Short stories+ a murder story

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After all of the burial, she entered the house, and called Logan. The plan had been well done and executed. Now was only to clean up the mess that Gilbert did in the upper bed. 

But wait! Before she could even dial up his number, she would have to hide all of the evidence. She went up to the room and see the half finished plate and the broken glass of in the ground with coffee spilled everywhere on the floor. She picked the plate, and threw all of the food in the kitchen dustbin, a pity to waste. And carefully grabbing the broken coffee glass, she threw it into the dustbin. She then moped the spilled coffee, thus erasing all the evidence.

She then called Logan, telling that the mission was accomplished. 

"Ika, you did the job"

"Yes. Everythin's done. the body's buried, all the evidence has been erased, and i'm set. how bout to hosada hills.?"

"i'm in for it. when can we go?'

In 2 hours. you send me ur adress, and pack your bags. I need to pack my bag too for this 3 night holiday"

"I'm set"

"bye"

After this call, she packed her baggage for the 3 hour trip to hosada hills. She then called the resort to ask whether there are any rooms available. Fortunately, there was only 4 rooms left! And she booked the room. Twin bed .

An hour later, she grabbed her baggage, just one- to her suv car. She locked her doors, and drove off to Logan's house. She was to be the inheritance of this house, and she was going to share it with her boyfriend Logan!

She arrived at Logan's house, and Logan hops in, bringing his luggage.  She sat beside Ika, and she started the 3 hour journey to the hills. While on the way, Logan asks about how the murder was carried out.

"So how did you did the killing"

"it's a piece of cake. I woke up earlier, and cooked breakfast for him. I laced the cyanide in the coffee and served it up to him. Then after i came out of the shower, he's dead. The poison took him quick"

"Good. And where did you bury the body"

"In the backyard. I bet he won't be having an inch of pain."

"And because of that, i will reward you - once we arrived there, i will tell you" She revealed just as she was turning to the highway.

Logan relaxes on the journey, and dozes off. 

He is suddenly awakened when the car stopped. He looked around and he was at a big place. There was a Starbucks sign, cafes. toilets, restrooms, rest areas, and many more. He thought that Ika must have had stopped at a rest area. He ask again however.

"Are we at a rest area" He asked. 

Ika then stepped out of the car and continued his sentence. " Yes we are. We're gonna eat brunch. Let's go"

Logan stepped out the car. He only want to have a snack, so he decided to have a coffee and cake at starbucks. Ika later went to B+ - a restaurant within the rest area which served breakfast food such as bacon and eggs, omellete, etc.

After filling their stomachs for a few hours, they continued there 1.5 hour journey. At this time, they were already closing to the hills and mountains. A snow-capped mountain is visible in the distance from their car. The temperature was also starting to get cold. Now it is around 9 degrees celcius, while it was 24 degrees when they started their journey from Logan's home. But this time, it was Logan driving, as Ika needed a rest after 2 hours of driving. She was seated beside him.

He followed the directions, and exited the highway. After passing through a system of narrow and winding roads, they end up in an unfamiliar place. Their car were passing some very tall, pine trees and it was beginning to get dark, as the canopy of tree have shielded most of the sunlight. Logan stopped the car, and woke Ika up.

"Ika, i think we got lost... do you know where are we"

Ika opened her eyes and was stunned on where she is. She is not at the place where she should be. " We're lost. We should u turn. There's a clearing over there"

Logan obliged but just as he made the turn back, something crossed the road infront of his car. Very quickly. It was something like a black thing zipped past the car. And while it was passing very fast, there was a red dot, probably it's eyes. Logan hit the brakes and gasped, so did Ika.

"Oh my god what was that!!" Ika screamed. Logan continued driving, at an increased pace. 

"I don't know what that thing is but it must have been certainly something odd. or not of this world".

Ika was convinced that it was something that she has not seen in this forest. She has been in this forest many times and have seen all sorts of animals,  but not this kind. Then she remembered it. There has been a rumor circulating around that there was a "black beast vampire" lurking around the forest.

Ika tried to speak through her fear.

"Logan, i' ve just heard that there has been a rumor circulating around that... there has been a black creature lurking around this web... i mean forest. They say it's a combination of vampires and monsters and can fly"

"But this is in  the afternoon, how would a vampire appear - oh wait. This area is quite dark!"

"It's dark coz the light is shielded by the canopy of trees... now forget about it. The thing now is to get to the resort as soon as possible" Ika took out her phone, and on the maps application, and key in the resort's address.  Great. The resort will only take 20 minutes of journey, albeit the traffic. 

"Just follow the maps' commands and we'll be there in the 20s" Ika commanded to Logan. He followed the directions, and about 30 minutes later, (because of the traffic at an intersection) they reached Hosada Hills resort. The car park was half - full, and there was a lot of people bringing in their luggage in to the resort. Many of those are families with young children, others are couples. 

Logan finally find a parking spot, parked the car and both of them step out of the car. Finally, after almost 2 hours of journey without standing up, they moved their legs. The air quality, the breeze, and the environment was a far cry from their homes. The air here is a fresh, unpolluted, not corrupted and a fresh breeze due to it's high altitude., while the areas that both Ika and Logan resided are almost polluted, but not too much. Still, it was unbearable for them. 

Ika stretched her hands, welcoming the breeze."Aaaah! It's so.. so relaxing. She puts on her sunglasses and tooks out her luggage. Logan helped her carry the luggage to her. "Thank you love, darling..." she complemented. Logan carried his luggage and closed the trunk and locked the car. They then walked to the lobby, where the check in hall is. 

" Check in, and we will have a walk by the lake.. and ride a boat." she suggested. 

"That's lovely, and i will have to change my clothes.. to relaxation clothes.." Logan nooded.

"and so do i... to change to my hot clothes" she winked to Logan and gave a perfect smile. He smiled back.

They later arrive in the lobby and check in to their rooms. Their rooms were booked under the name IKA GILBERT. They were given the card to the room "560". It's actually a small house that is among the cluster of houses in this resort. This resort has a hotel that is fit with 200 rooms, while the cluster of houses that is scattered around the lake has the number of over 280. 

They walked a short distance to their house unit. And it is just a stone's throw from the lake Yassin, which has a lot of people water skiing, people fishing, and them swimming by the lake. And the lake is just a stone's throw from the house they are checking in.

They entered the room and unpacks their luggage. They change their clothes, and enjoy what nature has to offer to them