner.

But today, it's the weekend. That means the flow of tourists who come is getting denser. They even stand in front of the restaurant. It makes Mr. Meier, cancel the recess before dinner.

No doubt, not only Lana, Marco and Petra also look tired. Thirty-five tables are still waiting for their turn.

Lana put a stack of pans on the table and arranged them so that the Chefs could easily pick up when they needed them. He then looked at Marco's back doubtfully.

"Marco?" call slowly.

"What's Lana doing?" Marco answered without turning his head, as his hands were still busy stirring the cooking on the stove.

"I have to go to the toilet"

"You don't have to ask permission for that" Marco said, turning his head to look at Lana. His face was smiling amusedly.

Lana lowered her head, then immediately left, without hearing Petra's comment. Lana was sure the comment was disrespectful, as she heard Marco yelling and telling her to shut up.

Usually, Lana does not need to ask permission if you want to use the toilet.

But today Melina is really testing patience. On a super busy day, the employee toilet is located in the back, the water is clogged, for whatever reason.

That means, Lana will have to use the guest toilet in front, and it will automatically take longer. He asked Marco for permission.

Mr. Meier called someone to fix it, but they were lucky to get a handyman tomorrow. Once again because of the tourists who come, almost all the plumbers in Grindelwald take care of the plumbing problems in the hotels.

If you can, Lana wants to fix it herself, but her ability is not yet that high to be able to take care of the installation of the waters in a restaurant.

The guest toilet is larger than the one in the back, and has 5 separate rooms. But the queue snaking out the door almost made Lana give up. And as usual the door to the men's restroom looks quiet.

In any hemisphere Lana is, the same thing always happens.

What do women do in the toilet so that they take a long time? Lana herself only takes less than two minutes to do her business.

Even until the ghost he met in the toilet, usually also female.

Like this moment, he could see them pacing around while looking at him with interest. This was the first time the spirit that was there saw Lana, she had never set foot here.

Slowly, some spirits approached Lana, but she easily ignored them, as her mind was already very upset.

His eyes repeatedly glanced towards the quiet man's toilet door.

Does he dare to enter? No one's seen there. Lana imagines her dishwasher will definitely accumulate more, as she queues.

Taking a deep breath, Lana finally walked into the toilet.

He did not care about the astonished glance that was thrown by some guests who were already queuing behind him.

Lana was grateful that the toilet was empty, she would have turned around if there was someone inside. But luckily, there was no one in front of the urinal. Lana quickly entered one of the rooms.

His back, which had been sore, cried out in relief, because he finally sat down. Lana closed her eyes for a moment, enjoying that short break.

But the shadow of the plate piled up making him uncomfortable. Then as soon as it was done, Lana immediately came out, while tidying up her clothes.

"What the...........!!?" the call of questioning and surprise made Lana jump.

Petra was looking at him from the front of the urinal with a surprised face.

Lana quickly lowered her head, and closed her eyes with her hands. Why is it that out of all the people he meets here is Petra? Lana bathes with a nelangsa.

"What are you doing here?" Petra asked still in surprise.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'll go" Lana instantly took a thousand steps, while continuing to cover her eyes.

The distance of the door was not too far away, he could find it with his eyes closed. Petra was still shouting out some things, but Lana no longer heard it.

Lana continued to take a quick step, then stopped at a hidden corner in the hallway near the door that connects between the kitchen and the front room of the restaurant.

He adjusted his breath while holding his chest that was beating irregularly.

He's really embarrassed. Lana didn't hear anyone coming, she would have waited until Petra left before coming out if she had heard.

Lana covered her face in despair.

What should I do if I see him again? Lana nodded in annoyance.

He did not see anything, but Petra would definitely use the incident for a brazen joke.

After her teasing was coldly responded to by Lana, Petra now switched, always being a little cruel to Lana.

He often jokes about how not to pull Lana's body shape, and also about how the posture of Lana who looks like a grandmother because she is more often down.

Petra especially made jokes like that, when Marco was not around. Because Marco usually immediately rebukes Petra and tells her to stop, just like before.

But what can Lana do?

Hiding won't solve anything, he still has to go back to the kitchen.

So with a sigh of annoyance, Lana lowered her hand from the face, to find a pair of pale eyes wide open looking at her from below.

Lana gasped softly and almost screamed, but she managed to prevent it by biting her tongue until it hurt. Lana closed her eyes to calm herself down.

