Cassandra felt warm sleeping in her comfortable bed. However, her blood froze when she caught sight of a figure in the dark from the corner of her eye!
It was looming around the corner. She could not recognize who it was. It was just sitting there quietly, not moving.
Cassandra dared not do anything boldly. She covered herself with the quilt carefully while staring at that figure anxiously.
After what seemed like an eternity, the figure suddenly moved and stood up slowly.
Its shoulders moved up and down in a heave of sigh. Then it turned its head from left to right, and walked out of the room at a very slow staggering pace.
Through the dim light from the corridor outside, Cassandra saw its face all of a sudden.
It was Courtney!
Her skin seemed to be paler, and her face bore no expression. There was something odd in the way she walked. It was really slow, rigid and unnatural as if she was a puppet.
Then an idea occurred to Cassandra. She covered her mouth to stop herself from making any noise.
Courtney was sleepwalking! On the back of her mind, she recalled that sleepwalking happened in one's dream and the sleepwalkers were unconscious and didn't know what they were doing.
Cassandra was both surprised and curious. She remained silent and watched Courtney walk out of her room silently.
After Courtney left, Cassandra rolled out of bed. A precarious idea haunted her. She wondered why Courtney sleepwalked to her room and where she would go next.
With that thought in mind, Cassandra tiptoed and opened the door. Courtney went to the next room. She opened the door and walked in.
Cassandra followed her carefully. She didn't enter that room. Instead, she crouched down by the door and peeked inside.
Courtney walked to the walk-in wardrobe and opened the door. A ginormous closet filled with countless pieces of gorgeous garments surprised Cassandra.
"Not this one, nor this one..."
Cassandra heard Courtney murmuring. Her pale and thin hand stroked through the rows of fancy dresses.
'Is she looking for a special dress?' wondered Cassandra.
Finally, Courtney closed the door and turned around.
She continued murmuring, "No, no...not here. It's not here..."
Cassandra saw her walking towards the door of the room. She didn't want herself to be discovered. So she hurried to her room secretly.
Courtney repeated her act going into one room after another. She would open the door and walked inside to search for something.
open the cosmetic drawer, or stroke
which made Cassandra quite anxious, afraid that
downstairs. Cassandra
the way that even her palms sweated. What she hated the most were horror movies, but with what
inside the dark mansion, a young lady was sleepwalking. These were
reached the first floor and opened the door of the
in, and a surge of tiny chills met Cassandra's tensed
all. She stood at the gate for
mind wanted to do something to help her, but her body was so
floor, returned to her own room, and then
Cassandra was not sure what she should do next. However, her tension ebbed a little when she noticed that Courtney was lying still in the bed. She must
She needed some serious medical treatments. Cassandra
dangerous? What
into a nap. However, she woke up from time to time. She could
seeped through her room's window panes. Cassandra refreshed herself up before she went downstairs. Whitney
I'd like to tell
was eager to tell Whitney what happened to Courtney last night.
"About what?"
face, her hand still
went on opening and
anxiously while watching
time, just don't wake her
deep inside, Whitney's heart ached when talking about
at Whitney's response. She assumed that Whitney
the gate of this house. What if she went outside? That
be nervous at the thought of
she wouldn't go out. I've sent some people to watch her. She'll never leave
she was unable to open her mouth the moment the fork touched her lips.
tears fell down on the
Whitney... Are you
anticipated that Whitney would cry out all of a sudden. Tears rolled down her cheeks. She looked so sad.
still resting in her eyes, sorrow and pain were painted on her face.
said she couldn't recover completely. She needs ample quiet rest every day to get better and she mustn't go through enormous mood swings. That's why I've been keeping her inside
kept on welling up in her
learned. 'Courtney needs a peaceful environment to recover?
to talk to me and
alone in her room and doesn't sit with others on the dining table.
why she's doing strange things while
sorry...You must have been living a hard life all these years,"
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