Chapter 5

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"Finally we arrived."Shahenaz let out with a gloom covering her face.

"Everyone get your asses out, of the car and pull the luggage off." Angel commanded while holding the starring.

Muskaan got off the car first yawning, stretch her hands fully above her head at the same time followed by her sister, Sangeeta and Shahenaz and remove the luggage from the car.

Meanwhile,Lavanya and Shivanshi struggled while waking up Vanita who was quite drunk.

"Move your shoe off my face." Lavanya said complaining.

"Oh gosh! Her mouth stinks." Shivanshi covered her nose , fanning the air aside and got off the car.

"Hey !donkey wake up!" Angel tapped on her shoulder repeatedly.

"Hmm... Wwe arriwed?" Vanita questioned rubbing her eyes.

"Yes,we arrived now come out."Muskaan replied.

"Owkay! Owkay!" Vanita said.

Vanita come out off the car stumbling she wasn't able to stand properly as she was quite high.

Eventually,Shahenaz and Sangeeta  carried her inside.

"She's pretty heavy, what she eat in her breakfast brick or stone?" Shahenaz interrogated.

"Don't know", Sangeeta exclaimed sweating.

"Investigation is still on, " Muskaan commented teasingly in a dramatic way.

Everyone chuckled.

"Let's get inside." Amanat suggested.

They all walked inside the hotel.

Few minutes later

"What? "Amanat shouted.

"I'm sorry ma'am, but the hotel is full." The receptionist named Priyanshu said with a sad face.

Where we'll go in the middle of the night? Do something.

"Sorry ma'am I can't But -"

"There's a hotel near avantika hills its 5km away from here. I hope you'll be comfortable there." He suggested.

Everyone was annoyed and tired however they left after Priyanshu keep insisting on going in that hotel.

After the girls left a woman came running down the hall and asked Priyanshu -What have you done stupid? Why you send those girls there? Don't you know that hotel is haunted?

"Shut up payal, there's no such thing as ghost. "

Muskaan's pov

As we entered the hotel I saw an old man with brown hair and wrinkled pale skin wearing a loose maroon t-shirt and pant with a shawl covering his upper body and thick layered spectacles on his eyes.

He seem quite old.

He noticed us when suddenly a voice of someone laughing hysterically came from behind which echoed in walls of our ears ,probably it was Vanita then the sound changed unexpectedly from yelling to crying.

She recently broke up with her boyfriend to whom she cursed all through out the ride.

Amanat walked towards the reception and was greeted by the old man.

"Hello dear! My name is Tsn Rao, How may I help you?" He greeted us with a light smile.

"Hello sir! My name is Amanat, I have booked some rooms in your hotel."My sister replied in a polite way.

The hotel looked quite old fashioned but clean filled with sincere silence.

The first thing I gazed at, the big pendulum clock on the wall exposing the time. The hand of the clock struck past 9'. A set of Brown coloured sofa and chairs arranged in the right side of the room.

Old Paintings hanging on the walls, the horns of the deer pinned above the mantelpiece on the opposite side of oak stairs which apart in two different directions probably leading to the above floors, candles light up in both sides of the staircase and chandelier hanging on the side corners.

For exploring more I stepped towards  in left direction which turned out to be the hallway and found something

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For exploring more I stepped towards  in left direction which turned out to be the hallway and found something.

There was a portrait of a man sitting on the chair in brown colour three- piece suit with a lady in knee-length floral dress standing on his right side resting her hand on his shoulder.

She looked beautiful, she was like the winter landscape in the mountains, an expanse of pure white serenity breathing peace and contentment.

But something was off, that face
It-It looked familiar to me,it seem like I have seen her somewhere as if I met her before.

But where.

"Muskaaaaan........".Sangeeta chanted my name out like a mantra.

"Coming" I took last glance at the portrait before leaving.

Amanat handed over everyone's room keys and speak calmly "go to your rooms folks and sleep well ."

"Good night"

As soon as, I entered my room I quickly remove my shoes and climbed up to the bed like a monkey pulled the blanket on and fall asleep cause within a second cause I was too tried of travelling all day.

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Hey readers!

It's a bit short chapter.

So what u think who's that lady?

Let's see in the next chapter. 💜

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