AURORA: Cute Fake Doctor

|| Aurora ||

"Rora, are you sure you wanna do this?" Brittany, my best friend since forever asked me.

"Yes, Britt!"

"But it's gonna be a dangerous adventure, no, I'm not gonna let you go!"

I sigh and take her hands in mine.

"Britt, this is a lifetime opportunity for me"

Brittany puts her arms across her chest and narrow her eyes.

"Why do you want to go to the Morgan's mansion so badly?"

I bite my lower lip and look away from her.

"Because,,,, I can make hellata money there?"

"Money?"

I nod quickly, a small smile tug on the corner of my lip.

"But you can make money anywhere, and besides what do you even need so much money for?"

"Huh?! I need money for so many things, like,

I need to change my wardrobe, I need to buy new sets of accessories, no, THE trending sets of accessories. And maybe if I save enough I can buy my dream car!"

Brittany gap at me before rolling her eyes and shaking her head.

"Nope, I won't let you risk your life for trivia things such as these!" Her tone held finality.

I gasped dramatically loud.

"Trivia things?!"

"Hmm-mm"

"Britt, you don't understand. These things are life, I mean life is nothing without them, I mean life is meaningless without them, I mean,,,,,,, "

"Fine, fine" she cuts off my blabbing.

I smirk.

"Even if I let you go, how will you cope? You are not a doctor and you know nothing about medicine!"

I waggling my eyebrows, I move closer to her.

"You can help me from afar"

"How?"

"I'll reach out to you on critical situations"

"Reach out to me?"

"Yeah, via phone!"

"Oh!"

"Yeah, oh!" I mocked her but quickly sober up when she glares at me.

She stays silent for a moment, her brows furrowed as she ponders on letting me go or not.

After few minutes of silence, she speaks.

"I can let you go in my stead but you must promise me something"

"What?"

"You must give me a call everyday"

"Everyday?!" I exclaim with wide eyes.

"Hmm-mm" she nods.

"Isn't that too much?"

"I need to be sure you're still alive and breathing. Do you agree or not?"

I huffed but nod all the same.

She sighs and eyed me.

"You can go tomorrow!" She reluctantly agreed.

I jumped from my spot and wrap my arms around her in a very tight hug.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, tha,,,,,,"

"Can't,,,,,,,bre,,,,ath!" She muffles out.

I quickly let go but didn't stop smiling.

"Thank you, Britt. I should go start packing"

"You can pack tomorrow morning, tonight yo,,,,,,"

"Goodnight!" I cut her off and dashed into my room.

Tomorrow I'll step into the Morgan's mansion.

Finally, I will find the real reason behind my parents deaths, mom, dad, please help me out.

|| Ian ||

I stand in a corner watching as the little girl knelt next to her parents body, she is crying her eyes out.

She keeps shaking her parents' stilled body.

Soon, a man in mask appears in front of her, pointing a gun at her. The little girl look up and gasp.

She stands up slowly.

"W-who are you?" She asked quietly.

The masked man laughs sadistically.

"Someone who wants you dead!" His voice boomed.

The little girl drops something and take slow steps backwards, the masked man pulled the trigger but somehow it failed.

It seems to be out of bullets.

The little girl sees that as an advantage to make a run for it.

"No, don't run! He's out of bullets!" I try to advice the little girl, but she didn't listen.

She runs out and head towards the woods and keeps running, the masked man hot on her tails.

"Hey, stop running! Stop there!" The masked man yells.

The little girl keeps running, faster and faster, I catch up with her and tries to hold her but I couldn't.

She suddenly stops, and turned back to look at the masked man. Her big brown eyes widened and filled with fear.

The man masked man tilts his head and sees that she has no where to run to. There's a cliff behind her.

He laughs.

"Run! Run!" He mocks.

The little girl shakes her head, tears running down her cheeks as she knows nothing can save her now.

