Chapter 11. Controversy

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Forgive my rudeness, I cannot abide useless people. -Marcel.

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As Dolores strolled downstairs, Naomi could be seen tip-toeing behind her crossing her fingers for the ghost to not emerge.

Dolores didnt think it was necessary to knock at the other people's doors, they were just testing if somebody would come out first and Dolores performed just that.

Listening to the noise of footsteps outside, the people hiding in the rooms eventually appeared one by one.

Sadie looked at everyone slightly injured and exhausted, "Why are you guys so hurt?" 

June, on the side, one of Sadie's good friends couldn't hold her anger, " Ha, look at you without any scratches, tell me wrong if I think it's not you who wanted to get us killed by a ghost?"

Sadie knew that something terrible was going outside when the doors all locked themselves, but listening to her friend pointing at her, she couldn't help but sob out.

Marcel looked at the sobbing Sadie and started at June, again like yesterday, June shut up unexpectedly.

Marcel glanced at everyone's faces, and said calmly, "A ghost? Well, possibly there is one."

Everyone present couldn't help but whisper, they all felt perhaps..just perhaps it was a bad nightmare, influencing them to discuss all that occurred last night.    

June and Emily started being hysterical, prompting Noami and Emily's boyfriend Caleb to soothe them down.

Dolores could hear the profanities uttered by June about Sadie and the Laurent family, even though she used to be best buddies with Sadie before, but she now cares about her life more.

On the side, a boy named Noah quietly leaned on the wall, he didn't speak much and didnt join the June group either.

Dolores remembered that this was the second male lead, the boy who secretly loved Sadie the female lead.

She recalled his presence in the book, in the end, he died as well saving the female lead Sadie from the grasps of the ghost. Although even Noah was tormented by the ghost yesterday night.

Marcel dismissed everyone around him and passed a clean white handkerchief towards the sobbing Sadie.

Sadie accepted it and glanced gratefully towards Marcel, "Thank..thank you..Marcel...I'm sorry if only I was a bit more sensible.." Sadie's face was full of tears, but she still looked as beautiful as always.

Dolores took a stool and watched such a theatre with interest, after seeing everyone just watch Sadie sob, Dolores, chose to speak, "Naomi's forehead is hurt, does anyone know how to treat it?"

Emily spoke up, "Sadie used to attend a Nursing school for two years, she understands how to deal with it."

"Well, Sadie, can you please help Naomi treat her forehead injures before it gets infected?" Dolores politely asked Sadie.

Sadie was still weeping, listening to Dolores's words she inhaled hard and was about to decide when Marcel spoke, "Can't you see that Sadie's in a fragile state, how can you be so fierce as her friend heh?

Dolores speechlessly glanced at Sadie who just whimpered a little and the bloodstained crisscrosses on Naomi's forehead,

"Well, Mr Marcel, do you need glasses to notice Naomi's injury? Isn't Naomi my friend as well or are you meaning Sadie is more important than everyone here? Ha."

With Dolores's words, June, Emily and Caleb turned uncomfortable, while Noah was calm as always.

Marcel coldly glared at Dolores, "Sadie has constantly been extremely good to you all, nevertheless, you all accuse her instead of reassuring her, do you assume she will help you again?

"Can't Sadie be slightly generous and think about Naomi's circumstance, I am certain she's incredibly kind?"