Murder In The Old Castle
345. Secret Meeting

Night began to come shrouding the castle with darkness in all directions. The night always spread fear for the castle dwellers. They are reluctant to gather, but prefer to stay in the room. It had only been a few days in the castle, but the residents had already begun to saturate. Especially in the castle came unexpected events. Apparently a spate of terror that makes the residents anxious, so the mind arises to leave the castle. Especially those who have experienced trauma, it is certainly not easy to get through the days in a castle full of terror.

In a room, Nadine and Ryan appear restless. Nadine, who had felt for herself how strong the rope snared her neck, now looked shabby. Nadine held her injured neck. The rope was very painful. Thankfully, someone came that day. Otherwise, he might have died on the gallows.

"We have to go home tomorrow!" take Nadine.

Nadine and Ryan just sat by the bed, while the night was approaching. Nadine chose to stay in the room, as she was lazy to go out. Unfortunately this gripping night of money did not make him sleepy. Even Ryan could not sleep because it still occurred to think of bad things that had happened in the castle. However, he tried as calmly as possible, so that Nadine was not affected either.

"I understand you're scared, Nadine. But aren't they all experiencing this too? I'm sure we can get through this. The mess-maker will be found, and we'll all go home safe. I'm sure no one else died. Everything's gonna be okay, Nadine."

Ryan tried to calm the anxious looking Nadine. Even Nadine seemed to have started packing clothes that she stored in the closet, because she already felt uncomfortable being in the castle. Ryan thought that this castle was not the same place for Nadine and the others.

"All will be well? Someone was about to kill me, Rosita was held captive in the attic, Lidya was killed in a sadistic way, Farrel was beheaded, Stella and Aditya until now have not been found, and you said everything would be okay? No Ryan, this is a start. This nightmare will continue. It's not something that's okay!" nadine hatch.

"good. I understand Nadine. If I had the chance to get out of this castle, I would have done it yesterday, Nad. The police will certainly not allow it. We can only follow this investigation process to the end! " said Ryan.

"Will we leave here until we wait for death to come?" nadine hatch.

"It's not like that Nadine. It's not like that. Yeah, I know right now it's in the middle of the crisis because there's a psychopath running around, stalking us one by one and going to finish us off. But I'm sure he'll be arrested by the police soon. Don't worry Nadine. As long as I'm by your side, I'll always protect you" Ryan said, hugging his wife's shoulder.

Nadine looked at Ryan a little hesitantly, but then she looked calmer. He sighed, then put back the clothes he had arranged into the closet.

Tok .. tok .. tok!

Suddenly Nadine's room door was knocked. Nadine looked at Ryan anxiously. Who's this night knocking at the door? Ryan gestured so that with his finger, so that Nadine would not make a sound. Ryan's gonna open the door to check who's knocking. Ryan was alert, walking on tiptoes, preparing himself when someone was about to do him harm.

He opened the castle door slowly, finding a tall woman at the door. The young woman smiled and made Ryan feel relieved. He sighed.

"I guess who," said Ryan.

"Sorry to disturb you at night. Is Nadine around?" ask the woman.

"Oh yeah. He exists. Please just go to the room, Mariah. It's okay" said Ryan kindly as he opened the door wide.

"Sorry Ryan, I'm out there. There's something important I need to talk to Nadine about" she said with a smile.

Nadine who was standing in front of the closet also felt somewhat surprised by the presence of Mariah these nights, because it was not as usual.he stepped closer to the door, then spoke with Mariah.

"What's up, Mariah?" nadine asked curiously.

"Mm, can we just talk outside?" ask Mariah.

"All right," said Nadine.

After asking Ryan for permission, Mariah and Nadine walked down the hallway of the room while chatting. Ryan just nodded, but inwardly he worried about his wife. But because there was Mariah who picked up, she felt a little relieved.

"Why Mariah? Seems like something serious? Not usually, right?" nadine asked curiously.

