“Crying sister? Do you have a sister who’s crying?” She asked. The little boy shook his head. Aira and I looked at each other, we didn’t understand what this kid was trying to tell us.  “The crying sister next to our apartment. She cries a lot especially when the mean looking lady comes.” He said. I suddenly understood what he meant. He must be talking about Amelia, she must be the one crying and the mean looking lady he’s referring to must be Natalia. I looked at Aira and I could see that she was finally putting the pieces together.  “Can you tell me where the crying sister is?” I asked the kid. He nodded and led us to the room at the very end of the hallway. The boy pointed to the room next to the one where Amelia was and he told us that that’s where he lived. His bed was on the side of the wall connected to this other room that’s why he could hea

[Terrence] “How dare she? She locked an innocent woman in this room. We have to get her out of here.” Aira said. I looked at the door frame and it looked a bit old and brittle. I thought that it was possible for me to just break the wood around the lock. I reached into my pocket and felt my car keys. I remembered that I could take my actual keys off the fob and I could use it to carve on the wood around the lock. I was about to do that when we heard a door knob being fumbled with.  Aira and I both looked back and realized it was coming from room 407. Thinking that it could be Natalia’s accomplice, Aira and I ran towards the fire exit and we hid there. The fire exit door was just in front of the room where Amelia was. A guy walks in front of Amelia’s door and just stands there. He looked like a bad guy and he was even drunk. It looked like he was guarding the room. 

[Terrence] “If you think about it, someone’s helping Natalia do all of this. From what I know, Natalia doesn’t have a job. It’s impossible for her to do all of this on her own. Someone’s backing her and it’s someone that has a very big influence. It’s not just someone we can easily deal with.” Aira said. Now that I think about it, she’s right. Someone is helping her so even if we manage to get Amelia out and throw Natalia in prison, there’s no telling what this person could do. He could easily take Natalia out and that would be even more dangerous.  “For now, let’s go back and tell Kael what we found. It’s better for him to know this stuff now than let him find out about it later on.” I said. Aira nodded and I started the car. I asked her to text Kael and tell him that we’re on our way back and that we had to discuss something. Natalia is probably on her way back to the apartment complex as w

[Kael] “Nothing, I’ve just been really busy.” I answered her question. She smiled at me and walked closer to my desk. I quickly pulled back all the documents on my table so she wouldn’t be able to see anything. When I did that, she had a weird grin on her face, it was as if I was looking at a psycho. I could tell she wasn’t feeling good, the dark circles under her eyes were a dead giveaway.  “Did I make you busy? I’m so sorry, my love.” She said while speaking in almost like a baby tone. It was as if she was talking to a baby and not a full grown adult. It was disgusting, to say the least. I really didn’t want her to touch me but if I let her do that, she’d think that I’m warming up to her and she’ll try to stay here longer and that would give Terrence enough time to investigate. As she walked closer to me, I didn’t stop her. She snaked her arms around m

[Kael] “What brings you here, Natalia?” I asked her. She still had her arms around my neck and her head to my chest. She was silent for a moment but then I heard her giggling again.  “I knew you’d change your mind eventually. I came here to see you. I wondered if you were free, maybe we could have lunch together like we used to.” She said. She pulled away slightly and I could see her face. Something wasn’t right with her, I could tell since it felt like I was looking at a different person. I kept wondering, where did it go wrong with Natalia? Why did we end up like this? I knew that it was her fault but am I the one to blame for this as well?