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Chapter 3

James looked at the computer monitor in front of him seriously for hours, he didn't know what he was looking for in it, his thoughts were only focused on his patient whose name he didn't even know. He has been in treatment for two weeks, but the girl doesn't want to talk to anyone at all, when she is approached by nurses and doctors she continues to scream hysterically and tries to hurt herself.

Her thin body looked even more fragile because she didn't want to sleep on the bed and eat the food that was provided, she always threw the food in the trash first and then ate it greedily like a starving person.

What made the hospital even more overwhelmed was because no one in the area of ​​the accident claimed to have hit Eli, several people said they had seen her around the old factory at night but no one knew where she was from safely.

Knock…knock…knock…

Someone knocked on the door, making James flinch and try to wake himself up from his long daydream about that girl.

“James, you in there?”

"Yeah, just come in!" James cleared his desk and immediately turned off his computer.

“James?” Miyuki opened the door slowly, she seemed hesitant to enter, but what she wanted to say was very important and the man should know.

“Why are you standing there? What is it?" James didn't seem enthusiastic, he gently massaged his shoulders which felt stiff and sore after sitting for hours without doing anything.

“I just came from the police station which is not far from the accident site, as you wanted. You know James? When I showed the girl's photo to the police on duty there, they told me that the girl had come to the police station about three weeks ago with her boyfriend because of a suspicious report, and the police had taken the girl home." Miyuki said, trying to explain everything she knew from the police who had met Eli.

“In other words, the police know the girl's family and residence?” James' face started to look excited, he felt that all the problems he was currently facing would soon end when he found the family of the girl he accidentally hit that night.

“Yes, they took her home and they also met the girl's father and mother. The police told me that the girl's name was Eli, and she lived on St. Antonius Street in a poor residential area."

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James pensive, St. Antonius road sounded familiar to him even though he had passed that road quite often, Miyuki didn't know what to do seeing James' confused face who seemed to know something.

“James?” Miyuki tried to call James who was one meter in front of her, James was still silent in his thoughts.

"James...!" Miyuki called him in a higher tone.

"Y-yeah, what's wrong?" James snapped out of his thoughts, and he became confused and felt stupid.

"You are okay? You look very tired, if you want we can discuss this matter again later after you rest."

"No, I'm fine!"

"No James, you have to rest for at least three hours to recover your strength. You've been taking care of that girl for three weeks, you also need rest. Don't force yourself, we can discuss this later!” Miyuki said adamantly, showing an expression that James didn't want to see the most. The expression of a woman who is pushy and wants to win him.

“Okay, this time I will listen to your advice. Are you satisfied?"

“Very satisfied!” Miyuki smiled, showing her trademark smile as a charming Japanese woman.

Miyuki came out of James' room feeling satisfied that the man was finally willing to listen to her. James just sighed, his mind still couldn't calm down until all the problems regarding the girl who turned out to be named "Eli" were resolved. James really hopes that Eli will recover quickly from the wound or terrible trauma that he doesn't know the cause of.

All her strange behavior and habits made him ask what kind of life had that girl been living all this time? Because what he knows is that an accident will not make a person's behavior deviate, unless there are other terrible events that she went through before the accident happened.

Someone hit him on the cheek, someone with a very cold hand. James gasped but he was reluctant to open his eyes, he just writhed like a caterpillar that reacted when his body was touched.

“James…? James…!” James immediately opened his eyes as wide as possible when he heard a strange voice whispering in his ear, the person continued to breathe in his ear area and the breath felt very cold.

James tilted his head to the right to see who the person who dared to do such an unpleasant thing when he had just fallen asleep. He was lost in thought, his eyes wandering all over the room which was very similar to his room, he didn't see anyone, which made him feel strange since when had he fallen asleep in his room.

James lowered his feet, he wanted to get up immediately to see who had sneaked into his room and made him so restless. James felt a very cold hand touch his leg.

James immediately retracted his leg, James could see that someone was hiding under his bed at this time. Someone who is very white and thin.

“Who's there? Come out...!” James shouted, his eyes staring below without blinking an inch. James didn't know why his heart was beating so fast right now, he was scared, but it wasn't a good thing for him to avoid the strange person who was currently sneaking into his room.

James dared himself, in one fell swoop he lifted his head towards the ground while his hands pulled the sheet that was hanging down to cover the gaps under his bed.

“James?”

"Huh...?" James didn't have time to scream.

“James…! James…!” Someone shook his body, James stretched and immediately opened his eyes.

Miyuki's face was vaguely visible in front of him, the faint vision slowly became clearer and truer, currently Miyuki was standing right in front of him with a worried expression.

"Miyuki?"

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