Murder In The Old Castle
328. Key Depends
Rosita's discovery in a half-naked condition in the attic suddenly shocked the castle residents. It seems like all day they are indeed being terrorized by successive events. This morning, although the information was still kept secret, a young girl was found murdered in a side yard with a heavily injured head. In the past. Mariah recognizes that the girl is Kara, the girl who used to clean the castle every week. Kara's business is not done, Nadine was found in the basement in a hanging state, and now Rosita is found in the upper attic in a bound state.
Ammar immediately secured Rosita in a room. He did not go inside, as usual who accompanied was Mariah, because Rosita's condition was almost naked, it is impossible Juned and Ammar handle. All those who had no interest were barred from entering, except Edwin, the husband. Mariah immediately put clothes on Rosita's body, while checking her body parts, whether anyone was injured or not.
"Have anyone been hurt? You're okay, right?" ask Mariah.
"Nothing, Mariah. For God's sake, I don't want to stay here much longer. This castle is terrible. I. .. I never thought when I saw the bad guy suddenly ambush me from behind, drag me, then make me unconscious. He tied up his accomplices, and closed my mouth and my eyes. I felt his abomination, when suddenly I heard the voice of a girl catching the figure, so she was furious. The girl seemed to be chased, I'm not sure because my eyes were closed. I heard the girl's voice as if hurt, grabbed, and dragged. The girl shouted, but then the atmosphere was silent. Then I was stripped and .... "
Rosita stopped her sentence because she could not help but cry. He hugged her, while Mariah hugged him. Edwin didn't know he had to do anything. He felt sorry to see his wife's condition like that. However, he felt it would be better if Rosita was bullied by fellow women. He let Rosita hold Mariah for longer.
"Later you tell me, Ros. What matters is that you are safe now. You better rest with Edwin," said Mariah while releasing Rosita's embrace.
"I just want to get out of this fucking place!"
Mariah nodded, then exhaled. He hinted that Edwin would wait for his wife, while he went out and reported what Rosita had said to Ammar. He concludes that the figure may have killed Kara when the young girl caught the killer trying to hurt Rosita. Mariah was curious, who exactly messed up this supposed fun reunion?
In Ammar's private room, Mariah reveals all Rosita's stories, that initially Rosita was interested in the sound of music from the music box, then Rosita was curious to decide to check the attic alone. This makes the memory of Ammar back to some time ago, when something similar happened to Rania. The woman was also brutally thrown from the top of the attic after hearing the clink of music from an obsolete music box. Ammar increasingly thinks that the events that occurred in this castle clearly have something to do with the killing of the writers in this castle before, just that it is not yet known for sure the motive and cause.
"Obviously this has something to do with the Tiara case. All the murders that happened were so similar. I will finish this soon" muttered Ammar.
"I'll help you, Ammar. I feel guilty for bringing my friends into this castle" Mariah said.
Ammar shakes. He did not blame Mariah. This kind of situation is obviously not desired by anyone. He tried to calm his wife.
"I'll have lunch soon" Mariah said later.
"Has Ramdhan returned from the city?"
"Ramdhan's? Seems not yet. Maybe in a minute. I'll drop some groceries to stock in the next few days, rather than having to shop in the city. I hope Ramdhan gets to the castle soon. This castle feels safer if there is Ramdhan. He's a good cop" Mariah said.
"I agree. It was fitting that he got an award for the effort he did. I hope Dimas also gets to town soon and looks for a temporary replacement in this castle. We can't rely on Reno or Juned alone. This opponent we are facing knows the crevices of the castle. Could it be that your uncle has another heir to the castle, other than Tiara?" ask Ammar.
Mariah shook her head as she said, "I just found out that Uncle Anggara keeps a dark history in his life. I know about Aunt Anastasia, but if Anjani, I don't know at all. Or maybe Uncle Anggara has another child, I don't know. I don't know. He is indeed a mysterious person," said Mariah.
"Yes, let Dimas seek this information" said Ammar.
Mariah nodded. He went to the kitchen to prepare lunch.
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In a different room, Ryan stared anxiously at his wife who was lying weakly. He held Nadine's hand, then kissed her. Nadine just closed her eyes, not moving much.
"Don't die, Nadine. Don't leave me" whispered Ryan.
The woman who was lying down opened her eyes slowly, smiling. Not a word was said. Ryan also did not want to force her to speak. He was quite happy to see the whereabouts of Nadine who was back nearby.
Ryan and Nadine got married a few months ago. They were met at a wedding, when Ryan became a wedding singer. At that time, Nadine was fascinated to hear Ryan's voice, so they became acquainted, then continued to the marriage, Ryan also loved Nadine so beautiful. He felt as the luckiest man to get Nadine, considering he had to compete with the men to get Nadine.
Ryan nodded. He understood, Nadine disappeared for more than a day, without food, of course she would feel hungry.
"I'll get you some food. I think in the kitchen there's still breakfast sandwich leftover" Ryan said.
"Ja-don't leave me alone, Ryan. I'm scared!"
"Just for a second, Nadine. It's safe here. You'll be fine" Ryan said.
Nadine looked a little anxious, but she tried to stay calm. Ryan immediately stepped out of Nadine's room, into the kitchen. He recalled that this morning Mariah made a lot of sandwiches. There must be a lot of them in the refrigerator, he thought. After being in the kitchen, he saw Mariah preparing food for lunch. He did not want to talk much, immediately opened the refrigerator, but the sandwich was not in the refrigerator.
"The bread that was filled this morning is over?" ask Ryan.
"Oh, Ryan?" Mariah turned her body
"Nadine is hungry and she needs food right now. Maybe there's something to eat" Ryan said.
"Yes sorry, the sandwiches were eaten by the rest of the castle because they also complained of hunger. Here I am again making soup. Wait a minute, I'll take you to Nadine's room soon. Besides, you're gonna have to wait for Nadine, don't leave her alone!" mariah said with a worried tone.
"He's safe. Take it easy" said Ryan.
"You lock the room?" ask Mariah.
"No."
"God! Where's the key?"
"I .. I don't know. Usually hanging on the door so .... "
"We're going there now! Hurry along!"
Mariah and Ryan stepped quickly into Nadine's room. The door was closed, as if nothing had happened. Ryan immediately opened the door, but it turned out that the door was locked, while the key was no longer hanging!
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