The Plague Doctor [RATED R] ✓

(27) Run Away

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I LOOKED DOWN AT my diary, staring at the letters until they became blurry. I felt my eyes burning after a while, so I closed and massaged them before leaning my back on the rails of the chair, giving out a loud sigh.

     "What did Lady mean by what he said? Why was he asking us to leave?" I ask myself in frustration, and such a question has bothered me since yesterday ever since I had a chat with him.

     Claudio has forbidden me to speak to Lady again, so my curiosity has only grown even stronger. What did he mean by that? What did he realize that I wasn't able to realize? I'm dying to know the answers to these questions, but at the same time, I knew that such a statement would end up becoming literal if I really try to seek it out.

     I've always known, ever since Claudio touched me, that he was a dangerous man with dangerous capabilities. He knew how to please people, to capture them, and to chain them without them realizing it. I knew all that, but somehow, I know nothing of what he was planning to do to me. Will he kill me? Will he lock me up like the others? Will he experiment on me?

    To be honest, killing me would feel like mercy on his part. With Claudio, I'm certain that he can think of something more gruesome and disturbing than that. And if his plans really were to kill me, that wouldn't be enough reason to make me run away. In fact, I might even want to stay if that was the case.

     "Bishop," a voice calls out, and a familiar sound of chiming keys could be heard from outside the room.

     I stared at the empty page on the diary and closed it in frustration. I don't think there's anything I can tell Winter. With everything that's happened, I think it's better if I don't tell anything to him at all. I bet the poor child wouldn't understand it anyway, even though he's too smart for his own good.

     The door finally opens, revealing a tall man who was in a military uniform. When he stepped inside my room, I quickly put the diary away and got up from the seat so I could face him.

     Lino's entire face was covered, but I could tell that he was staring at me. The two of us became quiet for a while, but then he tilts his head and suddenly says, "Your eyes..."

    I quickly looked away from Lino and walked towards the bed to get my eye cover so I could wear it. Like I already mentioned before, I don't wear my contacts anymore since my eyes are covered anyway, so when the others accidentally see what it really looks like, it still makes me feel uncomfortable. Maybe I should wear my contacts after all.

     "Eat your breakfast and accompany Laurence in town. The master wants you to fetch his suit at Ms. Sunny's shop. He's going to be using it for the upcoming party," Lino explains while I buckled the contraption in my head.

     "Party? There's going to be another party?" I ask, but Lino doesn't answer, which was something I already expected.

     "Do I have to change my clothes?" I ask him instead.

    "It's fine, you're just heading to Sunny's shop anyway. Just remove your eye cover so you wouldn't grab any much attention," Lino explains as he walks out of my room. And so I adjusted my uniform for one last time before finally walking out of the room, following beside Lino as we walked down the long hallway in Claudio's Hell House.

    While we were walking, I couldn't help but glance at Mr. M. If I remember correctly, Lady didn't mention a gardener. Was it because Lino can handle himself well, or is it because he's way too loyal to Claudio? Is that it? I'm not entirely sure because when I look at Lino, he doesn't look like the type to be loyal to anyone, but maybe I'm just looking into things too deeply again.