The next day.

It was 10 a.m. John had invited the most famous doctor in town to Imperial Garden to run an examination on Nicole.

“Doctor, I’ve been hallucinating at irregular times these days… Is there anything wrong with my brain? Or could it be some form of mental problem?”

“Just relax. Let me have a look.”

Then, the doctor asked a series of questions and carried out a few physical checks on her. “There seems to be nothing wrong with your health. Everything appears normal,” he said after a brief moment of analysis.

Nicole gave a somewhat confused frown. “I’m normal? Why have I been having hallucinations then?”

The doctor was quiet for a second before he answered, “It could be a result of external triggers instead of physical health factors.”

External triggers?

She couldn’t understand what he meant. “I can’t remember being triggered by anyone whenever I have these episodes. It feels like they just happened out of the blue.”

“What I meant was,” he answered mindfully, “There’s a possibility that it could be due to some form of shock on your consciousness or the nervous system, which might have resulted from something you ate or came into physical contact with. It’s likely that your body isn’t showing any symptoms as of now after you’ve recovered from such triggers.”

She pondered upon his words in silence.

back on her memories. A few minutes had passed, yet

said,” she replied as she looked up. “I can’t think of

In this case, I shall go back and do some more research on this matter. In the meantime, please continue to be wary of your surroundings and let

nodded. “Thank you,

back with a smile as he stood up. “This is my duty.

sending the doctor off, Nicole began to think

something wrong? Or maybe she had indeed touched something which she shouldn’t have? She paced back and forth in the living room throughout that morning, attempting to grasp any clue she

a silver needle, she poked around on every

watching her meticulous antics. Then, they began to

is there something wrong with the dishes?” Juan asked as his bright obsidian-like pupils fixated on

looked on worryingly in

was that the doctor

continued stabbing around on her plate. “We’ll only find out

her mother’s paranoid acts, Maya suddenly felt a tingling sensation crawling across her skin. She remembered the prickling pain back then when Susan had stung her with a

pleaded with a shaky voice, “Stop poking the dishes. It’s painful to

Nicole paused abruptly.

little girl was so surprisingly kind… She even worried if the dishes could feel the

her

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