[Extra] Paranormal Chap 2

Chap 1
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The other side

"Susanne! Chad! Time for dinner!" A familiar figure appeared at the doorstep of the main residence called out. It was Mr. Roger, of course, who came out to call the girls in. He only found Sue, who was still standing in the garden, her intense forcus still on the book.

"Oh, Sue! There you are! Have you seen Chad?" Sue shook her head, her eyes barely leaving the book.

"Don't tell me that she left the house again!? Oh great, she'll just have to eat the leftovers again. Come on, Ms. Alise, you surely wouldn't want to freeze here, starving with a book?"

The dining room was simply majestic. The lights were candles that were being stuck on candle holders. Although the light was not very bright, it ensured that none of the diners accidentally stuck their forks into their nose. Sue ate her food silently, her head lowered to a position in which no one could figure out whether she was sleeping or eating. Mr. Roger talked to Mrs. Alise about his sight-seeing 'business trips' while Sue gave them a bored-to-death-but-faking-interest look.

'Well, no wonder that Cad ran off, she'a really lucky..." Sue's eyes suddenely widened at this thought.

"Excuse me, Mr. Roger, but does Cad always ran away at dinner-time?" Sue blurted out.
Mr. Roger looked at her for a long time.

"She only took up this habit in the beginning of the year. Does it bother you that much?" He sighed, waiting for Sue to reply. Sue seemed to be dazed for a moment, sitting at place, frozen.

"Sue...?" Mrs. Alise looked worried, trying to distract Sue. Sue looked up with rather thoughtful eyes and sighed. Without acknowledging anyone, she left the table. Mrs. Alise wanted to say something, but she stopped when Mr. Roger sighed.

"Maybe I was thinking too much," Sue thought to herself. Are you so sure? A voice echoed in her mind.

'What!' Sue screamed, chilled to her bones. Her eyes moved around nervously.

What are you so frightened about? You know that you can't escape. Soon you will be on our side, along with that one. Rejoice. The voice faded away slowly, but Sue's nervousness only got worse. Beads of sweat rolled down her cheeks and soon she was shivering.

"What are you doing here? Don't tell me that you want the leftovers, too?" Another voice disturbed Sue's thoughts. Sue's head jerked towards the voice, only making her regret it. Cad was looking at her with a pair of marble-cold eyes.

There was only silence for the rest 10 minutes. Cad's eyes only narrowed when she noticed how pale Sue's face had turned to. Cad's eyes suddenly turned soft. She turned away, walking back to the residence with casual steps.

"Where were you just now!?" Sue yelled behind her. Cad never stopped, "At least have the courtesy to say what were you doing there? Very suspicious." Sue's lips tightened when she heard that. How could she reply? There was absoultely no way.

The Alise family went to take their belongings right after Cad returned. Cad was 'enjoying' her leftovers and did not bother to see the Alise family take their leave.

"Cad, why were you so cold to Sue? Is there something wrong?" Mr. Roger asked Cad soon after Alise family's departure. Cad only glanced at her father, not replying as her mouth was full of salad.

"Mfth...I don't really like ver... she vot a funny scent..." Cad replied, still chewing on her salad.

"Scent? When did my daughter started sniffing things out like that? You mean that you just don't get along well with her, right?" Mr. Roger sighed.

"You can say that again." Cad left the table. Her father stared at her plate and shook his head when he noticed that Cad only took a bite of the salad. Dinner, huh? Only one mouth of cold salad. That doesn't look like a diet at all, more like, no appetite to eat after a meeting with Ms. Alise. It was definitely a bad starting.