Chapter 34

When they offered to help me, I couldn’t say no. Who am I to refuse? It was a great opportunity to have free lodging for me and my daughter, so I immediately took the risk. I knew I shouldn’t just trust them easily, but I trusted my instinct that they could be trusted.

“You should meet the Directress of this place. Go inside, Chloe,” one of the women said, and I nodded.

Every step I took was risky, but I had to. The moment I pushed the door open, my heart almost skipped a beat but willed myself that I could do it. The sound of the door opening was scary but I had to be brave. When I had no one else by my side, I had to be a risk-taker and open-minded.

The air was thick with an eerie calm, broken only by the cracking of something like wood nearby. I stepped back as the creepy feeling got more distinct. Then shadows flickered on the walls and I panicked.

Then an eerie sound pierced through the air and it sent chills down my spine. My instincts shouted at me