"Aren't you a fast runner? Now run!" He taunts.

In a flash, the masked man push her off the cliff.

My eyes widened as I watch her fall helplessly. Then I did the only thing I can do, I screamed.

"Noooooooooo!"

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*

*

My eyes snaps open and I sit up on my bed. I reach out and take a glass of water from the nightstand and take small gulps.

My door roughly burst open and my right hand man, Brandon walks in. He takes the glass from me and hands me a small handkerchief.

I wipe off the small beads of sweat that has formed on my forehead, and I pant lightly.

"Another nightmare?" He asked me.

I nod.

I hear him sigh.

"You've been having these nightmares for 10years now, how about we seek help?"

"Seek help?"

"Yes!"

I take off my duvet and got off my bed and walked towards my glass window, I stand there and look outside.

Perfect view of New York City welcomes me.

"Seek help from where?" I asked him.

"I don't know, maybe, therapy?" He suggests.

I frown and shake my head in denial.

"No!"

"It might help"

"No!" I said firmly.

"Ok!" Then he keeps quiet.

He knows better than to push it.

"So,,,are you still going back to sleep?"

"No. I will just be in my study"

I turn towards the door and we head out. We take the stairs leading to my study.

"General, the doctor is coming in tomorrow morning" Brandon said.

I halt in my steps and faced him, my brows furrows in confusion.

"Doctor?"

"The doctor we paid to treat your fiancée!" He explained.

I nod and continue my journey to my study.

Soon, we arrived. I stopped at the door and face Brandon.

"Don't disturb me, unless it's something important" I ordered.

"Yes sir!"

I enter my study and slams the door shut.

|| Aurora ||

I'm done packing, I flung my backpack on my shoulder and pulled my luggage behind me.

I guess I have everything I need, I enter our living room and meet Brittany standing by the dinning table.

She has a worried expression on, she looks like she's regretting letting me go.

"Rora, it's not too late to change your mind, you know?"

I roll my eyes.

"I'm not gonna change my mind, you should be happy I'm going to make a fortune" I said in an overly happy tone.

"I'm just worried about you, it's too dangerous"

"It's not dangerous,,,,,, "

She glares at me.

"You call lying to a General not dangerous? Do you know he can blow your head off without second thoughts?"

I shift on my spot and chuckles nervously. It's indeed dangerous but it's the only chance I have and I must take it.

I laugh lightly.

"Britt, don't worry about me. I'll be just fine and besides, look at my loveable and cute face.

No one will be so heartless as to hurt it" I assured her.

She didn't say anything more, just frowning and sighing.

"Fine, I'll walk you to the door" she speaks.

I nod enthusiastically.

She grabs my luggage and walked me to the door.

"Don't forget to call me!" She said sternly.

I nod. I nudged her shoulder gently.

"Be honest, you are super happy I'm leaving"

"What? I'm happy you're walking into fire?"

"Hmm-mmm, at least you and Eric will have our apartment all to yourselves!" I wink at her.

I see her blush a little at the mention of Eric's name, but she quickly brush it off.

Eric is her boyfriend, they've been dating for two years now and I swear they are so cute together that I sometimes get jealous of their relationship.

"Don't bring Eric up, remember to give me a call when you arrive!"

"Ookie, dokie!"

I step out and start pulling my luggage behind me, but I didn't go too far before Brittany stop me.

"What is it this time, Mom?" I mocked her.

She puts her hands on her waist.

"Aren't you taking a cab? Don't tell me you planned on walking there!"

"I'm going to the bus station, it's cheaper!"

"But going on a cab is faster"

I shake my head.

"I ain't gonna waste my money on cabs, taking the bus helps save money"

"Why is everything about money to you?"

I laugh and wave her.

"I should get going, I didn't wanna miss the bus" I told her.

She simply nod, while I continue on my journey.

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I don't know how long I have trekked, but it's been a long distance. Passing by a coffee shop, I decided to get a cup of coffee.

