I have to sleep.

I have to sleep.

I have to sleep.

Yeah, I've been telling myself that since 10 pm. As soon as I close my eyes, I'm reminded of the shadow which I previously hallucinated in the airport and the fort. It felt so real but I guess my mind was messing with me right then. When I reach out for my phone to look at the time, it's been an hour since I tried falling asleep. Looking at Sky it feels as if she's dead to the world right now.

Good, Lord. 

She can fall asleep anytime and anywhere as she wishes. I thought to read something but since I needed rest for tomorrow, I decided I'd go to the terrace and get some air.
I got into the elevator, when the door was this close to getting closed, I see a hand stop it. Then I was surprised to see my boss getting in.

"Why aren't you asleep yet?" Mr. Henris asked puzzled.

"Sir, it takes time for me to fall asleep in new places. So, I thought to get some air." I said. 

"Oh" Is all I get in reply.

We hear a bell ding indicating that we've reached the terrace. We get off the elevator. I go to the corner of the terrace where there was a beautiful plant. It looked so mesmerizing with all the little light bulbs and a little fountain. I also see a few fireflies flying.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?" I hear Mr. Henris say.

I nodded speechless mesmerized by the sight in front of me.

"This was the place where the princess used to spend most of her time. The fireflies never left hoping she'd come back. This plant you see here is many decades old but still looks so lively." Mr. Henris said looking at the plant with dreamy eyes.

"Sir, do you think it's true?" I asked.

"What?" He asked.

"The tale? Is this place really haunted?" I asked.

"what do you think?" He countered.

"It could be but that is only one side of the story," I said.

"You are a smart girl, Mona. Don't let your emotions sway you. You can figure it out" He said.

"Go to bed now. We have a long day tomorrow," he said.

"Sir, you didn't answer me," I said.

"Everything is not what it seems," Was all that he replied before leaving me alone with my thoughts.

Everything is not what it seems?

I wasn't able to sleep so I removed the bracelet Lisa gave. Not gonna lie, the bracelet looked old but it is still beautiful. I just had to make some changes. First I sharped all the beads in the same shape and soaked and rinsed them. Looking at the after results I was proud of my work. It looked beautiful. I was tired after working on it so I headed back to bed.

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Sometime after midnight, after all tossing and turning, I finally fell asleep.

I woke up before Sky. I quickly got freshened up and I woke Sky to order food early.

Our bell dings indicating that our breakfast has arrived. Sky opened the door while I reached out to my purse.

While taking out the cash from the purse, my freshly modified bracelet fell down. I hand over the cash to the guy for the room service and before I could pick up the bracelet, Sky grabs it.

"Wow! It's beautiful" She said observing the bracelet.

"I know, right? Lisa gave it to me. I kinda modified it," I said.

"Lucky you. All my brother does is annoy me," She said chuckling, and returned the bracelet.

"That comes with the whole sibling package," I said laughing.

As soon as we finished our breakfast we headed down to the lobby to see everyone waiting for us.

Not them waiting for us again.

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