Apparently a spirit figure was standing in front of him, looking exactly at his face curiously.

The ghost is a ghost of children who are about 7 years old. Lana has never seen him in Melina, she must have followed one of the guests here.

"Can you see me?" the little girl asked with a raucous.

Lana did not answer, because she did not have time to listen to the ghost complaints at this time. Not even for the children's ghosts that look awful.

The girl was in good shape, only she looked very wet.

Water droplets are not real, relentlessly down from the clothes he wears. Lana doesn't need a smart brain to guess, if the little girl dies from drowning.

Lana had helped three ghost children before, usually their wishes were so innocent that they were easier to fulfill.

Lana felt sorry when she saw them. Their lives were cut off in a short period of time, that alone was enough to make Lana pity.

But not today, he had to go back to the kitchen immediately.

So with a heavy heart, Lana stepped into the hallway, avoiding the sight of the little girl. After turning around, Lana seemed as if she could still feel the gaze of the girl stuck on her back.

Lana was eager to curse, when she found the passageway, was being blocked by two guests who were arguing. Lana tries to be patient and wait for them to finish.

But after hearing for a moment, Lana realized, the two people were arguing in different languages.

They repeatedly translate the conversation through mobile phones. But because the translator app doesn't seem to provide a proper translation, the debate becomes endless.

One of them was trying to explain, he had to take care of the licensing before he could continue their contract. The man in front of him insisted on continuing his contract as soon as possible.

Shaking her head in annoyance, Lana called out to one of the men.

Lana smoothly explains their matter, and the two men welcome Lana's help.

Even one of the men held Lana captive until she could find a common ground on their affairs. Lana who had no other choice finally stood in the hallway for a few minutes.

Accompanied by a huge thank you, they returned to the front room.

And Lana continued her journey back to the kitchen. Before he reached the door, Marco's head looked out of the kitchen door.

"You done yet?" ask Marco.

"I'm sorry, I should be right back" Lana looked down deeply feeling guilty.

"You're helping guests, there's no need to apologize" Marco said, pointing to the front room and smiling.

Marco was looking for him after he didn't come back. But then I found Lana helping the guest. That's why he called her.

Lana was immediately relieved, because Marco thought the delay was only due to the incident in the hallway. That means Petra hasn't told me about the incident.

"I didn't know you spoke Spanish, Lana. That's great" Marco lifted his thumb in admiration.

Lana simply shook her head with a small smile in response to the compliment. "I'm going back to work" Lana said as she walked into the kitchen.

Petra seemed to be busy in front of the stove. Lana hesitated, she actually wanted to apologize once again.

But Petra just glanced at him and came back busy organizing the fire.

Lana finally undoes the intention, and goes straight to the pile of laundry that had already multiplied to double during her departure.

Lana hopes Petra's silence means she understands and forgets the embarrassing incident earlier.

Lana has to work fast if she wants to get back home on time. Aubrey will nag if he's late again today. For almost two weeks he never got home on time.

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Lana locked the back door of Melina with trembling hands. The autumn air at midnight was enough to make him regret, because he did not follow Aubrey's advice to wear thicker clothes.

Lana is in charge of locking Melina up at night, not because of her important position, but because she has to come faster than other kitchen workers.

There were two people holding the key to the door, Marco and himself. Usually Marco helps until all the kitchen cleaning work is done. But he had to go home because his wife was sick.

Lana came home late again today, so she would receive another long scolding from Aubrey when she got home,

Clasping the thin, gloomy old sweater she was wearing, Lana left the silent passageway at a rapid pace.

The hallway was silent but that didn't mean there was no one.

A few ghosts saw her from above the building around Melina. And they only saw him, because Lana never tried to say hello or show signs that she could see them.

When Lana first passed through this hall, as usual the ghosts swarmed around with curiosity.

But back then, Lana successfully pretended not to see or feel anything. Though his body was already barely able to resist shaking from the cold.

That many ghosts make Lana's body feel like she is swimming in a pool filled with ice.

Now Lana usually went straight to the highway in front without looking. Being in the crowd of the road makes him relieved, because it is no longer just surrounded by ghosts.

There are a lot of tourists passing by there. The road hardly ever sleeps.

"Go home without greeting me?" the heavy sound coming from the right made Lana jump in shock.

Petra is seen leaning against the wall smoking a cigarette.

