Chapter 4 FINDING THE SISTERS

"Stevie, get my keys."

"What happened sir? Leaving so soon?"

"Yeah! I ll be right back after few hours."

"Sure, Sir! May I drive to you to your location?"

"No thanks, Steve!"

"Okay Sir!"

Stevie handed over me the car keys. I took my coat & left. While moving downstairs I was only thinking of Izabella s condition & the main question which was coming in my head was, "why did Nina behave so casual when her sister depicted the whole story. She acted like nothing happened. I stepped out of my office, it was raining cats & dogs. The weather change was totally unexpected that day. I thought to stay inside for a while & wait till the rain stops. However, I wanted to follow Nina & Izabella as I wanted to know the truth that they were hiding. So, I called Stevie.

"Hey! Stevie!"

"Yes Sir"

"Bring an umbrella, I am waiting inside guard s cabin."

"Yes sir, coming in a bit. Please wait."

Stevie brought the umbrella for me. After which I left & opened the door of my car. I had no clue about the location of Nina & her sister but I remembered that during the interview she told me living in an apartment down the streets near my office. So I took my phone out of my pocket & searched for the nearest apartments. I saw a list of apartments which made me more confused. So, I thought to visit the most nearest one. After covering some distance, I saw a pink board adjacent to the road. It said "GREEN APARTMENTS". I stopped there, waited for a while & afterwards I parked my car outside the apartment. The rain was about to stop. The drops of rain were sprinkling. So, I stepped out of my car, put my umbrella inside it & walked towards the guard to enquire about Nina & Izabella. Suddenly, the guard came towards me. He was staring at me as if he would bite me if I made another step in the apartment.

"Yes, who are you?" the guard enquired.

"Hello! I am an old acquaintance of Ms. Nina. Does she live here?

"Just a minute. Please wait while I go through the list of residents of this apartment."

"Sure! Thank you!"

"No, there is no one named 'Nina . You must have received wrong address."

"Oh! Okay! Thank you for your time".

"Hm" he said with an arrogant face.

After this, I got inside my car & turn on the radio. I was enjoying the music as well the pleasant weather. Somewhere back of my mind, I was thinking about the actual story behind the sisters too. Then, I took my phone from my pocket & searched for more apartments. Then I saw a name on the map 'Marine Apartments . So I drove my car to that place. It was almost 1 kilometer far from the Green apartments. When I reached there, the rain was about to stop. The drops were sprinting. I parked my car outside the apartment & went to its guard. He was sitting on his chair in his cabin. When he looked at me, he came & we had a conversation.

"Yes? How may I help you? Are you a resident of this apartment?"

"No, I am looking for Ms. Nina & her sister Ms. Izabella. Do they live here?"

"Ms. Nina?"

"Yes, do you know her?"

"No, she doesn t live here anymore. You may leave now."

While we were talking, the owner of the apartment came downstairs. He must had seen me & the guard communicating through his room s window. He came to us & he was staring at me as he will kill me if I ask more about the two sisters.

"What s going on here?" he enquired.

"Nothing Sir, I am looking for Ms. Nina. Do you know her?"

"Yes, she used to live here last year. Why are you looking for her? Her sister is a psychopath."

"Psychopath?"

"Yes. She is out of her mind all the time. Stop chasing her. It will be better for you. You may leave now."

"But sir…."

And he walked off. For a moment I didn t understand what was happening there. I tried to talk to him again but he had left already. There I came to know that they both had left this apartment a year ago. So I thought to leave that place. The owner & the guard of 'Marine Apartment' left me in a dilemma. I stepped inside my car & searched for more apartments near by. Some "Olives & Maples Apartment" was there within a distance of 4.5 km. At that moment I became too curious to know about their reality. So I drove my car to 'OLIVES & MAPLES APARTMENT'. Before reaching to my desired location, the fuel indicated red light. So I had to stop at a petrol pump nearby. I was waiting at the petrol pump & the rain started again. As soon as the petrol was filled up, I got inside my car & started heading towards the 'Olive and maples apartment'.

Again I saw the board which said the name of apartment written in bold capital letters, 'OLIVES & MAPLES APARTMENT'. I stopped my car outside & went towards the main gate. I found no one inside the guard's cabin. So I walked towards the first room I saw. It was room no. '104'. I knocked at the door. An old lady came opened the door

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"Yes? May i know who are you?"

"Hello mam! I am in search for Ms. Nina & her sister Izabella. Do you know about them?"

"Yes, I have heard these names".

"Can you please tell me about them?"

"I think they both lived at 310 on the third floor"

"Lived? What do you mean by that?"

" I mean they used to live here but left a couple of days before. "

"Do you know the reason? Why they left?"

"Actually they had a fight with a man named 'Kim'. He also left the apartment."

"Oh! I see."

"But why are you looking for them?"

"I'm an old acquaintance of them & Ii need to meet them in person. It's urgent".

"Okay! You can ask their neighbors then on the third floor".

"Thank you so much mam".

"Welcome" she said with a smile.

Now I was pretty much sure that either these two sisters are some kind of serial killers or they must had a tragic story of their past. I just wanted to find them so that I can clear all my doubts with them about their real story.