It helps me a latte.

I enter the coffee shop, my haste steps falters when I see how long the line is. I imagine my head getting bigger and bigger like those cartoon characters.

When in God's name is it gonna be my turn, my shoulders slumps down. I turn and decide to continue my journey, but I collided with a hard-soft surface.

I groan lightly and rub my forehead. I look up and my eyes meet cute blues eyes staring back at me, I take a step back to get a proper view of the face.

I chuckled when I notice his features are like those of Ken doll, barbie's boyfriend in almost all barbie's series.

I'm still chuckling when he clears his throat. Involuntarily, my eyes wander down to his chest and I gasped loudly.

His white T-shirt stained with black coffee, I quickly reach for my handkerchief in my pocket and starts wiping the coffee off his shirt. But I think I only made it worse.

I withdraw quickly and faced down.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to ruin your shirt, I have always been clumsy but I swear I didn't do this on purpose, it wasn't my intention, I'm really, really, real,,,,,, " I'm cut off by his chuckling.

Raising my head and looking at him, amusement is clearly written all over him.

I frown. Shouldn't he be angry? Why is he laughing now?

"You have more coffee on you!" He said in between laughter.

I look down at myself, it's true.

"Oh!" I exclaimed feeling a little bit embarrassed.

Before I knew it, I see a hand holding a handkerchief reaching for my chest. My eyes grows wide.

What is he gonna do?.

His hand stopped right on my breasts and he starts wiping.

I gasp. My dignity!

My hands worked on their own and lands a very hot slap on his cheeks, both sides at once. I grab my luggage and dash for the door.

"Sorry, mister. But I don't allow such nonsense!" I yelled as I run out.

"Wait,,,,,,," I hear him say, but I'm already out the door.

I didn't bother reaching the bus station anymore, I just board the first cab I saw.

"Where to, ma'am?" The driver asked.

"The Morgan's mansion!"

"Ok!" Then he starts the cab.

I breath out in relief. That perverted psychopath!.

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*

The cab driver stops at a big gate, I alight and paid him his money.

"Keep the change" I told him.

"Thank you, ma'am"

I head towards the gate.

I sigh, how do I let them know someone is standing outside. Then I saw a small button on the gate, I pressed it and waited a few minutes.

Soon, a security guard came out.

"Good morning, ma'am" he greets me.

This security guard seem so serious and all but he's quite polite.

"Morning, sir"

"How may we help you?"

"I'm the doctor!"

Realization dawned on him and he quickly opens the gate and let me in.

Entering the compound, I'm awestruck!

A big mansion proudly stood in the middle of the compound, the kind in which most American kids dreamed of growing up in.

Secluded among trees on one of DC's most exclusive streets, it had turrets, gables, balconies, a screened-in front porch, a free standing garage and a pool at a corner.

I really can't wait to see what the inside would look like.

The security guard opens the main door and we step into the living room.

"Wait here, I will inform the General of your arrival" he said.

I nod and he head towards a staircase.

I look around, with my mouth slightly open.

"Just how rich are these people?!" I questioned myself.

Though the house is very big, but the living room is quite narrow. The floor paved with green flowered bricks and the walls paved with white flowered bricks, these colors made the room more bright.

It has one door and two windows, one window is near the steps and the other is it's opposite. From this window, one can see the bright blue sky and get a perfect view of the city.

A big flat screen TV rests on the wall, brown velvet sofas and a black coffee table in front of the TV.

But the walls are bare, no paintings or pictures to compliment it.

Hmm, I guess the master of this mansion must be a boring man.

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|| Ian ||

I massage my forehead as an unbearable pain stroke my head. I close the file I was going through and pick the photo frame in front of it.

I run my fingers through it, the little girl inside has a wide, warm smile on her face. Her eyes hooded with innocence and tenderness.

A sigh leaves my mouth.

