The Woman From Hell

"Yeah, Mr. Carter. Don't you trust me? Miss Lane is a friend of mine. We won't simply talk nonsense," Marius echoed.

I stared at Mr. Carter eagerly, expecting him to speak.

Likely moved by my passionate gaze, Mr. Carter finally nodded. "Alright, but please don't spread this matter. It'll affect us a lot otherwise."

"Okay, don't worry. We'll keep it secret." Marius winked at me, motioning for me to agree.

I instantly understood. "That's right, we won't say anything!"

Mr. Carter sighed heavily again. I felt something was wrong even before I heard the story.

He took a sip of water and then slowly said, "Only those of us who have lived here for a long time know about this matter. Those who moved in the past 20 years probably don't."

I sensed that it was an extraordinary incident the moment he said that. It seemed like something that happened decades ago. Could it be the same incident I was thinking about?

I continued listening to Mr. Carter with anticipation.

a young lady had climbed to the top of the mountain before she jumped. It was

shocked when I heard

happened

off the top of a

somersaults. "Why doesn't anyone know about it now if it

as well. They got us to keep quiet, but a newspaper published about it before they managed to suppress the news completely. Fortunately, it was only our own small newspaper, so the village chief and the lady's family jointly destroyed that

want outsiders to know that a life had been lost, but why did the girl's

so shouldn't the family ask for compensation? Why

this strange. Back then, I thought if it was possible that the lady

This might be the reason that made

case, it was also

have to do with your first meeting with

photo of the lady in the newspaper. I thought you vaguely looked

mountain, Miss Lane, so

dazed," Mr. Carter admitted