"Tonight there's something we need to talk about, Nadine. Intentionally I invited our friends in the side flower garden, Tonight we have to finish, before things get worse" Mariah said in a serious tone.

"Friends? You mean the castle dwellers? I don't understand, Mariah! What's gotten worse?"

"Let's talk about it over there, Nadine!"

The two women walked to a side yard that was overgrown with many ornamental plants and there were garden chairs that formed a circle. It turned out that it was not only Nadine who was asked to attend the place. Rosita and Lily were there. They all seem tense. Mariah and Nadine immediately joined, but not a word had been said yet.

"Where's Maya?" ask Rosita then.

"He's cleaning up the rest of the dinner in the kitchen, and it'll be soon" replied Mariah.

"So what are you talking about here? Why is a flower like this?" nadine asked with a surprised look.

All were still silent, but turned towards Mariah, waiting for the woman to explain, what she really wanted to say. A moment later, Mariah exhaled, looking at the castle.

"We wait for Maya for a moment" said Mariah.

After a few minutes, Maya is seen scattered from inside the castle, with untidy hair and wet hands. Even the apron for cooking was still attached to his body.

"Sorry .. Sorry I'm late! So what are we gonna talk about here?" asked Maya while taking her place in one of the chairs. Mariah stared one by one at her friends, then began to speak.

"Before I speak, I want to ask. When was the last time we got together like this?" ask Mariah.

"No idea anyway. It was a long time ago yes. We rarely gather like this. Even if the collection of personnel is not complete because of the busyness of each. That's why I took the initiative to hold this reunion, all our High School friends, while inviting their respective partners to be more familiar. When are we gonna be like this, right?" bright Lily.

"But it's not so real!" rebut Mariah quickly.

"You mean?" ask Maya nervously.

She was worried that Mariah would reveal her personal secret in front of the others. Maya's heart beat turned tight. He knew that Mariah was the only one who knew about the disgrace he was trying to hide.

"I'm sorry. If I'm of the opinion, our friendship has always been a mere pretence. Everyone is trying to show off each other. Bringing each other ego. Even glancing at each other's partners. That kind of friendship? Even the worst when one of us betrays our friendship, looking for a way for us all to perish?" mariah said in a fiery manner.

This time he could barely contain his emotions.

"Wait .. wait for Mariah! I don't understand. What part do you call treason here? What part do you call one of us trying to figure out a way to perish? Sorry, did I miss something?" ask Lily curiously.

"You don't pretend, Lily!" rosita Spray.

"Pretend what? I don't know what you mean. You think I planned all this? What a wicked thought you have. I'm not gonna get that fucking hard. Is it any good that I saw you all perish?" lily began to get emotional.

Maya and Nadine who saw the debate could only fall silent and look at each other. They are confused as to what to say. The atmosphere became tense. Mariah was silent, because she also did not actually mean to accuse Lily, but on the other hand, Rosita seemed to be bitter to corner Lily.

"Why did you pretend to go to the attic and find me there? Didn't you throw that girl out the window? Then you go downstairs, pretend to be nice to everyone?" Rosita keeps attacking Lily.

"I ... am I in the attic? You're not crazy, Ros! Girl what? Who's the girl I threw out of the attic? I don't know what you mean!" reply Lily.

"That's enough! Enough's enough! no more discussion. We are here to straighten out the problem, as well as solve all the problems that have occurred in the past. So I hope we can all talk with a cool head, and there's no need for emotion. I'm sorry for the release. Rosita, hold your anger. We must stop all the terror that is happening in this castle because this is our problem. So we're gonna have to finish this ourselves. Not cops!" mariah's toilet.

"What is Mariah doing?" Nadine opens her voice.

"OK .. I'll remind you of the events when we were still dressed in white gray. When we feel pretentious and silly, form a Girl Squad with a goal for styles. It turns out that group is what wreaked havoc for us, when an innocent girl appeared, asking to be one of us. You guys remember that? Even Rosita sneered very loudly. Nadine laughed at him to tears. Who else? Maya do you remember? The girl is called Holy if you forget. He is under psychic pressure that may come from us" explained Mariah.

