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.
would open the cosmetic drawer, or
process, which made
downstairs. Cassandra followed closely behind her.
even her palms sweated. What she hated the most were horror movies, but with what was happening now, she felt like she was playing one of the roles in a horror film.
young lady was sleepwalking. These were the classic elements
and opened the door of the house.
surge of tiny chills met Cassandra's
seemed that Courtney didn't feel the cold at all. She stood at the gate for a long time before she closed it and walked
do something to help her, but her
third floor, returned to her own room, and then lay on
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
She needed some serious medical
outside? Wouldn't it be very dangerous? What if nobody saw her? She
the bed, Cassandra returned to her room to rest her troubled mind. She drowsed into a nap. However, she woke up from time to time. She could hardly fall asleep at
up before she went downstairs. Whitney had already prepared the
like to tell you
tell Whitney what happened to Courtney last
"About what?"
puzzled face, her hand still
and entering every room in the
and anxiously while watching
her next time, just don't wake her
But deep inside, Whitney's heart ached when
shocked at Whitney's response. She assumed that Whitney must've known it and
this house. What if she went
not help but be nervous at
out. I've sent
her salad with a fork. However, she was unable to open her mouth the moment the fork touched her lips. She was held
that tears fell down on the edge of Whitney's
Whitney... Are you
cry out all of a sudden. Tears rolled down her
still resting in her eyes, sorrow and
her to many hospitals. But the doctors 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
tears kept on
what she had learned. 'Courtney needs a peaceful environment to recover? That means that she has a mental problem.
wonder she doesn't like to talk to me and is always so distant.
her room and doesn't sit with
doing strange things while sleepwalking?' thought Cassandra.
living a hard life all these years,"
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