Deceived Me

Chapter 35:

Stella was stunned. She stood still wondering what happened. When she realised that she had just been teased by Alice, she smiled. The way Alice smiled when she left, she was just so cute.

Stella went back to her own apartment and also washed up. Then she waited for Alice as she sat on the bed reading a book. Soon she heard a sound and looked up. Alice was back wearing a simple white silk gown. She looked so lovely. Only the lamp was open so the atmosphere felt quite ambiguous. Alice got inside the bed and as usual, she dived into the arms of the person she loves the most.

" What are you reading?"

" A novel. Its crime thriller and romance." Stella said as she kissed her forehead.

" How is it?" Alice asked with a smile.

" Great. Its about a family. The protagonist is a murder suspect married to a woman who is a cop. Its about how he tries to av being caught. So far, it feels like he's a good person."

" Hmm. Sounds interesting."

" Alice, your sleepy. Just go to sleep."

" But I want to talk to you."

" I am not running away. I'll be right here when you wake up."

" Alright."

It didn't take long at all for Alice to fall asleep. Stella looked at her sleeping face dotingly and put away the book as she closed the lamp. She also drifted to sleep.

She stood alone in a funeral home. She was around a coffin. Before she could look around, she saw the closed doors of funeral opening harshly. A person entered the room in the darkness of night. It looked like a woman. She was clad in a black pyjamas with top two buttons open. She wore a dark blue long coat over it. Her feets were in sleepers and her hair were scattered. She couldn't see the face but she could see the dark hell in the eyes of that person.

That woman seems frozen. She didn't step inside at all. After a long time, Stella saw her moving forward. However, on her third step, she tripped over her own feet and fell down on her face. She wasn't moving. Stella feared that she hit her head and fainted.

She tried to go to her but her body didn't seem to move. She felt like she watching from the eyes of another person. As she was getting worried, the woman on the ground finally moved. Very slowly she sat up and miserably crawled towards the coffin. Stella knew she must've come late for paying respects to the dead.

As she reached the coffin, the place suddenly changed and she saw a dark room. She could only see a little with the help of moonlight coming through the curtains. She saw a woman's sillouhete laying lifelessly on the bed. She seemed to walk forward automatically and what she saw then surprised her. It was dark but she could recognise it. She seemed to be Alice. She tried to move but couldn't so she just watched helplessly.