Chapter 80
Seraphina cautiously opened the bathroom door, took a peek outside, and then tiptoed out.
Just as she reached the stairs, there was a knock at the front door Seraphina went downstairs to answer it and found two security guards at the door.
“Ms. Bennett, we got a call from Mr. Lawson He asked us to check you out. The power tripped a while ago, but it should be back by now”
Seraphina nodded, “Alright, thanks guys.”
After the guards left, Seraphina made a call to Balch.
The background was eerily quiet as Balch picked up. Seraphina couldn’t help but ask, “Have you finished eating?”
I’ve finished, Balch replied, “I’m on my way home.”
Seraphina chuckled. “In such a hurry? The power’s back on, I’m not scared of the blackout…”
Before she could finish her sentence, the house plunged into darkness again.
Seraphina took a deep breath.
“What happened?” Balch asked immediately.
“Another blackout,” Seraphina replied. “I’ll check it out…”
“Don’t do that,” Balch’s voice took on an urgent tone, ‘Go to your room, lock the door, don’t come out.”
“Why?” Seraphina asked as she stood up and turned on her phone’s flashlight.
For a big house like this, the faint light from her phone was hardly enough. Seraphina waved her phone around, only able to make out the vague outline of
the house.
your room!” Balch’s voice was getting anxious.
heard him but didn’t
her phone to look at the quiet house. As the light
a silhouetted in the kitchen
out a scream as her phone
to the floor, the flashlight went out, and the room was enveloped in darkness.
behind the couch, silent. The figure too was silent, with only Balch’s anxious voice coming through the
was not loud, it
moment, Seraphina heard the figure move.
was moving
held her breath, quietly shifting her
in the kitchen, the figure must have turned off the lights after entering the house. This meant that if she could reach the kitchen, she
was not the time.
the while keeping
rushing home. She heard the figure move behind
The person did not see her behind the couch and the next moment, a beam of light swept
lunged at her, a gleaming knife in
and two other friends were having a merry chat. After a while, Victor asked, “Where’s Leandro? He disappeared all of a sudden. Did he go to put the kid to
hearing this, Herman immediately stood up, I’ll go check on him.”
went upstairs and soon found Leandro in his study.
was neither working nor doing anything else. He was just sitting in his chair, quietly staring at the dark house across the street. Herman stood behind his chair, also staring at the house for a long time before asking. “Leandro, what are you looking at?”
me if I said something is happening in that
he looked again at the house across the street, “What’s going
the darkness, the house was silent with no unusual movement.
Herman suddenly had a strange feeling, “Should I go check
rush. They might call in a while.”
flashlight, Seraphina kicked the knife out of the
also flew out of her grip and Seraphina quickly turned off the
enraged, let out a strange grow!,
she
flashed outside the window, followed by the sound of
Balch
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