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"SURELY your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, a-and I will dwell in the house of the Lord-" The priest stops when suddenly the bed and other objects fell down to the floor and the strong wind stopped. And silence reigned.

Everyone froze as they intently watch Leila's body lying on the bed. Just then, they all notice that Leila's eyes are starting to go back to normal.

"Lei!" June was the first to react and immediately went by Leila's side with no hesitations.

"W-what happened..?" Leila asks and everyone sighs in relief hearing that their Leila is back.

Everyone goes to Leola and hugs her which resulted in a group hug. After the group hug, Jasper gives the priest, Gina, and Rena money in which they gladly accepted and left after.

Jane and Yhael are cooking food while everyone is in the living room accompanying Leila.

"I was trying to fight her back, but she's too strong. I feel like she was slowly killing me, but then after that, she slowly left."

"Well, I think the priest did a great job," June commented.

"Good thing you girls contacted Gina, Rena, and us immediately before everything gets worse," Howard says in relief which everyone agreed.

"We were so worried. Good thing we were all free to visit you, Lei." Stacey says.

"It's okay. At least it's all over." Jasper says as he hugs Stacey to assure her.

"Food is ready!" Jane shouts from the dining area.

Everyone walks into the dining room and sits down.

"Yhael, have you seen my phone?" Alexander asks.

"I think you left it in Leila's room."

"Oh, right." With that, Alexander exited the dining room.

Jane is arranging the table as Yhael puts the food in the center. Jane counts the people present when she notices something.

"Wait, we're only ten?"

"Didn't Tanner left awhile ago while Leila was still possessed?" Max says in which half said yes and half didn't know.

"Guys, guys!!" Just then, Alexander came rushing into the dining room. He is obviously panicking about something as he is holding his phone.

"What is it, Alex??" Jasper asks.

Everyone patiently waited for his next words. And his next words made everyone's spine chill down.

"He texted me an hour ago. He's in Jasper's apartment building. He did the game."

Everyone didn't care about the food or how hungry they are and immediately went out, June and Leila being on the front followed by the rest of them. They took the elevator and ran to the parking lot and to their car and drove off to Jasper's apartment.

They didn't even get to park the car properly in front of the building as they all dash for the entrance.

There is a crowd near an elevator and they noticed that all of the apartment personnel are all going towards the crowd too. Leila is the first to go towards the crowd followed by June and then the rest.

"Excuse me excuse me please!" Leila cried out to the crowd, wondering what's going on and what they are looking at.

The crowd made a way for her and her friends to get through and once they reached the front, their heart sank.

Tanner was lying on the floor unconscious.

"No. Tanner??!"

"Tanner!!"

"OMG!"

"Tan please wake up please!!"

"What happened!!"

It was all a blur to them as the police and the ambulance arrived...

+ + +

It has been a week over since Leila was possessed and Tanner had died.

Sadly, he had to go. Once the ambulance brought him to the hospital, he was declared as "dead on arrival". The autopsy says that his cause of death was he fell then his neck got stuck between the elevator doors that made him not be able to breathe.

No one knows how and why, but only the circle of friends, Rena, and Gina has a conclusion of it.

"I'm sorry for your loss. We all thought the priest I brought did the job. Turns out he was the one who saved Leila and also June." Gina tells them. They didn't blame Gina nor Rena. They didn't blame anyone, but themselves.

"He has always wanted to go to that elevator to follow you two," Howard says pertaining to Leila and June. "He was worried about the one he loves and his best friend."

The two look down at this completely guilty. Leila is even more guilty though because she knew she can't reciprocate Tanner's love because she is in fact already in love with June without realizing it.

"He gets in there and God knows what he did there to try and save you two." Yhael comments.

"He's impulsive and maybe he even interacted with the woman." June sighs as he was half-mad at his friend and himself.

"But I think Tanner wouldn't want us sulking and mourning for him. If he died because of saving Leila and June, he won't feel regret. So we shouldn't feel guilty and let's be happy that he's in heaven right now." Alexander says in which all agreed.

But little did everyone know that Tanner is not in a happy place right now...