"God! Not that I meant laughing, but ..." Nadine said.

"That's it, Nadine. Just keep that defense. We have to be honest with ourselves, that what we did in the past was wrong. Saints got depressed and decided to end their lives. As a result, the Holy Revenge is still felt until now. Unfortunately, it wasn't Nadine who took that revenge. It's nonsense that the spirits of the dead can sway and kill people. It's just in a horror movie. What we're dealing with is a mysterious two-faced person. He looks good with us, but secretly also friendly with the Saints, planning evil things to us. I can feel it" Mariah said.

All the women present in the park were silent to Mariah's words. However, there is still doubt. Is Mariah's analysis correct? Is it true that the perpetrator of all the chaos in this castle is someone close to the Saints?

"Are you aware, when he tries to remind us that he's coming back? It was not actually Tiara who returned to this castle, but Saints! Or rather the Sacred grudge that this fellow was avenging!" continued Mariah.

"Wait Mariah! Don't you continue your inconsequential analysis! What is the evidence that the one who did this is a friend of the Saints who are among us? What does Farrel have to do with the Saints? Why was he killed too? Do you rely on your inner eyes alone to accuse someone? We can't see this case half-and-half. We have to look deeper, is all of this indeed the indomitable Sacred Grudge?" ask Lily.

"My foreboding says that ..... "

"I don't care what you think, Mariah! Don't talk premonition here! But facts. We're all high school, and gini day we're still talking about premonitions. Before you accuse this and that, you must take Mariah's facts. Don't just say A is B. Your accusation is so evil and you can be prosecuted for it. I know you're currently judging me, but yes! That's your right! I don't know anything about this case at all!" lily said firmly, though,

"Okay, now I'm gonna get you thinking with logic. The unnatural Holy Death, clearly made the people closest to him extremely angry. And don't suppose I don't know if any of you like to betray, like to expose the secrets and disgrace of our group to the Saints. Where did I come from? Because the Saints themselves told me. Saints here are naive, but not as innocent as we thought. Sometimes he laughs at me on the phone, because one of the Girl Squad members is a defector. I once forced him to talk about who the deserter really was, but he refused. He even said that ....."

Mariah paused her sentence for a moment, so the women who were there waited curiously.

"That's what?" rosita.

"He said that if anything happened to him, the Girl Squad would have to take responsibility. He has also vowed to hold his grudge against Girl Squad to death. And you know you should know this!"

Suddenly Mariah pulled out a piece of paper from her pants pocket. The paper had been scuffed, but it could still be read in it.

"That's what?" asked Maya innocently.

"I found this paper just yesterday. This paper just slipped at the bottom of my door, and she knew I was not feeling well, so I was in my room all day. I opened the paper and read it. Listen out! I read it for you!" mariah said as she opened the paper.

Everyone is waiting enthusiastically. They were getting curious to hear Mariah's story.

"Later it'll be your turn, Big Fish. You must be responsible for his death. You all have to take responsibility. The Holy Spirit will rejoice to see your blood spilled!"

Mariah read the writing on the paper out loud. Suddenly, the atmosphere became tense. The night felt gripping, as if getting gripping. They were horrified to hear the threat.

"Then what does Farrel have to do with all this?" muttered Lily.

"If I thought Farrel was just a lure or maybe he was at the wrong time and place. Just like Kara. Stella may have been arrested, or she did. We never know. We don't even know if the culprit is with us right now. Lidya is dead. He is first because we know for ourselves that Lidya is the hardest against Saints. Maybe because of that consideration as well" Mariah explained.

All were silent and looked at each other suspiciously. Now they have to guess, who among them turns out to be the Holy Emissaries of the Hereafter, who has a mission to finish off all the members of Girl Squad?

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