18 — Lost Friends And A Ghost

“ Should we open the door?” came the next question from Chesa.

Quietly, she proceeds to unlock the door.

“ Chesa! Don't...” Dolly whispers but Chesa had already unlocked it.

Opening it a bit Chesa peaks through and...,

“ Hi, if you would excuse me, are you perhaps Dolly and Chesa?” the blonde girl asks.

“ Uh! Y_ees.” Chesa nervously replies.

“ Wow! Cool! May I come in?” She asks.

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Reaching the ground, Nathan held the handle of the store's door, and fortunately, it wasn't locked. Dashing inside, he scans through the semi-dark area

“ Yes!” He exclaims upon seeing a rope by the side of the room.

On raising it off the floor, he sees that it was actually heavier and longer than he previously thought.

** The plan might work!** he thought, but it would be definitely difficult for him to climb up to the roof of the three-story with this extra burden.

He was an expert on climbing up trees, not walls.

** What was I thinking?** he wonders and walks out of the store and looks