"Emily..."
"Emily..."
"Come back..."
"Please come back..."
And the whispers continue without any clue. Along with the whispers, a vague figure of a woman is seen. It's her voice, a depressed voice. It's calling .The voice is calling someone.
Ericka'...
Mr. Smith walked in the room in a disciplined manner. He stood with one hand on another and a smile near the door. "You asked for me, Miss?"
"Mr. Smith, do you remember when we first met, and you became my caretaker?" Ericka's question puzzled him, but he quickly concealed his expression with a smile and replied, "Yes, Miss, it was a long way back. Is there anything you want to know particularly?" Ericka hesitated at first but asked, "Can you keep this from my dad? Please."
"Sure, Miss."
"I remember I was particularly disturbed one day when my dad didn't come out of the room. Do you remember why?"
"You were lonely?"
Mr. Smith sensed the disappointment in Ericka's expression. She took a deep breath and asked again, "So there was no change in my behaviour anytime?"
He looked at her trying to read the expression but failed. "Not exactly. I guess somewhere during that time was your birthday. I brought you a cake, but we didn't cut it, nor did we celebrate."
Maggie's excitement showed, "Thank you so much, Mr. Smith. You're the best!"
Mr. Smith smiled, "No need to flatter me, Miss. May I leave?"
"Sure." Ericka smiled.
"Then what's your age? Eighteen, right?" - BJ sounded too excited.
"My birthday was yesterday." - Ericka head slapped and said in a DUH tone.
"So the four numbers are - one, three, one, eight - since the sign is one the right." - Dan.
Maggie turned the combination as fast as possible. Her eagerness was at its peak. She turned the last combination, but the lock didn't open. Evident disappointment showed on her face. Dan took a deep breath and pouted, "Did we go wrong somewhere?"
"Isn't that obvious?" - Ericka.
Brandon and Ericka shared a glance and smiled, "One, three, zero, five." They said in unison.
"It was talking about that day." - Ericka explained.
This time Lorena took the box and tried to unlock it. Unlocked.
"Ri, all yours. Check what's inside." - Lorena extended her hand to give the box back to Ericka.
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Ericka felt the coldness of the design on the royal blue box. She opened the box revealing an antique letter rolled on another golden designed cylinder resting on a soft, dark blue velvet core of the box. She carefully picked it up.
"Your uncle loves antique too?" - Dan awed its beauty.
She slowly unrolled it, only to reveal a blank letter. "Now?" Maggie could not gather more patience to solve it. "Nothing," Ericka replied.
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