Murder In The Old Castle
LXXV. The Apple's
Mariah Alray felt her body shaken. Apparently Doctor Dwi woke up from his sleep. A sense of fatigue that whack, triggers drowsiness that is unbearable, so he unconsciously he fell asleep. He still gathered all the wandering consciousness. Saw dr. Dwi looked worriedly.
“We can't fall asleep for now. Must be vigilant!” whispered dr. Dwi.
“Sorry. I was so tired that I accidentally fell asleep. I don't think the killer's coming back to this place or what? Why hasn't he come here?” ask Mariah.
“Hmm. I don't know. I think something's going on up there. Maybe someone was killed or something. My feelings are not good.” Said dr. Dwi.
“What should we do? I'm already desperate. I think I'm going to die in this place. I also worry about my husband's safety. Is he okay there? It was a nightmare I never imagined. Absolutely not expecting that uncle has another dark side like this,” muttered Mariah while glancing towards the middle-aged woman lying on top of the bed.
“Yes, this is terrible, Mariah. But we can't just give up. Lookie! The old woman was also no less sadistic with her son. He really wants your eyeballs. I actually have anasthesias. I could've injected that liquid into his body, and we'd just finish him off. But that's not a solution. He was completely helpless for now. We better focus on subverting the psychopath,” said dr. Dwi.
“Doctor, have you eaten? My stomach is hungry..” whispered Mariah.
“I barely think of food at a time like this, Mariah. Sorry.”
“Tak what. I'll eat the apples on that table alone.”
Mariah got up, then moved to a small table on the side of the bed named Anjani. There were some apples in the dish, which were reserved for Anjani. The hunger experienced by Mariah, forced her to take the apple.
He was about to take the apple, when a reprimanding voice sounded.
“Don't you grab that apple!”
Mariah stopped what she was doing. He turned his face towards Anjani who was seen staring at him, although he realized that at this time the woman could not see. Mariah was silent, without a word.
“You think I can't see what you're doing. Apples exchanged for eyeballs. Is that fair enough?” anjani.
For a moment, Mariah was confused as to what she was about to do. Dwi's doctor hinted to remain silent, putting his index finger in front of his mouth. Mariah undoes her intentions, retreats slowly away from Anjani.
“I think she's sleeping, it turns out she can see what I do,” whispered Mariah to dr. Dwi.
“Yes, his eyes are closed but his brain is working pretty well. It's as crazy as that psychopath. We have to be careful. Do not let what we plan to know by him.”
“How to?”
“We speak sign language only. Can you?”
Mariah nodded, staring warily at Anjani. The woman did look helpless, but who would have thought that she was paying attention to every move Mariah made. He wished for the old woman to be caught off guard for a moment, so that whatever she did was invisible.
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Ben woke up when morning started greeting the castle. He was bored in a room alone. The old bed that was inside the room sounded creaking as he moved. Actually he wants to get out of this castle anyway. The atmosphere in the castle also looks scary. He got up, headed towards the window. It's quiet out there. He went to open the wardrobe in the room owned by Yoga. He still found a pile of clothes arranged not so neat.
His curiosity returned. He opened the closet drawer, found some cigarette bugs and a bottle of alcoholic beverages. In addition, there is also a photo of a beautiful girl there, with the inscription RANIA behind the photo. Ben scrunched his forehead.
“Who are these people?” muttered.
Suddenly the door of the room opened. Ben was surprised, hurriedly closed the closet drawer and behaved awkwardly to see Helen who suddenly entered the room, while carrying a tray filled with food.
“Sorry, Mom. I just ... just look around,” said Ben timidly.
“I remind you, young man! Don't interfere in matters that aren't your business here. If you need a place to sleep, I can provide for you, and you can eat extra free anyway! So don't try to be stupid!” Helen tried to warn.
“I'm sorry, Mom. I get that. I won't do it again,” said Ben.
“Be a smart boy! Don't be like the others. You know, someone got hurt last night because of his stupidity. Eat now! I've prepared breakfast for you!”
Helen placed the tray with the food she was carrying on the table in the room. Helen's eyes stared intently at Ben who looked anxious. For Ben, the gaze looked threatening and intimidating so Ben was confused as to what to do.
“I think I'll be back in town soon after my friends come,” Ben said.
“Your friends who are camping near the waterfall?” ask Helen to be curious.
“Iya. Should have been today they were back in town,” Ben said.
Helen smiled small, meaningfully. Ben felt uncomfortable with that smile. He threw his face towards the window.
“They will be a little late to the city,” Helen said.
“Oh yes? Wh why? We already planned today to be back,” asked Ben a little confused.
“Last morning I went to the front page, and found something happening to your car. I don't know why the tire of the car deflated the fourth. There's got to be a mechanic from the city called in here to fix it. It takes time, considering the distance of the city is a bit far and we do not have a communication tool,” explained Helen.
“Kempes? How come? Previously the car was fine!” Ben started to get angry.
“Entahlah. My advice, stay in this castle while you wait for your friends. If you get bored, you can walk around here. But remember, do not go too far because you do not know this region well,” said Helen.
“This is really shit!” ketus Ben's.
“Sabarlah. Everything will be fine if you are calm and do not panic. Sometimes panic can hurt you at any time. Just enjoy what's in this castle!”
Ben fell silent. Helen smiled strangely again. Ben felt something strange in the castle. Not only the building is creepy, but also its strange inhabitants. Still remembered the discovery of the human skeleton that he found in a hut in the middle of the forest. He thought, telling Helen is certainly not the right choice. He let the woman go out.
“Oya, one more!” suddenly Helen went back into the room.
“Iya Bu ...” says Ben.
“Don't call me Mom. Just call me Helen. And don't forget to stay safe!” helen said quickly.
“Tetap congratulations? What does it mean?” ask Ben astonished.
Helen did not answer. The woman hurriedly closed the door of the room, and passed from before Ben.
“Tetap congratulations?” Helen's words were still ringing in her ears.
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