Chapter 3: Farewell, young lady (2/2)

“Farewell, young lady…”

This will probably be the last line I hear in this lifetime. Maybe that was why the uncle’s voice seemed extra gentle and no longer hoarse.

“Enough!”

Wait. Another voice entered my ears. I didn’t wait to get stabbed as I curiously cracked my eyes opened.

Mother! The uncle on the ground got up!

“Y-y-you!” I stuttered as I hollered with my eyes wide open. “You came back to life?!”

He was probably a ghost...yes. That had to be it. A ghost….wait! There was nobody on the ground. Then…

“Luckily you said it’s enough! Or else, I wouldn’t have known what to do. Did you gather enough source material?” The killer uncle turned to the uncle that had faked death.

“Collect enough material my ass! I have never seen someone so senseless and boring. She was about to die and only had garbage to say. She didn’t even show any signs of fear. What a waste of my time!”

The faked death uncle stated as he opened the window curtains. Sharp, bright sunlight instantly entered the room. The three of us had to close our eyes due to the drastic change.

“You punk! At least give me a warning first!” The killer uncle yelled.

My adaptability was better than the two of them. I could somewhat see as I looked at the uncle that had faked death.

Since he had been in the water for a while, his hair and clothes were soaked. Water was continuously dripping from his hair. He was the tall lean type, but his mustache was obstructing his face. I couldn’t really see what he looked like. His dress shirt was unfastened though, so I unintentionally noticed his fair skin. He used his slender fingers to lightly block the sunlight. The sunlight brushed against him and spilled into the room. The water in the room was clear and clean. With slight ripples, the clear water reflected the reflection of the uncle who had faked death.

What the heck? This warm image did not fit the situation.

The killer uncle suddenly untied me as he kindly explained, “We scared you, didn’t we? We were doing a roleplay just now. I was the killer and he was the victim. You just happened to interrupt and became a witness. Haha!”

Ha..Ha?!

I was flabbergasted as he picked me up and carefully placed me on a bed. “Calm down first. We need to clean up the house. We’ll talk later.”

Honestly, I couldn’t hear anymore. I didn’t know anything, I didn’t understand anything. I robotically pulled a pillow as I curled against it and rested it between my chin.

This was a dream. This was just a crazy dream. Once I wake up, everything will be fine again. I kept repeating those words as I tried to comfort myself. I closed my eyes and didn’t even realized I fell asleep…