Lana focussed her eyes forward as she reached the highway a few meters away.  He didn't see Petra there.

"Sorry, I didn't see you earlier" Lana said still politely.

Petra then walked up to him. With a reflex Lana took a few steps back, as Petra's face now formed a strange smile.

But Lana forgot that the passageway was narrow, immediately her back hit the wall.

"You like it, don't you?" Petra continued to smile obliquely and advanced docked.

"Likes what?" lana asked confusedly.

Lana tries to shift to the right of the dodge, but her exit is blocked by Petra's hand.

"Don't act stupid, you like all the temptations I throw, don't you? You pretend to be cold, but you actually like it. That's why you were waiting for me in the toilet" Petra said, blocking Lana's body from shifting to the left with her right hand.

"What?!!"

Lana stops moving in shock at Petra's unreasonable accusations.

At that time, Lana was already in the support of her hand.

"You deliberately asked Marco for permission to sign, and then you waited for me there. I have to admit, it's very clever"

Petra again uttered the nonsense that made Lana shudder.

He was not interested in Petra. His life was busy enough without any man.

After Aaron, Lana is not interested in anyone. And it's also because Lana doesn't want mistakes.

"You misunderstood, Petra" said Lana, involuntarily smiling in amusement at Petra's overconfident attitude.

"I was there because the women's toilets were so full. I can't stay away from work for long. That's why I use the men's room. I didn't know you were going there" explained Lana at length with a relieved smile.

Petra should be able to understand because the reason was very clear.

"You laughed at me!!?"  Petra snapped at Lana violently while clutching Lana's face with her right hand.

Lana's smile of relief was instantly annihilated, and changed with fear.

He saw how Petra's usual face, now changed to be very creepy.

Petra's eyes slightly reddened, and a strong smell of tobacco smelled from her mouth.

Lana immediately got a bad feeling.

He had to leave immediately, let alone his face that was in Petra's grasp began to hurt.

With her skinny hands Lana tried to get rid of Petra's hands. "Take me off, what are you gonna do?" lana said in a more resolute voice.

Lana tries to fight back, even though fear has taken hold of her heart.

This was the first time Lana felt fear for humans after such a long time.

Petra's current face, according to Lana, is more sinister than that of the clock tower ghost.

Lana's lips trembled violently in fear, as Petra again smiled obliquely.

"All I'm going to do is remove this arrogant face" Petra said as she pushed Lana's head against the wall behind her.

"Take me off!!" Lana again exclaimed, glancing at the highway.

"Nobody will hear your screams!" sergeant Petra.

And he's right, the building next to Melina is a noisy nightclub. The loud music drowned out all the sounds in the street. Moreover, they were still a few meters away from the road.

"Take me off!!" Lana screamed with all her might now, as she could feel Petra's hand creeping into her sweater.

That hand violently pulled Lana's old sweater and tore it apart.

"No!!!" Lana started crying and struggling.

Disgust, anger and fear, made him wriggle with all his might trying to escape from Petra's confinement.

His free hand grabbed and clawed at Petra's body which was within his reach. His feet kicked in all directions wildly

But his thin body was by no means a balanced opponent for Petra.

He easily held Lana's hands up and ripped off the shirt. Make Lana's upper body open.

"Tidaakkkk, let me go. Stop!!!!"

Lana screamed with all her might, she began to feel extremely nauseous from disgust.

Lana's tears poured down her face and neck. But Petra did not care, she instead began to kiss Lana's neck with a big smile.

Lana roared even harder. This was the first time he had begged for someone to die.

He hoped Petra would die right then and there, or maybe even himself. Lana doesn't care anymore, she just wants this nightmare to stop.

All the suffering of his life never made him this desperate. But the disgust and humiliation of Petra's actions made her want to die.

Lana's kick and also the shout seemed to be an encouraging cheer for Petra.

He now pulls off Lana's sweater, and makes an even bigger tear on the front of his shirt.

Lana screamed again and now began to beg Petra to stop all this, which resulted in nothing, because Petra was deaf.

Lana couldn't think of anything at all, "Help me" Lana screamed once more with all her remaining power.

Lana's eyes began to darken due to her thinning consciousness, but she could feel the air around her becoming piercingly cold. In the rest of the blurred light that was in her eyes, Lana saw a blurry blue luminescence surrounding Petra.

"I beg you, help me!" weak whispers.

After that only darkness filled Lana's gaze