At the same time, the explosive crack of thunder sounded overhead just as a purplish-white streak of lightning split the night sky in half, ominously igniting the darkness that fell over the land.
Tucked away in Bayside Residence, Sonia bolted upright in bed and gasped. Her heart felt constricted with panic, but she had no idea why.
To switch on the bedside lamp, she had to bring her hand up. After that, she massaged her temples and reached for the glass of water on her nightstand, then took a sip as she tried to calm herself down.
She was done drinking and was just about to place the glass back on the nightstand when her eyes widened in horror; the curtains had not been drawn over the French windows at the foot of her bed, and on the rain-splattered glass appeared a terrifying figment of what looked like a skull.
Am I imagining things? Sonia shut her eyes tight and opened them again, then looked up at the French windows once more.
This time, she was met with darkness, which was weakly illuminated by the neon lights of the nightscape that refracted off the glass. There was no skull at all.
“Phew.” She let out a huge sigh of relief and patted her chest to soothe her wildly-beating heart.
As it turned out, she had been imagining things after all. Of course I was. With the way modern society is progressing, I should be jaded enough to ignore all the nonsense about paranormal stuff. She shook her head and let out a self-effacing laugh at her own rich imagination.
When Sonia arrived at work the next day, Daphne—who had been waiting at the former’s office doorway—bowed and greeted, “Good morning, President Reed.”
“Good morning. Why are you here waiting for me? Has something happened?” Sonia asked as she took out her card key and swiped it across the sensor on the door, then made her way into the office.
behind her. “I just got a call from Fuller Group. They want you to go over
chair when she heard this and paused. “Is the
Daphne nodded earnestly. “Yes.”
it came. “Very well,
the shots when it came to the time and place for any relevant meetings. No one would dare speak up against his decisions unless they were
for 2.00PM,”
her coat and sat down.
this morning.” Daphne opened the folder she was carrying and produced a ticket, then handed
on fashion inscribed upon it, Sonia couldn’t help but laugh while musing, “I can’t
personally, but he
was a work call. Speaking of which,
nodded once
her laptop and set herself to work. When lunchtime rolled around, she got a call from the police station and was informed that the investigation into the restaurant incident had been
that the whole thing had been an accident, and having checked through all the security footage, they were sure that no one sabotaged the crystal chandelier. As to why the chandelier had fallen in the first place, the investigation showed that it was purely due
explanation to be lazy and unreliable, in the absence of rust and sabotage, she could come
to an end and did
up the phone and glanced at her bandaged arm, then heaved
into her car and drove
in the presidential office at Fuller Group, Toby’s gaze flickered over to the time displayed on the bottom right
was standing to the side, immediately understood what Toby was asking and nodded. “I saw three of the collaborators on my way here, so I assume
in
cane that was resting against the edge of the table and hoisted himself to his feet, then proceeded toward
way through the door, and those who were already
Sonia maintained a courteous and formal front along with the rest of her
those who gathered at the conference table before it lingered briefly on Sonia, and only then did he look away. “Please take
they were told, and Tom began to hand out the information related to the meeting agenda. However, a look of astonishment flashed in his
he had returned to his usual spot behind Toby that he pointed out in a low voice, “President Fuller, it seems as if Miss Reed has
stoic reply, though there was a meaningful
unnecessarily voiced out my
for which the alternative energy technology might
and she might have sat through several college classes for
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