Murder In The Old Castle
326. Depends Figure
Ammar and Juned immediately entered the dark room, to check who was hanging there. In the darkness of space, they could not see clearly. Indeed, there was a figure hanging, swaying and thrashing. Suddenly, the men were then startled with a coughing sound from a hanging figure. It seemed, he had just been hanged, as he was still alive. Mungin was a little late, that figure had already taken a life.
"Thus .. uhuk!"
"He's still alive! Hurry please!" juned said quickly.
Reflexively the three of them immediately held the hanging leg, so that the rope did not get stronger gripping the neck. Juned pulled out an old chair that was in the room, then removed the rope that tied the neck of the hanging figure. The figure looked limp, holding his neck which was painful. They put the hanging figure on the damp floor.
Juned pointed the flashlight at the figure that was hanging, and they only found out that it was a young female figure that they had been looking for. Ammar heaved a sigh of relief, as he found this woman alive.
"You okay, Nadine?" ask Ammar.
The figure of the young woman who turned out to be Nadine looked pale and weak. Her eyes look pretty, with dry lips. He just shook his head, didn't say a word. Ammar breathed. He did not intend to ask any further, given Nadine's unstable condition. He may still be hit with this condition. Thankfully, he was soon found. If not, it might just be a name.
"Where's Rosita? Did you see him?" ask Edwin quickly.
"Later on, Win!" reprimand Juned.
Nadine just shook her head weakly. The woman tried to stand up, flanked by Juned and Edwin, as her condition was still weak. Maybe he hasn't eaten or drunk since yesterday. Ammar drove them down the aisle, back up. There was no talk, though many questions in Ammar's mind. He still wants to know, how can Nadine suddenly be in the basement, even though Reno is currently looking into the forest near the waterfall.
After a bit of hardship, Nadine managed to be brought upstairs to the kitchen. In the kitchen, they meet Dimas and Mariah who are about to descend into the basement. Dimas was surprised to see the existence of Nadine who looked weak, being swept by Juned and Edwin.
" Why did you find him?" ask Dimas.
"Later, Dimas. He needs immediate help!" answer Ammar.
They immediately took Nadine to the room for first aid. They put Nadine on the bed to feel comfortable. Ammar examined Nadine's neck, appearing red due to the rope. He suddenly heard the previous case when the neck of Maira Susanti who was also snared by a rope, but lucky he was still alive. Does this have anything to do with it?
Meanwhile, Mariah immediately informs Nadine's discovery to Ryan, her husband, who is still sitting at the dinner table with Jeremy. Hearing information from Mariah, Ryan seemed happy, while Jeremy was still upset because Mariah did not tell him about Stella. Of course, Stella has not been found. Ryan did not want to wait any longer, he immediately followed Nadine in the room where she was treated.
Nadine's discovery has also been heard by Lily and Maya. These two wnitas were chatting on the upper balcony. Soon they came down to look at Nadine who looks still look tired and chaotic. The woman was still lying on the bed, while her neck was smeared with medicine by Mariah. All the residents seemed to be clustered at the side of the bed, impatiently hearing Nadine's words.
"Let him rest first. Don't ask him first. You guys have to understand that. I'm asking the unassisted of you to get out. Let Mariah check on Nadine's wounds. Ryan, you take good care of your wife!" ammar's orders.
They obeyed what Ammar had commanded. It's true that Nadine needs a lot of rest. One by one, the residents left Nadine's room. The only ones who live there are Dimas, Ammar, Ryan, and Mariah. They kept Nadine stable first.
Meanwhile, outside the room, Edwin was immediately mobbed by his colleagues, out of curiosity. Edwin was silent, shook his head, silent, reluctant to reveal what he saw in the basement. He was indeed warned not to tell anything he saw while there, so as not to cause panic.
"Didn't you meet Stella? Nadine's the only one who's met!" spray Jeremy.
"I don't know, Jer! Don't force me to tell stories! You think you're the one who lost your wife! Remember that! Our wives are all here disappearing! Aditya lost Lidya, Ryan lost Nadine, and I now lose Rosita! So don't feel like you've lost your wife!"
Edwin began to explode, as he could not stand the flutter of questions directed at him. He prepared to go into the room to rest. Jeremy just nodded at hearing that, trying to understand that Edwin was not in his mood, so his emotions rose. Edwin went into the room, without caring about the questions of his other colleagues.
"I still think about Stella. May he be found safe" Jeremy murmured.
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Later that afternoon, Dimas will go to the city to look for data and ask the medical team to move to the castle immediately, considering that there are two bodies that they found this morning. The first is a headless body in a hut in the middle of the forest, and the second is Kara's body which is currently being secured in the basement. He must move quickly, chasing time, so that no more victims fall.
Now the conditions in the castle only remain Juned and Ammar, considering Reno is still in the forest to secure the headless body. While Nadine's condition also began to stabilize, and he could have been able to sleep. Ryan covered his wife's body. The worry was still in his heart.
"I'll wait for him" Ryan said.
"A little while lunch time. I think it's okay if Nadine is left for a while, so she can rest better, and you also have to have lunch to recover your strength. I'll cook a potluck lunch first" said Mariah.
"What's wrong. I just followed her lunch. Let me wait for Nadine here. I don't want bad things to repeat again, because I'm negligent, bad things will happen. You better focus on serving the others, Mariah. Thank you for your kindness, let me take care of Nadine" Ryan said.
"Later if you need anything, let's replace others to replace you," said Mariah.
"I don't believe in anything else!" cut Ryan.
Mariah didn't want to argue anymore, just nodded, trying to understand what Ryan said. That is natural, because anyone will definitely be protective at this time, trying to protect loved ones, and not believing with those around.
Mariah exits Nadine's room, letting Ryan wait for his wife alone. He went to the kitchen to prepare lunch. Maybe he just continued what Rosita had cooked this morning, because the food ingredients that had been cooked by Rosita, were still seen scattered on the table. The woman also disappeared suddenly. However, before he continued cooking, he heard a noise from the direction of the attic. He thought, sometimes there are rats nesting there. In the attic like a pile of cardboard and unused goods. Usually rats like to nest there.
The voice was getting noisy, disturbing rsa wanted to yangya. Suddenly, he remembered Rosita. He suspects that something caught Rosita's attention, so he just left his job. Slowly he stepped towards the attic to check. However, he was surprised because the attic window seemed to be hanging in a broken state! Someone has forcibly opened the attic window.
Mariah is getting curious. Who did this? Does this have anything to do with Rosita's disappearance?
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