"Phoebe, it's been ten years now. I still have find your murderer, hope you are not angry yet,,,,,,I promise I will find him soon,,,,,,,, I must find him soon"

The door open and Jeremy, my chief security guard, strode into my study.

I quickly drop the photo under my desk.

"General, the doctor is here"

I nod.

"Let him wait in the living room, I'll be with him soon"

"Ah,,,,,,sir, it's not a,,,,,"

I cut him off with a stern glare.

"You know I hate repeating myself!"

He nods quickly.

"Yes, sir!" Then he steps out quickly as if his pants is on fire.

I pick the photo and place it back on the table. I stare at it for a few minutes before I get off my chair and strides out.

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|| Aurora ||

"Ma'am, the General will be with you soon" the security guard informed me.

"Thank you!" I told him.

He nods and leaves me alone in the living room.

I keep looking around until I hear throats being cleared behind me, turned around and see two men standing in front of me.

One wearing mask.

They both look serious, but one is more serious than the other.

The most serious one is the one with mask, he balance himself on a sofa, and looks at me with a deep frown.

Just a guess though, as it's hard to tell his expression under that mask.

I knew instantly, he must be the General. Maybe I should make a first impression.

"Good morning, General" I greet him with a professional smile.

Or what I think is a professional smile.

"Who are you?!" He asked me instead.

I almost scoff.

He's so rude, he couldn't even respond to my greeting.

"The General asked you a question!" The other guy's voice boomed.

I flinch back. Dude, don't scare me like that.

"I'm Aurora Grace Cox, the doctor paid to treat Miss MacFarlane!" I said.

The General bangs his hand on a small stool next to him, his frown deepens even more than before.

"How can they send a female doctor!! I demanded for a male doctor!!" He said angrily.

Male doctor? Brittany isn't a boy or was it missed up at the hospital?.

Well it doesn't matter, I'm here I must stay!

"But sir, I can also do what a male doctor can, and,,,,,,"

"Shut up!" He growled and stands up. "Go back! Tell your director to send a male doctor!"

"Sir, I can do the job"

"No!"

"Why?" I find myself asking without thinking.

"Female doctors are brainless! Their minds are always filled with uncesssary thoughts! Why am I even answering your stupid questions,,,,,, leave!!"

I frown. So he's not only rude, he's sexist too.

Humph! I hate people like him the most.

"But,,,,,,"

"General said you should leave!!" The other guy growled at me.

The General heads for the staircase, I don't know where I got this boldness from, I grab one of his legs and he halts abruptly.

"What. Are. You. Doing?!"

"Give me a chance, General, I promise I will do a great job!"

Wait,,,,, what am I saying? I'm not a doctor,,,,, but whatever, I must stay anyhow.

The other guy tries to pull me away from the General but it only makes the General lose his balance and fall on me.

The General growled lowly and turns to me with a glare, he raises his hand to hit me but stops himself midway.

He gritt his teeth against each other as if he's beating himself inwardly.

"Fine, you have 20minutes to prove yourself!" He said.

"What?!" I asked feeling confused.

"20minutes to prove yourself! If she doesn't speak in 20minutes, I will kill you!"

I nod quickly.

He stands up and kicks me off him before heading to the staircase.

I jump in joy, now I can stay. I just need to do things according to Brittany's description, but a realization dawned on me.

I don't know where his fiancée is?

Just then, I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned and see a girl of about my age, she is dressed in a uniform. Maybe she is a cleaner, or cook, or,,,,,,,,, I don't know.

"Hello" she smiled at me.

"Hello" I reply and smile back at her.

"Come with me, I'll take you to Miss Macfarlane's room"

I nod and look at my luggage, I don't know if I should take it with me.

"Leave it here for now" she said.

I nod and begin to follow her. We walk in silence through a long hallway, but I couldn't take the silence so I decide to ask her a few questions.

"Erm,,,, I'm Aurora, what's your name?"

