ENCHANTED 《Vol 1-2》

16

Alyssa was standing outside the hospital, pacing in circles and checking her phone, looking anxious and biting her nails, when Leif tapped her on the shoulder, causing her to return the tap with sad eyes.

"He hasn't called yet?" he inquires, his voice worried.

"He should've called by now," she said, sighing heavily. "I'm getting worried what if something bad happens to him? Should we call the cops?" she suggested as she gripped his shirt tightly.

"I'm sure he's fine, no need to call the cops," Leif reassured her. "Perhaps he's just really busy that's why he hasn't called yet."

"I don't know, I just have this strange feeling that something bad happened to him, and I don't like it," she said as she let go of his hand.

"Don't worry, I'm sure he'll be alright; come on, let's go back inside; your friends have just arrived," he added with a smile.

"Go ahead, I'll stay here for a bit; I need to clear my thoughts," she said, sighing hard.

After Leif had departed, he nodded and swiftly returned inside. Alyssa takes a walk around the hospital to distract herself from her worries about Angelo. She rested on a seat under the shadow of the cherry blossom after a long stroll.

She sighed deeply as she checked her phone, and it was then that she received a call from Elvira.

"Hey, Elvira," she spoke hurriedly, "I heard you guys are here, why did you call by the way? I was about to go back to Clydesdale room."

"You best come back here immediately," Elvira said, "because Jordan just got some significant news to relay about what occurred yesterday."

"Okay, cool. I'm coming, lol," Alyssa replied, chuckling as she stood up and shook her head.

Elvira hung up when Alyssa claimed she was on her way. She arrived at the Clydesdale room a few minutes later.

Everyone was confused and anxious as she entered the room and asked what the news was.

"Well, you'd best sit down for this one," Jordan advised as he inhaled deeply.

Alyssa looked perplexed, but immediately sat down and inquired, "So, what is it?"

"So, yesterday we got the biggest news ever: one of our classmates, Abegail, was found dead on the school's rooftop; not only that, but they also posted her body on our school's page, which was quickly deleted by the school's TECH organization; no one knows who killed her, but some anonymous person on the page said the killer is in our class," Jordan elaborated.

"Why is our class becoming entangled with a lunatic killer?" Camille shouted, hiding her lips.

"We're not sure whether someone in our class is the murderer; let's not leap to conclusions; our class isn't getting involved; it's just a rumor," Jordan speculates as Camille calms down.

"Are they implying that our class is the one that has been murdering people?" she wondered. "Just because we're the third to last section, doesn't mean it's someone in our class," she said.

"Well, I don't believe it's for that reason that they're pointing out that someone in our class is the killer," Elvira wonders, "but what if it's real and it's not just a rumor?"