Chapter 2

The man in suit !

The silver bell sound was very strange and if one listened to it closely, they feel strange howling sounds coming from it .

CRASH !

A thunder shook the sky and it's loud sound made the fat man shudder for a moment .

"These damm weather..."

He cursed slightly and looked ahead only to see there was no one at the hallway .

"Did I just imagine it ?"

The fat man scratched his head and suddenly he looked sideways , he felt some wet liquid dropping at his clothes.

A clear wet face came into his view and he was just a inch away from touching that person face .

"Ahhhhhhh...."

The fat man screamed in fear from seeing the face . His voice was rebounded in the hall and the shadows of the painting in the wall looked like it was crying .

The face leaned backwards with confusion.

It was a drunk man holding a folded white umbrella in his left hand and a folded newspaper in the gap of his left elbow . He wore a casual sweatshirt and looked past of him prime age , but his eyes were sharp even though he was wobbling slightly .

"Hey ! Mate what's the screaming for?"

The drunk man said with stuttering voice .

The fat man finally came back to his sense and immediately became angry .

He stood up and dusted his clothes before saying angrily

"Don't come too close suddenly like that , George !"

It's seems that they both knew each other.

George was a resident of these hotel and he was living in here for almost five months old so he knew these fat man very well and that guy was his drinking buddy too .

George smiled slightly and said

"Haha ...Come on Marcel! Admit it you are just a scaredy cat."

Marcel was the fat man name .

Marcel grumbled and avoided answering to his question, instead he asked

"Why aren't you going to your room ?"

George rubbed his nose and looked around for a moment before saying

"Well , I've lost my keys today!"

Marcel eyes widened and immediately said in disbelief tone

"You lost your room keys?"

George nodded as sincere as he can .

Marcel pointed at the him and said coldly

"That's it ! If you want a duplicate key then pay up $150 or else fuck off !"

George waved his hands and said with pleasing tone

"Marcel , O"my dear Marcel Don't abandon me like that !! You should know my situation well "

Seeing the brawling George, Marcel smacked his head and said after some thought.

"Okay okay Fine I will give you the key but you make sure that no one's knows about it ! Especially Charles ."

Charles was the manager of these hotel! But today he went outside to complete some work and untill he returns Marcel was given handover of the hotel .

George mimicked zipping his mouth .

Marcel grumbled about George carelessness and took out a old key . He gave it to George and told him to handover it after unlocking the door .

George repeatedly nodded his head and said he would definitely return the keys . He even thanked repeatedly to Marcel for being a good friend .

After sending off his annoying friend , Marcel breathed in relief . He looked at the floor and saw there was wet footprints on the floor.

He cursed George again and yelled the housekeeper name .

"Tim ! Tim where are you ?"

After calling thrice , a deep voice responded to Marcel call .

"I'm here boss"

Soon after the voice , a guy wearing black n white water dress came with crooked steps. He had dark face and cold eyes but he had a muscular body that made him look ferocious but in reality he was just a dumb waiter .

Marcel glared at Tim and said

"Hurry up and clean this mess before another guests comes"

Tim stood there for a second to understand his boss words.

Marcel immediately yelled at him

"Clean the wet floor! Idiot "

Tim gave a 'oh' and rushed away but due to his crooked leg , he could only wobble slowly .

"What a idiot!"

George grumbled.

...

After some time , George was found sleeping on the desk while Tim was cleaning the wet floor by a mop .

It was sharp 8 Pm ,

The raining was intense today and lots of thunder sound could be heard . The temperature of the hallway inside the hotel began to drop slowly.

"Achoo..."

Tim sneezed from the cold and looked at his sleeping boss for a moment . Seeing him drooling and murmuring something in sleeping , Tim giggled softly .

Ring ! Ring !

A telephone sound could be heard from the reception phone . It's loud voice woke the sleeping Marcel , immediately Tim resumed his cleaning job .

Marcel took the phone and placed in his ears before asking in sleepy voice

"Hello ! Good evening this is hotel Croves. May I ask who am I speaking to?"

A anxious voice was heard from the other side of the phone.

"Blood ! I'm seeing blood everywhere!!! .....Please help me "

Hearing the voice, Marcel lazily replied .

"Call 911 ! Thank you , Have a great night."

He cut the call and went back to sleep.

"This days kids are getting more daring in pranking ."

A few minutes passed and a silver bell sound was heard .

Marcel rubbed his red eyes and said annoyingly

"Why are there so many people today?"

A cold wind whistled inside the hallway, Marcel shuddered from the chill .

"Who ?"

His voice was loud but strangely eerie.

A slow pace footsteps sound was heard and a tall shadow surfaced on the wall.

A man wearing black suit appeared slowly , he wore a sunglass and a small brown suitcase in his right hand. He was already wet from the rain and droplets of water was falling from his hair .

He didn't see like he was uncomfortable about it , instead he acted cool and approached Marcel slowly .

Tim face was very dark now seeing his cleaning job increasing again , he became unhappy and glared at the newcomer.

The men in suit didn't care about the glare he was receiving, instead he directly said to Marcel

"A single room "

The fat man smiled but his smile was bit unnatural, he repeated the same words

"A single room costs $100 and it includes a special dinner plus a hot water for 24hrs."

The man took out the money and gave it to Marcel . Accepting the money , Marcel looked at the man attire and asked casually

"Sir by any chance are you from different city?"

The man didn't say anything but just nodded his head after some seconds.

Marcel took out a key and handed it to the man while saying with smile

"Second floor , Room 10"

The men took the keys and left cooly . Tim was still glaring at the men and only stopped when he saw Marcel looking over at him .

Crash !

A loud sound was heard !

To be continued...