I Am Sea

The night seemed to be the thing that Alice feared the most.

Even sleep was also the most frightening thing in herself.

But Bella did not stop providing support for her. The woman was always beside Alice and slept next to her at night.

This she did so that Alice felt calm and would not have nightmares again.

***

By midnight, it was quieter than usual, Bella was fast asleep beside Alice. Meanwhile, Daniel and Diana also fell asleep in another room.

Only Alice was still awake, her eyes wandering around and looking up at the ceiling of her room.

"Alice," a faint voice called out.

The woman's mouth began to growl, and she was about to wake Bella, but after she looked more closely, it turned out that the one sleeping beside her was not Bella, but Caroline whose head was covered with blood.

Alice was about to scream again, but Alice's hand reflexively covered her mouth.

"This must be just a dream, I mustn't get carried away," Alice muttered.

And the voice that called out to her was heard again.

"Alice, help me!" said the voice.

"Sea?" call Alice. "Are you, Sea?!"

"Yeah, I'm Sea!" firm voice. And from under the bed, Sea is starting to appear. The woman's body was covered with blood.

Alice was scared.

But she tried to keep her mouth shut.

She is having a lucid dream.

And Alice convinced herself that this was just a dream, but she couldn't just walk out of this dream.

"Alice, I told you. If you don't want to help me, then I will enter your body!" threatened Sea.

"You Go! Please!" said Alice.

Sea looks increasingly angry, then Sea runs to Alice.

Sea disappeared when their skin touched each other.

And then Alice's body suddenly couldn't move.

Alice felt like she had been hit by a big object. Her chest also felt tight. Alice couldn't take it anymore, she lay down and then unconscious.

***

The next morning, Bella started to wake up, and she found Alice who was still fast asleep.

"Alice, wake up," Bella called as she moved her sister's body.

Alice slowly opened her eyes

and started to get out of bed.

"You said today you were going to help Felix, right?" she asked.

"No," answered Alice curtly.

"Hey, how can you no? You said that Felix's ice cream shop will open from today," Bella said.

"That's none of my business!" snorted Alice. And without further ado, Alice came out of the room.

Bella didn't understand Alice's strange attitude.

"Could it be that they just fought?" Bella muttered.

"Ah, but it doesn't seem possible. Yesterday Alice came home with Felix with a happy face. Can't you see if they've fought?"

"Then what's up with Alice?"

Bella also walked out of the room, and she found Alice stroking Diana's hair gently. The girl also seemed to have just woken up, and she was currently holding her painting tool.

Alice's lips curled into a smile and looked at Diana with a strange look in her eyes.

"If Clara was alive, she'd be as big as you. You're the same age, honey," Alice said softly.

Bella looked at her from a distance, and she also heard Alice's words.

'She's talking about Clara, 'aren't she really scared of that name?' Bella spoke to herself.

"Aunt Alice, Clara is my new friend's name!" Diana said as she placed her watercolor brush on the table.

"Really? I'm glad you two know each other," Alice said.

"Auntie, today she said she wouldn't come, she went back to London!"

"Yes, Mommy already knows!" Alice answered.

"Mommy? Why did Auntie say that?"

"So what?" Alice asked Diana back.

"Auntie, you said 'Mom' Aunt Alice, not my mother!" Diana protested.

"Well . . . I'm not your mother, but I'm Clara's mother. And you can also call me 'Mom' because I already think of you as my daughter," Alice replied.

"Really? But, Aunt Alice, you don't have children yet?"

"My name is Sea, not Alice!" Alice said firmly, her eyes bulging.

Diana looked confused to hear that, the girl froze for a moment and looked at Alice with a confused expression.

Bella could not stand Alice's strange behavior anymore, she walked closer and immediately grabbed her daughter.

"Alice, what were you talking about? Are you crazy?!" Bella snapped at Alice.

But Alice seemed relaxed, her gaze so blank, and she turned back into the room.

"Alice! Wait!" shouted Bella.

The woman chased her sister into the room.

And there he saw Alice packing her things.

"Hey, what are you doing, Alice?" she asked.

"I'm going back to London!" Alice answered.

"Hey, please don't do that!" Bella said.

"Don't stop me! Stupid woman!" shrieked Alice.

Bella really couldn't understand hearing Alice speak in such a harsh tone, unlike her young sister she knew.

Bella couldn't stay still, she walked over and immediately hugged Alice.

"Don't do that, Alice, I beg you. I know for sure you forgot to take your medicine, didn't you?" Bella asked, "come on . . . wake up, Alice. Don't go to London! Isn't that a place you hate the most? There is hell for you, Alice!" Bella tried to remind her sister.

"Shut up! Don't call me 'Alice' but call me 'Sea!''

"What?!" Bella immediately let go of her arm. And Alice turned around with the cleaver already in her hand.

"Do you want to be my next corpse collection?" Alice asked with a sinister smile.

She walked over to Bella still clutching the knife.

"Please don't do that, Alice! Please... remember, I'm your old sister!" Bella said to Alice.

"You're deaf, huh? I'm not 'Alice' I'm 'Sea!'"

Bella was scared, she couldn't imagine if the knife in Alice's hand plunged into her body. Plus she couldn't run, because she was in the corner of the room wall, which meant it was a dead end. While Alice was standing with her back to the door.

Bella almost gave up, and she thought that today was the end of her life.

But luck was still on her side.

The cell phone rings and breaks Alice's concentration.

Alice immediately picked up the phone call.

"Hello,"

[Hello, Alice, I'm Caroline. I want to invite you to meet today too! We have to settle our problem regarding Carlos!]

"Oh, I see, okay!" Alice smiled, and Caroline sent her the address where she had asked Alice to meet.

Without thinking, Alice immediately complied with Caroline's invitation. And she left Bella just like that.

Bella doesn't know what to do anymore. In her mind, 'Alice is crazy'

She was able to escape from Alice but she didn't know what Alice would do next.

Bella immediately contacted Felix, asking for help.

To be continued