"Hey...correct my memory if its wrong but...all of them arrive on the commotion earlier with almost at the same time right? Like all of them were present, no one was left out?" Anastasia suddenly brought up, remembering the scenario earlier.
"Now that you mentioned it, I was actually surprised when I saw that we are completed that time. I even made a head count to check if someone was missing."
"Does that mean that...none of us was the culprit all this time?"
"I dont know...but lets not assume for now." Alistair just uttered. "...and if none of us was really the culprit, then that makes the servants as the suspects since aside from us, they are the only people inside this mansion." He said.
"But they said its not them. Senorita Laura even defended their servants as an innocent." Anastasia said in wonder.
"Its not like you were going to admit it if you're the culprit." The prince reasoned i
"And what about it?""Uh...Im planning to ask him to cover for us so we can investigate by ourselves with no interruptions?"Anastasia said in a question, obviously uncertain with her own plan."And what are we going to investigate then my lady?" Alistair asked in a raise eyebrow, completely judging her plan already."The third person? We're going to check if there was really a third person inside these mansion." She said."That's insane." He commented while shaking his head in disagreement."But that's the only way to know if the culprit was really none of us at all!" Anastasia insisted."But Doreen, the thing that you are suggesting is too way dangerous. What if we really saw the culprit one on one? What if he attack us? We cant do anything!" The prince blurted out."But we need to do something! I have a feeling...I have a feeling that..." Anastasia
"You know...you still have time if you want to change your mind.""I dont, so be quiet for a meanwhile will you." Anastasia whispered under her breath.They are currently hiding on a wall where they can see the lounge area from their position. And the man beside him keeps on complaining nonstop. He keeps on ranting about 'how this is so unplanned' and 'how reckless her decision is' and etc. Obviously, the man was freaking out."What are you being so afraid of?" She asked him then."For the record, Im not afraid...Im just being careful. What if the murderer caught us? This is too dangerous Doreen." He complained for the nth time.Anastasia rolled her eyes."I know...but still, all of them are in the lounge that time–including the culprit. So he cant caught us Alistair." Anastasia tried to reassure."Tsk. Why are you so reckless
"I know that look Alice...you're going to intrigue them dont you?" The actress guesses with a hint of accusation in her voice."Im just going to ask okay?" The detective defended but the way she avoided Louise's gaze says otherwise."Ask what?""Stop asking and just go to your room. You want to rest remember?" Alice reminded and urged the actress to continue their walk to their room which the latter complied. But sadly, she doesn't drop their conversation."I think we should just leave them alone tho. Maybe its just between them and they wouldn't want to share it to anyone...like a secret? And I bet they wouldn't even tell it to you if ever did you ask." Louise said as a matter of fact."But what if–it was related to the case?" She asked back.Louise just shrug. "If its related to the case then they will open up to you with their own will." The actress answered simply.I dont think so. The detective contradicted in mind."Fine, I would leave them alone...for now." She said instead earn
"Nurse Tasia, Doctor Lim was looking for you." Anastasia was interrupted when a co-nurse called for her."Why? Im still on my break." She complained before taking a quick glance on her wrist watch. She still have about...15 minutes left."I dont know. He just asked me to call for you." The nurse utter in a shrug and based on her confuse expression, looks like she doesn't also know. "But he's looks in a hurry when he asked me to call you–so you should go ahead now." She advises. Anastasia just nodded and dismisses her.Sighing in defeat, she force herself to placed down the book for awhile. She was reading that book for almost three days. The title of the book is 'Belladonna'. As a reader and as a critic, she can say that the book was really good–no, it was incredible. It was well-written and the story plot was very interesting. But sadly, she cant read it continuously specially that her chosen profession was very demanding. So she doesn't have a choice but to read it part by part.The
"After I finished your book–the Book of Murder, it became my favorite novel in an instant because I really like Detective Alice Potter. I admire her character so much. And then it happens so fast and the next thing I knew, I was already here." "That's it? What did you do to be transfered here?" Alistair asked, noticing that she didn't tell him the details that made her transfered inside the book. Her story is incomplete.Anastasia just shake her head at him. She decided to not include the accident part because it will confuse the prince even more.But actually, she thought that she already collected all her courage to tell him about what happened to her. That she was transmigrated not transfered. But in the middle of the story telling, she suddenly chickened out and became a coward once again. Because she was so afraid from his possible reaction if he knows that she was lying at him all this time."I-i cant remember. I just found myself on the Garcias mansion the next time I opened my
"You're Isaac? As in Isaac Henry? The protagonist of this book? The one who killed Queen Etheria?!" Mary asked in shock and disbelief."Yes I am." The man answered her. Mary's jaw almost dropped and turned to another direction to slap her face slightly. "Mary...wake up...you're just dreaming. None of this was true. You need to wake up now." She said to herself."As much as I found that very convincing but no miss– you're not dreaming and Im very much real." He said with an amuse smirk. Mary is obviously not convinced so he tried to pinch her cheek earning a slight groan from the other."Aw! What was that for?" She exclaimed while glaring at him.The guy raised his two hands on the air in surrender. "Just helping you to believe that this indeed real and you're not dreaming." He said."T-then how come–wait you said we have the same world? What do you mean by that?" She asked.The guy was about to speak when he notice a two military men, about to pass their direction."Hey, Can I explai
Its been two days straight since she was transfered inside the book and Mary is starting to get impatient for real. She cant wait anymore. Five days is too long to handle and she want to go back to her real world as soon as possible. She cant live like this. "Stop pacing around, you're making me dizzy." Isaac muttered behind her."But I cant wait any longer! Five days is so long!" She complained. "I cant stand it anymore! I haven't even taken a bath yet! I feel so dirty and unclean! Can you see my clothes? Its a servant clothes!" She continued ranting nonstop while the guy just watched her from behind. "Why did I even transfered here as a servant? I can be a princess–or a person from a rich family! Not like this." She said."Wow...I am offended. Just imagine how hard it would be if you're in my position. I am transfered as a murderer and a wanted." He said while clutching his chest dramatically.Mary put her hand on her chin. "Now that I think about it. Maybe I am a little bit lucky c
The old man was indeed right. Because just a few hours later, Mary found herself inside the ship already, hiding on she think a store room. It is located at the very bottom of the ship."How many days it would take before we arrive at our destination?" Mary asked, although she cant see the guy beside her because of the darkness around them. There is no such a light like candles to light up the room. But they use that as an advantage to not get caught."About three days." She heard Isaac answered.Mary closed her eyes. Three more days, and she can finally go back to her real world..Mary realized that–nothing in this world comes easy. And she think she can still applied that right now even if she was inside the book.Because the next thing she knew, two men are already holding her into place, gripping both of her arms. She was trying to wiggle them out but they are too str