Cannot Make a Fuss

"You were lying on the mat in front of the memorial tablet." Lauren glanced at her in confusion. "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

"No, it's nothing." Esther shook her head in a daze.

She thought, 'On the mat in front of the memorial tablet? How is that possible? I clearly remembered that I fell behind the memorial tablet out of fear when I was looking for that white shadow last night.'

'What's going on? Is Lauren lying to her? Or ... everything that she had encountered last night was just a nightmare or a hallucination caused by a fever?'

She hit her head with her fist, her head feeling like burning.

Esther did not believe that it was an illusion. She saw everything, and it was so real!

"Mrs. Gibson, are you alright?" Lauren asked in confusion when she saw Esther punch her on the head.

"I'm fine." Esther forced herself to calm down. After a moment of thought, Esther asked, "Lauren, I saw a lot of Buddha statues in the back hall yesterday. What are they used for?"