"What were you whispering about?!" Isabella leaned further towards them with a raised eyebrow.
Well, it can be said that Clara is no longer the only one trapped like a mouse...the three of them are now in the same situation very quickly.
"I think I need to go to the toilet!" Emma whispers before trying to escape, ignoring Elizabeth's burning gaze... What a futile attempt.
"Where to?!"
Isabella grabs her by the hem of her clothes, looking completely incredulous at whatever nonsense she's said ,while Clara seems to be trying to escape too, playing dumb behind .
What another failed attempt.
"Aren't you supposed to be watching them?! What did you tell them?!" Isabella's sharp voice pierced her ears, before a strong hand on her shoulder stopped her forcefully, causing her to freeze.
As for Elizabeth, luck seems to be smiling on her today. Her father finished his interrogation session and is now leaving the room with a blank expression... before saying:
" Let's go "
To everyone's surprise, he seemed completely unconcerned about his surroundings; he had already gone outside ahead of his daughter.
Elizabeth followed him quickly, slightly confused. "Where to? Aren't we going to be questioned?!"
"What happened!! Wait!!" Isabella shouts from behind before following them with Emma.
Clara remained at the back, her face etched with her usual nervousness, when she heard a sharp, familiar voice behind her:
"I didn't benefit at all!!"
It is Jack, leaning his back against the wall with an impatient expression, wiping his face with a heavy sigh.
"What do you mean, sir?"
Clara asks him, as she watches him light his cigarette, "He sat silently the whole time. I felt like I was talking to myself," exhaling a thick cloud of smoke, looking back at Isabella, who is anxiously following Henry and Elizabeth...
Henry stops a taxi, ignoring Isabella's words, and replies coldly, "Home," holding the car door for his daughter and saying, "Get in!"
She doesn't know whether to be shocked by the information she discovered or by her father's sudden change. Currently, she has no choice but to follow his words, so she bids farewell to her aunt and her friend, whispering to her, "I will talk to you on the phone!"
Emma immediately understood and agreed. "Okay..."
Finally, Elizabeth gets into the car, waving to both of them, before the car drives away.
"That was faster than I thought!!" Emma says, still trying to understand what happened.
"Unbelievable! What happened to him suddenly!" Isabella muttered beside her, still worried about Elizabeth. She didn't seem to notice her body trembling from the cold air.
She felt something warm envelop her, as if a blanket had been wrapped around her, and indeed, someone had placed a jacket around her shoulder, making her gasp, "huh!"
She looks behind her; it's Jack, who is leaving, his eyes fixed on Clara, saying, "Let's get back to work." She follows him, saying, "Yes, sir!"
He doesn't even give Isabella time to stop him... and so her face slowly turns red without her realizing it. "What an idiot!!"
"Really, hmmm," Emma whispers, having witnessed everything, before smiling slyly, which makes Isabella blush even more. "Shut up!" she says, embarrassed. "Come on! I'll take you home"
Returning to Elizabeth, who feels suffocated by the sudden silence inside the car, her father is sitting next to the driver and has not yet uttered a word to her.
'What exactly is he thinking about? '
This is what goes through her mind as she looks out the window...it is already sunset, the warm sun spreads a slight warmth to the young lady's body, she feels sleepy slowly.
No matter how hard she tries to open her eyes...she finally gives in.
The scene around her turns into pitch darkness. She opens her eyes to a completely unexpected sight: on a huge stage, she finds herself lying down with thousands of empty chairs in front of her.
"Where am I?!"
She mutters, trying to stand up, only to feel a tingling sensation throughout her body that paralyzes her movement. She tries to look around... the place is rather dark.
"HE LP!" She screams but no one answered __
The cold of the wooden floor seeps into her body, her body aches and pains.
The stage lights around her suddenly blazed up without warning, and finally she could see what was around her. She was indeed on a stage before her eyes widened at a sight that paralyzed her body with a complete gasp:
"OH MY __"
Every part of her body has transparent threads coming out connected to nothing in the air above her. These threads connect every inch of her body to a sharp needle that pierces her skin.
"HEEEELP!!" she cries out in pain and shock, but her eyes fall upon a familiar black shadow... sitting in the middle of the hall with white eyes, watching her.
He claps loudly, the sound echoing from all directions, and the music comes from everywhere.
Before Elizabeth knew it, her body began to move of its own accord, like a Merionette doll on strings, with each movement her ribs breaking one after another.
"WAIT!!" No matter how much she screamed and begged, her body wouldn't stop.
The shadow stands slowly approaching her with audible footsteps, yet Elizabeth cannot even scream. Pain overwhelms her being until the sound of footsteps finally stops... He is right in front of her.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME ! .. Who are you!?" she mutters, her body trembling with utter fear at what she has said. Her head slowly rises to his disfigured face, her eyes meet his. At that moment she feels completely paralyzed, blood covers her entire body, and helplessness grips her.
The shadow holds her in its dance; whenever it moves right or left, her body moves with it in synchronicity, no matter how hard she tries to do the opposite. Now, a completely terrifying smile sweeps across the shadow.
The lights go out and come back many times, each time with a different scene, and blood flows from Elizabeth with pain and screams, like a lifeless corpse in his hand, until the scene in front of her suddenly changes... She is now standing on a chair with a thick noose in front of her, and the strange shadow is standing on one of the audience chairs directly in front of her, the smile never leaving him.
Tears are now flowing uncontrollably from her now__
"Please...don't."
A musical note rises...
the shadow's smile widens...
He jumps up immediately, the music becomes louder than the sound of Elizabeth choking, her legs hitting the air and the rope tightly wrapping around her neck.
_________
"GET AWAY FROM ME !!!"
She gasps, waking up with her eyes wide open, sweat pouring out like a waterfall, panting breaths. She feels a hand on her body; it is Henry, who tried to wake her up many times, with a surprised face.
"What happened to you suddenly?" he tells her in shock and disbelief, next to the driver who looks at her with the same expression, saying, "You were screaming like crazy, miss!! Are you okay!!"