Chapter 80
Seraphina cautiously opened the bathroom door, took a peek outside, and then tiptoed out.
Just as she reached the stairs, there was a knock at the front door Seraphina went downstairs to answer it and found two security guards at the door.
“Ms. Bennett, we got a call from Mr. Lawson He asked us to check you out. The power tripped a while ago, but it should be back by now”
Seraphina nodded, “Alright, thanks guys.”
After the guards left, Seraphina made a call to Balch.
The background was eerily quiet as Balch picked up. Seraphina couldn’t help but ask, “Have you finished eating?”
I’ve finished, Balch replied, “I’m on my way home.”
Seraphina chuckled. “In such a hurry? The power’s back on, I’m not scared of the blackout…”
Before she could finish her sentence, the house plunged into darkness again.
Seraphina took a deep breath.
“What happened?” Balch asked immediately.
“Another blackout,” Seraphina replied. “I’ll check it out…”
“Don’t do that,” Balch’s voice took on an urgent tone, ‘Go to your room, lock the door, don’t come out.”
“Why?” Seraphina asked as she stood up and turned on her phone’s flashlight.
For a big house like this, the faint light from her phone was hardly enough. Seraphina waved her phone around, only able to make out the vague outline of
the house.
“Just do as I say, go to your room!” Balch’s voice was getting anxious.
Seraphina heard him but didn’t respond.
She simply used the dim light from her phone to look at the quiet house. As the light swept across the kitchen, Seraphina abruptly stopped and refocused the light towards the kitchen.
There was a silhouetted in the kitchen doorway standing still.
“Ahh!” Seraphina let out a scream as her phone slipped from her hand.
Her phone fell to the floor, the flashlight went out, and the room was enveloped in darkness.
Seraphina stood behind the couch, silent. The figure too was silent, with only Balch’s anxious voice coming through the speakerphone, “Sera? Sera?”
Although the voice was not loud, it pierced through the eerily quiet air.
The next moment, Seraphina heard the figure move.
The figure was moving towards her.
Seraphina held her breath, quietly shifting her position.
The fuse box was in the kitchen, the figure must have turned off the lights after entering the house. This meant that if she could reach the kitchen, she could turn the lights back on.
But now was not the time.
Seraphina slowly moved, all the while keeping her ear out for any sound.
The call had ended. At this moment, Balch should be rushing home. She heard the figure move behind the couch. The next thing she knew, a beam of light lit up around the couch.
Seraphina had cautiously moved to a window by then. The person did not see her behind the couch and the next moment, a beam of light swept across Seraphina’s face.
A shadow lunged at her, a gleaming knife in hand.
Inside Leandro’s mansion, Edgar and two other friends were having a merry chat. After a while, Victor asked, “Where’s Leandro? He disappeared all of a sudden. Did he go to put the kid to bed?”
Upon hearing this, Herman immediately stood up, I’ll go check on him.”
He quickly went upstairs and soon found Leandro in his study.
Oddly enough, Leandro was neither working nor doing anything else. He was just sitting in his chair, quietly staring at the dark house across the street. Herman stood behind his chair, also staring at the house for a long time before asking. “Leandro, what are you looking at?”
Leandro replied slowly. “Would you believe me if I said something is happening in that house right now?”
Herman’s face shifted slightly as he looked again at the house across the street, “What’s going on?”
In the darkness, the house was silent with no unusual movement.
But Herman suddenly had a strange feeling, “Should I go check it out?”
*No need,” Leandro said, “There’s no rush. They might call in a while.”
In the chaotic light of the flashlight, Seraphina kicked the knife out of the person’s hand with precision.
The flashlight also flew out of her grip and Seraphina quickly turned off the light, once again concealing herself in the darkness.
The figure seemed enraged, let out a strange grow!, picked up the knife and started slashing wildly.
Seraphina didn’t move, she just stayed hidden
Until a beam of light flashed outside the window, followed by the sound of screeching brakes-
Seraphina knew Balch was back.
The figure noticed it too and let out a frantic yell.
Seizing the opportunity. Seraphina slipped into the kitchen and flipped the master switch.
The house was instantly lit up and at the same time, Balch burst through the door.
But the figure was already charging towards the kitchen.
Seraphina seemed cornered, directly blocked in the kitchen by the figure. She tried to dodge the knife in the figure’s hand and in the scuffle, managed to pull off the cap on the figure’s head, revealing long black hair.
Even with a mask still covering the face, just by the long hair and the eyes, Seraphina recognized her.
When Balch reached the kitchen doorway, he only heard Seraphina exclaim in shock, “It’s you?!”
The next moment, Seraphina screamed and fell to the ground.
Balch quickly rushed over, grabbing the assailant’s arm and throwing her to the ground.
The assailant grunted as she hit the floor.
Seraphina’s arm had a cut from the knife. She grabbed Balch’s arm tightly, “Did you call the cops? Did you? She wants to kill me! She wants to kill me!”
Balch just pulled her into his arms, “It’s okay, I’m here, you’re going to be fine.”
The woman on the ground slowly got up, removed her mask, revealing a stern yet beautiful face.
“He ain’t gonna call the cops,” Fidelia said slowly, eyeing Balch, “You ain’t gonna call them, are you?”
Balch was holding Seraphina with one arm, his other hand cradling her injured arm, he stared at Fidelia, “Fidelia, have you lost your mind?”
“I have lost my mind!” Fidelia’s eyes were bloodshot, “You drove me to this! What’s so special about her? What does she have that makes you treat her so well? I’ve given you so much, how could you do this to me?”
Balch had calmed down, “If you leave now, I can pretend this never happened.”
Upon hearing this, Seraphina immediately clung to Balch’s hand, “What are you saying? She tried to hurt me, how could you just let her walk away-”
Before she could finish, Fidelia, livid, picked up the knife again and charged.
“Ah-“Seraphina screamed.
Balch didn’t expect Fidelia to go off the rails again. He had no time to dodge. He only saw the knife swinging towards Seraphina and without hesitation, he threw himself in front of her to block the knife!
