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 stroke the mirror by the bedside.
during the whole process, which made Cassandra quite anxious, afraid
downstairs. Cassandra followed closely behind
she hated the most were horror movies, but
the dark mansion, a young lady was sleepwalking. These
floor and opened the door
and a surge of
stood at the gate for a long time before she closed it and walked to the stairs
mind wanted to do something to help her, but her body was so afraid that she did
walking stiffly to the third floor, returned to her own room, and then
she should do next. However, her tension ebbed a little when she
sleepwalked! Sleepwalking was not a thing that must be taken for granted. She needed some serious medical treatments. Cassandra
dangerous? What if nobody saw
in 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.
seeped through her room's window panes. Cassandra refreshed herself up before she went downstairs. Whitney had already prepared the breakfast
like
what happened to Courtney
"About what?"
her in a puzzled face, her
night and went on opening and entering every room in the house. And she didn't look well either,"
carefully and anxiously while watching Whitney's reaction.
you see her next time, just don't wake her up. She was
replied calmly. But deep inside, Whitney's heart ached when talking about it.
assumed that Whitney
What if she went outside? That would
help but be nervous at the thought of Courtney's behavior
sent some people
unable to open her mouth the moment the fork
down on the edge of Whitney's
Are
that Whitney would cry out all of a sudden. Tears rolled down her cheeks.
her eyes, sorrow and pain were painted
taken 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 I've been keeping her inside the
as tears kept
she had learned. 'Courtney needs a peaceful environment to recover? That means that she has a mental
like to talk to
room and doesn't sit
doing strange things while sleepwalking?'
been living a hard life all these years,"
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