They walked into the hotel.
“What's the best and most expensive room you've got?” Celine asks, stretching a blank cheque to the receptionist. The receptionist eyeballs out, she drops a key labeled with room 205. “There are two best rooms here, a lady is in the other best room 204. 205 is available at the moment”
“Thanks…did any lady perhaps lodge in this hotel?” Celine whispers.
“Yeah, lot of them.”
“Does anyone goes by the name Bianca or Williams?” Celine questions.
“Im sorry, Ma'am. They are over a hundred Biancas and Williams lodged in this hotel. ”
“Ugh…you are of no use.” Celine grunts, she snatched her blank cheque and poured some dollar notes.
“Just lead me to room 205”
“Take an elevator to the third floor and you would find your room.”The receptionist said, counting the dollar notes poured on the table.
Celine and Emily walk near the elevator. They sighted some men in black gait out of the elevator. Emily allows them to leave before entering, Celine shoulder meets with a man in black while she was in haste.
“Hey! Watch your step” A man thundered.
Celine opens her mouth to yell back, Emily shoves her hand in Celine's mouth. Celine grumbles, pulling Emily's hands out of her mouth. “We are so sorry, Sir.” Emily pleaded, she drags Celine into the elevator before she could blurt out any insult.
Emily pressed the up button, and the elevator door shuts. Celine pushed her off “Eew!” She groans.
“What the heck is wrong with you? Must you reply? Well, I saved your butt there and there's no need to appreciate my meek work.” Emily reminded.
“Im not grateful. Not even a bit. You almost suffocated me with those stinky hands. Ughh…I think I'm going to pass out.” Celine complains, and she shrugs her brows. Emily avoids additional conversation, she stylishly sniffs her hands which smelled nice to her.
Emily ignores Celine's small evil glance, she stares at the signal showing the elevator is going up to the third floor.
The silence was explicit, Emily takes a turn to break it.
“Why offer her a blank cheque when you are still snatching it back?” Emily questions,
“I wanted to lure the truth out of her.” Celine brags as she glances sideways “ Gosh! You weren't supposed to stop me from putting those guys in their shoes”
“Aren't you scared of the? They are hefty and in the same uniform, I think they are in a cult. What if they are murderers? Huh? You weren't beaten, all thanks to me.” Emily boastfully reminded sending a wrinkle to Celine's forehead.
“Whatever!” Celine grumbles, her bushy brows beetled.
The elevator paused, and the door opens. They walk out heading to their room door. Celine inserts the key in the keyhole. She was about to twist her door knob when screaming from the next room, room 204. “Don't you dare hurt my daughter?” The voice sounds so familiar to her, she paused and shifts her gaze to the place the voice resounded.
Emily opens the door and pulls Celine in. Emily locks the door behind with the key.
“What was that?”Celine questions.
“Those men in black were walking towards us. I saved your butt again,” she explained. Celine rolled her eyes “Whatever!”
She slung herself on the bed.
“What do you wish to have for dinner?” Emily questions.
“Nothing! I just want my mum”
“I understand that feeling. Tomorrow morning, we would go to the station for a missing complaint” Emily said.
She grabbed the cellphone
“Can we have two plates of chicken nuggets? Yes…room 205” Emily ordered. She ends the call and sat on the bed. “You must eat something before going to bed.”
Celine shuts her eyes, she turns her face to the other side of the bed.
“We need to file a missing case” Celine murmurs.
Celine lays down, she fell asleep in no time.
At midnight, a knock echoes at their room door, Emily jerks from her slumber on the cushioned chair. Celine sat up, yawning loudly as the knock became louder.
“Could it be the food I ordered?” Emily said.
“Go check!” Celine babble, she squeezes the pillow, resting her head on it. Emily taps her “What do you mean? What if there's a monster behind the door?”
Celine's eyes rolled skyward “Nonsense! You need to stop watching horror movies.” she wanted to go back to her dreamland, but the knock became louder and a feminine voice screamed in pain “Help!!”
Celine's eyes are widely open.
“Don't go for the door anymore, please. Let's stay indoors till sunset” Emily shivers, and she clings her hands to Celine.
Celine pushes her, she walks to the door with the gun in her hand. “Who's there?” Celine questioned. There was no response, she sighs and tightens her grip on the gun. She opens the door. Emily trembled, she could only think of hiding under the bed, and she did.
No one was at the door, she looked around. Her gaze moved to some feminine leg out of room 204. Celine recollects the receptionist saying a lady lodged in there. “What's wrong with her is she drunk?” Celine thought.
The feminine leg skin color looks familiar to her, it reminded her of her mum. She squint's her brows. A force pulled the legs inside and the room shuts.
Celine gasps, and she shuts her door in shock. “What was that? What pulled her in?” The chill haze of her suspicion became crystallized, she hits her back on the shut door.
Emily peeps out of the bed “Scary? Come hide under the bed with me. We can't risk our lives to save another person” Emily whispers, calling unto Celine.
Celine mustered the courage. “We can!” her racing heart and shivery body were telling another story.
“What do you mean? I'm excluded from whatever plan you have. I can hand myself over to the devil.” Emily announced, she hides underneath the bed. Celine slightly opens the door to have a peek at what's happening in the other room.
A man in a black suit rushed out of the room, he locked the door behind him, glancing around. Celine look furtively at him but he didn't notice that he walked away, hiding his gun in his suit. He also slides the room key into his pocket but it fell off to the floor making a noise. He was about to turn around for the key but a phone call distracted him. He grabbed his phone and ran out.
“I’m going in!” Celine whispers. She hastens to the room door. She twists the door knob but it refused to open, it was locked. Her visage shifts to the key on the ground, she grabs the key and inserts it in the keyhole.
The door opens, and she felt a rising tide of tears from her head to toe, her visage beholds….