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Chapter XX: Breaking Down
And the next thing happened passes in a blur. All Anastasia could hear was the loud cry coming from the actress. But she cant do anything. Her mind instantly went blank and just left staring at the lifeless body with mixed emotions. She cant even bring herself to move or to do something or to say something. Its like her body just completely shut down on its own after seeing the corpse, hanging on the ceiling, with a rope on its neck.
She want to close her eyes. She badly want to close her eyes. The sight was terrifying, traumatizing. But she cant move.
"Miss Louise stop! You cant touch the body!" She heard someone yell from somewhere so she tried to find where the voice is coming from.
Its the prince. He's holding the actress who was close on hyperventilating. But she cant afford to help him. She cant even move her body to do so.
"Miss Louise I said stop! Detective why aren't you helping me?!" Anastasia he
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"Come again?" The detective said."I said I have a photographic memory." The actress repeated."You mean...you have the ability to visualize a certain image in a great detail?" Anastasia said, clearly impressed with the new information."Yes." Louise answered."OMG! That was really awesome!" Anastasia cant hide her amazement and even jump to the actress for a hug.She actually admired the people who have that kind of ability. In fact, she can only read that idea from the books so she was really amaze to see one."Its not really a big thing." The actress uttered shyly."It is!" Anastasia insists when she pulled out."Sometimes..." Both of them turned their heads to Alice when she suddenly muttered something. "Your words really confuse me Lady Doreen." she continued.Oh?Did she slipped again?
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