Dream

Chapter 4: Dream

Laila woke up in an unfamiliar place. She did not know why she was there. All around her was pure white, she could not figure out where it ended. It was as if she was in a cloud and everything was blurry.

She walked and walked, not knowing where it was going. After a very long walk, she felt frightened. She wants to get out of this place. It was as if she was slowly being choked.

She wondered what she should do to get out of this place. She ran and ran even though she was running in no direction; all she had in mind was that she had to get out of here.

She stumbled to the floor when she realized she was just spinning around every part, that all she did earlier is useless.

She cried because she could do nothing. Her every tear turned to ashes before it could reach the floor, but there were two tears that fell to the surface. She stopped crying when she saw the surroundings gradually turning to ashes.

She saw from a distance that it was turning black so she stood up and started running fast; she did not want to fall into nothingness. She did not want darkness to overtake her.

She could not escape what had to happen. She will fall into nothingness. If the almost white color and the ambiguous surroundings are scary ... the black is more frightening. You see nothing, not even yourself.

Laila shouted, asking for help but there was no sound coming out of her mouth.

She feels so scared and nervous right now. She does not want this. She wanted to leave.

She walked again, hoping she might find the end.

In the middle of her walk, she suddenly had a headache. She pulled her own hair in extreme pain. She lay down like a fetus.

She cried out. There are blurry images she sees.

'Where am I really?' Laila asked in her mind.

'Lord, help me. I don't want to be here.'

She still has many dreams in life just going to be locked up here. She still needs to return to the province.

She closed her eyes first to draw courage, but when she opened it again, the surroundings suddenly changed.

She is in an old house. It looks like a haunted house. Her eyes widened as she heard a chain being pulled and its sound was slowly approaching her.

She also heard a scary laugh. She swallowed hard with fear. She slowly backed away.

'Is it a nightmare? If this is just a dream, please wake me up.'

It exposed her to a man in black who was carrying a large chain and axe.

It stood a few feet away from her. Laila's knees were shaking. Her feet on the floor were like cemented. Slowly the man approached her while wearing a frightening expression.

When she gained strength, Laila bravely ran up the stairs. She panicked when she saw the stairs were too long and she had never seen the end.

She is crying. The sky was the limit of her fear. She finally reached the end of it and there were so many doors in front of her. She entered the fifth door.

She entered a large room. She quickly patched the blankets she had found in the cabinet. The rope she made was too long.

She tied it to her waist while at the other end; she tied it to the foot of the bed and after that, she came down.

She went down slowly so that the killer could not hear her. The house is too high, and it is raining cats and dogs. The thunder was so strong and that only lightning illuminated the whole area.

Laila is about to reach the ground. What she didn't know was that the killer had found her and cut off the blanket she had tied. The killer just stared at her, falling to the ground before he threw his axe at her. Fortunately, Laila saw it immediately, so she successfully avoided it.

Laila enters a maze because there is no other way to run. She heard the chain again.

'He came out too fast' Laila whispered in her mind. She met three paths, and she chose the one in the middle. Laila just ran straight, and she didn't dare to look back.

After her fun run, she saw its exit. When she came out she passed a small bridge and in front of it was an old fountain.

She rested for a while on the side of the fountain, not knowing that the killer was just behind her.

Laila grabbed her neck as she struggled to breathe. The killer strangles her with its huge chain. Laila struggles but then she is too weak.

The killer drowned her in the dirty water of the fountain. She drank a lot of water. Because of the extreme weakness and lack of air, she completely loses her consciousness.

'I hope in my next life everything will be simple.' Laila asked before the darkness ate her.

***

It's been 5 years, and Laila is still in the same situation. She was lying on the bed and only machines were keeping her alive.

The doctor suggested that Laila might just undergo mercy killing, but Luther did not want to. He believes the woman will still be alive.

In their mansion, Luther was having fun. Today is Luther's birthday. But it damaged when someone called their house.

The maid of their house answered it.

"What?" The hospital informs them about Laila's condition. And they request to send Luther right away.

Luther immediately flew his car to Han's hospital. He could not deny that he's worried sick about the woman's condition. He did not want to lose her.

When he arrived, he immediately ran to its room. When he entered, everyone was in a commotion. The doctor and nurses CPR's Laila because her heart stopped beating. They no longer noticed Luther's entry.

Everyone is doing their best just to save Laila. They stopped when the machine showed a flat line. The doctor just sighed. They feel sorry for what happened to their patient.

"Time of death: 12:40 P. M," The Doctor said, the nurse listed what he said. Luther could not accept what had happened, so he approached and he himself CPR Laila.

Some nurses are begging him to stop what he is doing because there is really nothing ... the woman is really dead.

They have to accept the truth.