The next day.
After eating breakfast, Laura was looking down at the window of her bedroom when she saw her father leaving their home in a horse-drawn carriage.
She went to her parents' bedroom. Her mother was not there. She went downstairs and found her mother standing in the middle of the living room, looking at where the furniture used to be.
Rosa looked over her shoulder and saw her daughter staring at her. "What's wrong, child?"
"Mother, I saw Father leaving in a carriage. Where is he going?" Laura asked.
"He's going to the drug store to buy medicine for his stomach digestion problem," Rosa answered.
"Ah okay," Laura said. "Why are you staring in the middle of the empty living room, Mother?" she inquired.
"I'm just imagining what kind of furniture we will buy to replace the ones that had been destroyed by the vampires. What color of sofa you want me to buy, daughter?" Rosa said and solicits her daughter's opinion.
"I like anything with pastel colors, soft to the eyes," Laura responded.
"Okay, let's buy a couch with pastel color. Any color in particular that you have in mind?" Rosa inquired.
"Ah, lilac color, Mother. Let's just go to the antique store and buy new figurines and other decoration," she suggested.
Rosa agreed and nodded her head. "Alright, let's go shopping for new furniture this weekend," she said. She lowered her eyes so that her daughter can't see through her lies.
"I'll go back to my room to take a bath, Mother," Laura said.
"You go ahead..." Rosa nods her head.
Laura climbs the stairs and went to her room and take a bath in the bathroom.
A few hours later. Simon finally arrived from his short trip outside the house.
Rosa waited for her husband to exit the carriage. She can't wait to ask him. "Did you buy something...?"
Simon nodded his head. "Shh...lower your voice..." he said looking around the area fearing that his daughter can hear their conversation.
"Calm down, she's not around. She's in her room," Rosa said. "Let me see it..." she said looking at the small parcel that her husband was holding in his right hand.
"Not here... let's go to our room," Simon said.
The couple went upstairs and entered their bedroom, then locked the door.
Simon handed the parcel to his wife.
Rosa emptied the contents on the table. "What is this?" holding a small bottle. She opened the lid and peered inside, then she smelled the liquid, it's odorless. "Is this it, husband?"
Simon nodded his head. "Yeah, that's it!"
"That liquid can make her sleep for a few hours and after she wakes up she will feel groggy and weak. She won't be able to push the cover of the trunk easily. The journey only lasts 24 hours, she won't be dead yet by the time she arrived in South Pond Town, besides we assigned a servant by her side just in case she needs anything," Simon elaborated.
"Is this safe?" asked Rosa worriedly.
"Yes. It's just a sleeping pill in liquid form but more potent than the ones that were commonly sold in the stores," he explained. "You will add it to Laura's milk later. After directly taking it, the effect will start thirty minutes after ingestion. So, you have to accompany her in her bedroom so that she won't go anywhere, or else she might start feeling dizzy and hit her head accidentally..."
"Okay, I'll remember your instructions," Rosa said and put the bottle in the pocket of her dress.
"Read the exact dosage first before you mix it with the milk," he warned her.
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