XIV

She silently read the third letter from her room as her tears slowly started to form in her eyes. She quickly wiped it and put the letter back in the envelope, as she decided to hide the letter in her drawer. She took a deep breath as she heard someone open the door. She quickly checked who it was and smiled the moment she saw his boyfriend, Clyde McCoy.

"How's my girlfriend?" He smiley asked while holding a tray filled with today's breakfast, which is three pancakes with syrup, a sunny side up and a cup of orange juice. She tried to smile as she watched him sit next to him.

"I'm fine. I'm actually doing good." She lied as she slowly grabbed her plate and slowly ate her breakfast. He happily watched his girlfriend eat her breakfast, but as soon as she finally finished, she decided to ask him a question.

"By the way, I'm just curious, what made your decision to join this show? I mean, you're rich, right? "

Clyde thought about it for a moment before he finally responded.

"I actually filed for bankruptcy two months before the show due to my gambling addiction. I even used my personal investments and sold some of my possessions until I fell into a huge pile of debt. I mean, the bankruptcy helps me reduce the debts that I need to pay, but it has a major affect on my life. Now I work 9 to 5, underpaid and overworked, just to pay my debt. I guess this is my consequence of my action. "

Humero gently put her hands on top of his hands. Damn, I feel you. I mean for me, to say the least. I worked underpaid during my model career and experienced sexual harassment and abuse from multiple studios. Hell, I even suffered from Anorexia Nervosa, which made my financial situation worse. Not only that, I want to stop my modelling career and start a new journey, or a new life. "

"We can start a new life together."

She immediately looked at him, who was slowly touching her cheeks and was about to kiss her lips.

"Hey guys, sorry for the interruption, but we're going to have a meeting real quick." Jonathan interrupted the moment and quickly left the room. They simply smiled at each other before they went to the living room, where the remaining contestant was waiting for her.

As soon as everyone finally gathered around to discuss the important thing that happened in this third challenge, Jonathan decided to speak up first.

"I know this third weekly challenge didn't happen because someone decided to reveal our secret plan to the host. The only key to our freedom. I know he, or she, if she's a female, will not confess to what they did. But instead, let's start with this. Who do you think did it? "

Everyone looks at each other, trying to see how their bodies react to the information. As Eshal feels chills as she slowly recalls what happened, Calvin rubs his hands together, Humero looks down after she checks everyone's body reaction, and Katherine covers her mouth and closes her eyes as she tries to not to cry again.

Jaxx, I know Katherine gave you the communication devices. Care to explain how it ends up to the host?" Jonathan asked him a question.

"I know she gave me the communication devices, but that doesn't mean I'm the one who did it. Let me remind you that our doors, except in the bathroom, don't have any locks, which means someone stole them from my bedroom and gave them to the host. " Jaxx tried his best to explain his side in his calmest voice. "I do have anger issues, but it doesn't mean I am one hundred percent angry at all times."

"He's right." Eshal decided to speak out to defend Jaxx from allegations. "He might have anger issues, but he still has a kind heart. Plus, I don't believe that he's the one who betrayed Katherine. "Plus he even teamed up during the second challenge, so I trust him." 
Jaxx fell silent after that.

"It could be anyone in this room, but in case we find out who did it, I think we should give him a lesson." Calvin finally decided to hop into the conversation. "Or make them the next person to eliminate the next challenge, since it gave us no choice but to finish the challenge."

Everyone agrees with him. They just need to find the evidence to point out who did it. But the problem was how they were able to find the traitor. In particular, since there's no security camera except outside their house. Not only that, the host is the only one who has access to the video footage. As soon as they realize this, they feel like there's nothing they can do to find an imposter among them. Maybe the best thing they can do is forget everything and proceed to the next challenge.

OOO

The host quietly writes in his journal as he slowly listens to one of the classical pieces on his old iPhone. The longer he writes, the more chills he feels. But as soon as he finished it, he decided to lie down as he slowly heard the voices in his head.

"Are you satisfied?"

"No, not yet." The host said as he slowly closed his eyes to take an afternoon nap.

Journal No. 52

This is the second time I killed someone in my entire life. The first one with the machete and the second one with the revolver, the one that I used to defend myself from my abusive father. I never felt so alive in that moment during that time.

I am happy.

I am happy because I did that.

...

I am scared of myself. I don't know what I did. I feel like I am not in my own body.

Why did I do this?

Oh God, why?

I want to call someone and ask for help.

But I can't. I can't do it.

...

I wish there was someone there who could help me.