"Do you know a girl named Maggie Turner?" I asked Miss Emily while mixing something on the bowl. She abruptly stopped wiping the plates and froze.

"Who's that? A chick of yours?" Mark asked while entering the kitchen.

"Oh, you're back. Where's master?" I asked Mark.

"Hey I asked you first." He throw a glare at me and went to crossed his arms.

"Haah, she's not my chick ok, I just met her a few days ago." I shrugged and went back on my work.

"You met her? Maggie?" I immediately stopped mixing from the bowl when Miss Emily suddenly spoke. I wipe my hands in my apron and look at her.

"Yeah, but she just screamed at me and vanished afterwards. And the day I met her, I've been feeling that someone has been watching my every move."

Crash......

"Miss Emily!!!" Me and Mark quickly scrambled to watch her when she suddenly collapsed, making the plate she was holding fall to the floor and broke.

"Miss Emily!! Quick! We need to get her to her room." I told Mark and we both carried Miss Emily to her room.

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The constant clacking of the flames in the fireplace is the only thing that you will hear inside the room.

And not to mention the thick air building in the corner, with crossed arms and a menacing glare directly pointed at my every move.

First, I gotta deal with the creepy eyes that's been eyeing me when I arrived here. And now, this.

Aww, come on people!! Gimme a break!? Have you no heart?!

Miss Emily started to regain consciousness and motioned us to give her a glass of water. Mark gave her a glass filled with water and she begun drinking it. I just stood beside her bedside drawer enduring the evil aura of my master directly eyeing me that's been looming in the corner.

"Miss Emily, are you alright now?" Mark asked her. She just nodded at us and went to look at her hands while clutching the sheets.

Mark stood from being kneeled on the floor and stood beside the window. I heaved a sigh and ate all my pride and neared master who's been emitting an evil aura.

"Master look I -" I didn't finish my sentence when suddenly he grabbed my wrist and dragged me out of the room. He pinned me on the wall and look at me straight to my eyes.

"You didn't came back." He said still pinning me and looking at me deadly.

"I- I'm sorry master. It was a long story, if you'll let me explain I can-" I didn't finish my sentence when suddenly he kissed me making me gasps for air at the sudden action. I couldn't even reject because he's still holding both my hands. A second later he let go of me and look at his right side.

"I was worried sick for you. I thought someone took you away from me." Master said while looking at the other side, and I couldn't see his expression.

"Master I'm sorry..." I looked down on my feet while clutching my chest.

Oh dear, my heart... I think it's going to pop out of my chest.

Suddenly the door opened and Marks head pop out of the door.

"Miss Emily wants to talk to you Lay." I nodded to Mark as my reply and motioned master to go inside as well.

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"About Maggie, I know her very well." Said Miss Emily. I was sitting on a chair beside her bed while master sits on the edge of her bed and Mark stood by the windows.

"I was one of her nanny long before the late town mayor died. Her father was a kind noble man who is willing to risk everything just for the sake of this town. But one night-" Miss Emily stop and begun gripping the sheets tightly.

"If you have a hard time telling me Miss Emily, its okay, I'll just have to find Maggie and asked her." I tried to comfort her.

"No, I can go on. I need to tell you this because maybe you'll be the one who can save this forsaken town of death." She yelled at me while gripping the sheets real tight.

"Okay..."

"That night was really terrifying. I found Maggie's dad lying on the floor, he was emitting bubbles in his mouth like he was poisoned. His throat was also covered with blood and seemed like it was freshly cut and I couldn't do anything. I might have save him if ever I have yelled help but I was really frozen that time. I felt like I was the one who killed him." And now, she begun crying. I offered her a tissue which she gladly took and went in with her story.

"I ignore the dead body of Maggie's father and acted like I never saw it. But before I could bolted out of the room I saw a red gem on his hand which I hastily snatch. I don't even know why I took it but my instinct told me to do so."

"Do you still have it?" I asked. Maybe it could led me to something.

"Its in the drawer behind you. Its inside a black box." I turned around and opened the drawer revealing a medium size black box. I opened it and there lye the red gem stone.

I took the gem stone from the box and started raising it on the air, examining it intently.

"That's all I could share to you Lay. And I hope this time, justice will descend on this forsaken land."

"Wait, I have one last question. I know its been years since that incident but if there's any chance, do you remember the person Mr. Turner last talked to or he's with, before the moment he was killed?"

Miss Emily closed her eyes as if trying to let her mind travel the past where that incident happened. And after a minute of silence, she finally opened her eyes and spoke the name which I also suspected to be the killer.

Mr. Segar Milton, the current town mayor.