It started to rain heavily when it was about five in the afternoon.

Even if the windows were installed with soundproofing rubber, Rayna could still hear the water droplets pattering violently against the glass window.

She pulled open the curtains and looked outside the window. It was pitch dark outside, and she could only see the lights coming out of the dining room.

It’s raining so heavily. When will it stop?

She had too much to eat that day, so much so that she didn’t have much appetite at night as well. She even told the kitchen not to prepare anything for her when they called to ask. Then, she sent a text to Carl and asked what was going on back home.

Carl replied that he was fine with the food that he was having, but he still preferred the food that Rayna and Jasmine made. Then, he texted Rayna again, saying that he was fine with any food as long as it was not prepared by Curtis.

Rayna was utterly amused.

She thought Curtis was a decent enough cook. Hence, she was curious why Carl seemed traumatized by his cooking.

Carl sent another text: Ms. Rayna, my mommy has gone overseas for a long time. She hasn’t called me since.

Rayna: Not even a text?

Carl: Yes, my calls always go into the mailbox. Could anything has happened to her?

Just when Rayna was about to reply to him, a sudden loud bang outside startled her. Her vision went dark, and her phone slipped out of her hand.

The phone’s screen went black after it hit the floor.

drawn in the room. After her phone screen went dark,

skin right then. Rayna was crippled by the fear that a monster would suddenly come out of the ground

The lightning strikes were

was so terrified that she dared not even try to look for her

the sides of the bedframe, she scrambled into her bed and pulled the covers over her

Rayna,

room was plunged into darkness all of a sudden, save for the light

the other end of the call was startled as well. “Mr.

Curtis switched on the torchlight on his phone to illuminate the documents in front of him. The blackout didn’t affect his work at

boom, Curtis’ thoughts fell into disarray.

blackout, he wondered if she

told

pitch-black outside his room as well. There was no light source except for the torchlight on his phone. It seemed like there was no electricity in the whole

Rayna’s door

“Rayna, are you okay?”

no answer from her. Curtis became anxious and called her on the phone as he pounded on the

his dismay, her

electricity suddenly went out. Then, as she stumbled and fell, she knocked her head on the bathtub

mind and couldn’t wait to confirm

a few steps back and shone his phone light on her door before kicking

down. Curtis searched every room and shouted, “Rayna, where

the door to the second room, he

“I-I’m h-here…”

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