Wiping my running nose, I sat on the floor and once again hurried my face on my pillows.Only if I could suffocate myself.From outside, I can hear Monica's shuffles.What the hell is she doing in the middle of the night?Saving myself from stress, I reluctantly hopped out of bed and headed outside.At the end of the hallway, I saw Monica's figure headed to the stairs."Monica?" Following her downstairs, I frowned when the lights stayed off. "Monica?"Switching the lights on, my frown went deeper when I saw the back door open.One thing I've learned from Monica is that she never leaves one window open, let alone the back door. The woman is always perturbed about her safety."Monica, you out here?" I softly shouted in the backyard.With the flickering dim lights sending me a signal to close the door, without any ceremony left to wonder, I slammed it close and locked it.But as I pivoted, I yelled in surprise upon seeing a familiar tall figure of the fantasy world.Mellon.What the hell

"Sir, coffee with cream." I placed the cup down on his desk while he was on the phone.Holding his index finger up, he walked to the glass window with his broad back facing me.Standing by his table, I managed to eavesdrop. He wanted me to wait, so I might as well listen to what stress he's got in his head."That is why I am making up with you tonight," he said, begging in tone. "Why can't you understand me? I'm doing this for us."A selfish and irrational wife, good luck to him."When did I ever do that? I have proven my loyalty to you. I never cheated. All the women you never liked are out of the way. What else do you want me to do?"I'm perfectly amused. How can Eric be so calm like this when the Eric I knew, one wrong word, he'll explode like a super active volcano?"I'm working, Marie. Why can't you trust me? Did I ever look at any women? Did I bring a woman to our house? No, Marie -"For some reason, I felt bad for him."Marie? Marie!" He checked his phone just to find out that

"It's the truth," I convinced Monica about the truth, about everything I had experienced and about everything that happened to me.Sighing, she joined me at the chair and held my hand. "Nicole, I know that everything goes rough and hard and rough, yes? But you should also know that even how fast things happen, I'll always be here to keep up."Lifting an eyebrow at her choice of words, I was exasperated. "You're saying that you don't believe me, right?""I believe you, I do. Even if you tell me that you saw a double-headed sheep or a flying pig. I will believe you," she lied."You're not taking me seriously," I told her. "I know that if I told you everything, you would think that I'm crazy.""What? No, I don't," she denied."Yeah, you do.""Alright," she cuts. "Why don't you give me evidence that this world you're talking about exists and then, let's solve it together?"Her tone is so good to listen to, she's understands my situation the best she can and I'm very ecstatic to know that

Standing behind the tall bushes, Monica and I peeped inside the mansion where Eric lives.It's peaceful, looking like a palace that was kept clean and away from dust at all costs. It's so quiet."Are you sure that this is the house?" Monica whispered to me while adjusting her glasses."Yeah, I've been here before. I'm 79 percent sure that this is his house."Turning at me, she gave me a look. "Seventy-nine? That's our lifeline depends? Girl, if we're caught tiptoeing here and acting like burglars or paparazzi, we're dead.""Not really, but in jail, maybe?""Wow, what a nice encouragement. I'm moved," Sarcastically muttered Monica. "Can you be specific, at least? What if we get inside and your speculation is wrong? What are we going to do?"Stepping on a higher rock, I saw that there were a couple of dog houses sitting by the garden. Who does that?"They've got two Dobermans, I don't want my bones chewed by those nasty dogs!" She yelled in a whisper."They could be nice," I tried lookin

Mellon helped me find where Eric was, and we found him being strangled by the smoke.He's fighting, but none of his punches could hit anything but air."Eric!" I screamed for his name, and it called the attention of the dark entity holding him."Ack- Allen, r- run!"His face is turning pale, and in no less than any second, he will lose consciousness.A blinding light occurred at all corners coming from Mellon's hands. The white smoke spread everywhere, conquering the darkness the entity brought with it.Lifting my arm before my squinted eyes, I saw it disappear, and eventually, Mellon withdrew his power.Eric fell on the floor, weak and pale."Eric!" I ran to him and knelt on the floor.When I touched his face, I hissed from his burning skin. He's as if he bathed himself with lava, and his skin became one with the burning stones."What's happened to him?" I exclaimed as I watched him becoming weaker and weaker by the second."Half of his soul had been taken by the darkness," Mellon an