The next day.
Everything is normal in Laura's room, except for one thing...
Rebecca woke up first and left the bed. She was about to enter the bathroom but saw the red rose on the table. She halted on her step and went to the table. She glanced at Laura, the girl was still sleeping soundly in bed.
She picked up the rose and stared at it for a few minutes, but the call of nature is already hard to ignore. She put back the flower on the table and went straight towards the bathroom.
A few minutes later.
Laura's eyelids fluttered. When she opened her eyes wide, her gaze landed on the red rose on the table. An expression of astonishment was plastered on her face. She sits upright...staring at the rose.
The bathroom door opened and Rebecca exited. "Good morning, Laura!" she greeted the girl. She noticed that she was already looking at the single rose on the table.
"Good morning," Laura replied, not taking her gaze away from the rose.
Rebecca looked at the single flower. "So...you noticed the red rose? I presumed that the spirit was here last night when we're both sleeping soundly, am I right?"
Laura nodded her head. "Yeah..." she murmured. Then a frown appeared on her forehead. "But you already brought your mirror back to your room last night. How come the spirit was still able to appear inside my room?" she asked in confusion.
"Yeah, I have the same question. Maybe the spirit can already appear in your room anytime and everywhere without the aid of the mirror?" Rebecca took a wild guess.
"That's getting scary!" Laura spoke worriedly. She's getting worried about her safety.
"The more reason why we need to see this spirit face to face and ask him what she wanted from you before it's too late!" Rebecca said. But how to ask the spirit when it's avoiding them? It doesn't appear even once when they're awake. It will only appear inside the room when everyone is sleeping and left a rose.
Laura's body shivered in fear.
"But why the spirit doesn't want to show himself to us?" Rebecca asked in bewilderment.
"He always appears when I'm the only one in the room. But when you start sleeping with me, he no longer shows his face to me. He left a single rose to remind me that he visited me," Laura said.
"Oh, so you mean to say, the spirit is shy? He doesn't want to show himself to me? Only to you? he's no fun!" Rebecca pouted. She went to the window and stay there for a few seconds. She saw Graven walking on the path, going to the mansion. She looked at Laura. "I'm going downstairs. I'll see you later," she said and rushed out of the room.
She walked briskly in the hallway, about to go down the stairs when she saw Graven climbing the stairs - she waited for him to reach the top.
After reaching the top, Graven went to her side.
"I want to tell you something..." she said.
Graven looked at her. "What is it?"
"Let's go to the balcony..." Rebecca said.
They went to the balcony and sat on the couch.
"The mysterious spirit visited Laura's room again and left a rose on the table. It all happened when Laura and I were sleeping soundly. There's no mirror in the room, and yet the spirit was able to manifest itself inside the room!" Rebecca explained.
Graven was silent for a minute or two.
"Hmm...it looks like the spirit is obsessed with Laura," he said.
"Not only that, you had to wonder what is his intention towards Laura? If he is Luke's spirit, then what should we do? Let him continue visiting Laura that way even if she's going to marry your brother Cooper? And if he is not Luke...and turns out to be another spirit...then what should we do? Should we protect Laura or not?" Rebecca bombarded him with lots of questions.
"Calm down...I'm going to my father's study to inform him that I'm going to leave you here for a few days because I'm going on an important business trip... which is going to the cave," Graven said. "As for Laura... I will decide what to do after I come back and see the condition of my brother in the coffin. Keep watching over her while I'm away and behave accordingly inside my father's house!" he replied.
"Okay, as you say so..." Rebecca said.
Graven rose to his feet and entered the house, going to his father's study room.
While Rebecca left the balcony and went to her room.
~
Inside the study room.
Graven entered the room and sat on the chair facing his father. "Good morning, Father!" he conveyed his greeting.
"Good morning, son," Sir Nicholas returned the greetings.
"Father, now that Sarah and Cooper's problem is already settled. I would like to go back to the coal mine. I will leave Rebecca here with Laura for a few days," he said.
Sir Nicholas nods his head. "Okay, don't worry about Rebecca. She and Laura bonded well. She won't be bored here," he assured him.
"Thanks, Father!" Graven said.
Sir Nicholas stood up. "Let's head to the dining room for breakfast," he said.
"Okay." Graven rose to his feet and opened the door for his father.
The men exited the study room and went downstairs.
~
Neeza went to Laura and Rebecca's room and informed the women that breakfast is ready.
The women went downstairs and entered the dining room area. They settled on the chairs beside their respective partners.
The atmosphere in the living room on that day is better than yesterday. They consumed their meals in good spirits, occasionally discussing the wedding.
Sir Nicholas addressed Cooper. "Son, accompany Laura and Rebecca to the town this afternoon to look for a good restaurant that will provide the food for the wedding party," he ordered.
"Okay, I will, Father," Cooper replied with a smile.
They resumed eating breakfast and finished forty-five minutes later.
They vacated the place and went to their respective rooms to start their day.
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