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he told me about. I made myself believe that she was waiting for me at home, as per my instruct

the house. Basement; Anisha mentioned a basement. Just then, it dawned on me that Anisha had said

find the basement. As I walked along the corridor, I saw in the kitchen the ghastly sight of Larissa’

nto the garage, with the hope of finding a way to lead me to

re I thought someone would hide cash. I ran up the stairs and opened doors. There were many bedrooms of

he bed upside down but still there was nothing.The more I failed to get the money, the more irritated and impatient I became. I want

ts and hit hard on the dressing table, knowing that my time was running out. I kept asking myself, so how do I ge

walked around the dead body, going towards the other end of the kitchen and opened the door whi

y had not been used in a long while. I peeped in and searched on the walls for the light switch,

roning board leaning against the wall, and the spider webs around the old furniture confirmed my thought tha

en I felt the rustling of a paper. I dug deeper and pulled out a brown paper whose contents I was very curious to see. With shaking hands I opened the paper and saw lots of small zip lock bags with small white ta

the basement. I needed to get to the basement at all costs.I dug furiously in the boxes which were in the room. There was nothing of interest, but I continued to search.

and a woman’s voice calling

and the person had not yet seen the dead body. I could not allow this person to se

It sounded as if the person was moving to the other side of the house. Oh, yes I was right! The owner of the voice

f the scullery and stood by the kitchen door, blocking the intruder from seeing the inside. I immediately regretted my decision for doing so, realizing I had ac

ghtly. She appeared to have a lot of time on her hands, while

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ed her eyes and yawned. She stood up and headed to the bathroom,

nced that she heard a voice calling out, “help! Help me!” She decided to check with her housekeeper, so she walke

ma’am! I didn’t

ceeded to walk into the kitchen. “Was I dream

. “Oh I heard it too ma’am. And

earth made you think th

ching a movie. I assumed it was y

If her housekeeper heard the cry too, it mean

our neighbours?” she

ow anything else about them. Wait umm, they have a child, not sure if it’s a boy or a girl. And

ouble? Who was crying fo

ot sure

t go and che

the houseke

ocked but there was no response. She moved around the h

ome?” she called

door. The way he stood, it was as if he was

ailing to control herself in front of the man who stood before her. He w

y anything, the girl qu

times before, you look very different. May I know who you are, sir?” she

p you?”, he spoke in a flat tone. All

ne crying for help?” the girl asked whil

must be mistaken”, t

He really is a handsome man; she thought to herself. She was wear

do. I am the plumber. I am fixing some pipes he

e girl spoke again, refusing

e and fix something next door. I will talk to my employer. Please may I have your

me at the moment”, he said, hoping to

chose to flatly ignore her. He turned around and pushed

t close the

e for her to see the body of

eared, her eyes bulged in fear and she

he ran at the speed of li

urprise, and he saw the lady v

dead woman!” the housekeeper shrieked, having n