"I'm Claudia" she replies.

I nod.

"I see you are wearing a uniform, what do you do here?"

"I'm the cook!"

"Oh! Nice uniform by the way!" I compliment her.

She simply smiles and stops. I frown in confusion.

"Why did you stop?" I asked her.

She step away and I see a door, she points at it.

"This is Miss Macfarlane's room, you can go in, she and her maid are inside"

The door is slightly open, I take a peek inside and frown.

I thought she's sick, how come she is laughing and playing with her maid. I turn back to Claudia.

"Does the General come here quite often?"

She shakes her head.

"Miss Macfarlane's maid always send report about Miss Macfarlane's health to him though"

Hmm, why is she lying about her health? She doesn't seem like a sick person to me.

"So they don't see each other?"

"No, Miss Macfarlane doesn't even know what the General look like and likewise the General"

"MacFarlane,,,,,her last name sounds familiar"

"Yeah, that's because she's the mayor's niece"

I gasp, mayor's niece? I must be careful.

"So, I'll let you go in, I still have other things to do"

"Ok!"

She went her way, while I gently knock on the door. After a while I hear a voice usher me in.

I open the door and step in.

Miss MacFarlane sits on her queen size bed, her hands on her lap as she carries herself gracefully.

"Good morning, ma'am" I greet her.

"Who are you?" She asked.

Humph! Why is the master and mistress of this mansion so rude, they don't respond to casualties.

They are just the perfect match!

"I'm Aurora Grace Cox, your newly appointed doctor"

She scoffed.

"So, it's a female doctor this time" she said mockingly.

I said it, they are the perfect match! They sync.

"You'll have to wait,,,,, I need my breakfast before any check ups!"

She turns to her maid and nod at her, the maid seems to get the signal and walks off somewhere in the room.

I see a couch near the door, I was about to sit down when she stops me.

"Don't sit on my couch with your rags!"

Unconsciously, I look down at my clothes and shake my head. These clothes are nowhere near rags.

I decided not to let her word affect me. But I keep wondering why she is lying to the General about her health.

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|| Ian ||

I take off my mask and toss it on the table angrily.

I asked for a male doctor! Why did they bring that annoying female doctor. She hasn't even started working here but she is annoying me already.

I can't stand women like here!

But why did I refrain myself from hitting her? Why did I give her a chance?.

Whatever! She's not gonna make it anyway.

Someone come out from the curtains behind me, he tries to sneak on me, but I quickly dodge and grab his arm, I twist it and I hear a crack.

"Ow! Ow! Ow!" He winces.

I smirk and quickly let his hand go.

"I know it's you"

"You know it's me? Then why did you still twist my arm like that?" He said.

I smirk. He is Javier, my younger brother and he loves playing.

"Because I want to teach you a lesson!"

"You are a wicked brother!" He whined.

He sits on a chair opposite me, I look at his shirt and frown.

"Javier, you still haven't change"

"What?!"

"Look how unkempt you look, what do you have on your shirt?"

He looks at the big stain on his shirt and smile.

"Oh, this? A beautiful girl did it to me"

As he mentioned beautiful girl, my mind goes back to that female doctor.

I glance at my watch.

Her 20minutes has expired 10minutes ago, why isn't there any news yet?.

My door burst open and Brandon rushes in.

"General, bad news"

"What?"

"Yo,,,,your,,,,,,"

"Say whatever you wanna say!!" I growled at him.

"Your fiancée is dead!"

"What?!"

|| Aurora ||

I watch in fright as Miss Macfarlane's body lay on bed, foamy substance coming from her mouth.

Her maid knelt next to her, crying her eyes out.

At that moment the General barges in, his mask still on. His eyes goes straight to Miss Macfarlane's body and I see him fist his hands.

"Brandon?" He calls.

"General" Brandon replies.

"Check if she's still breathing!"

"Yes, sir!"

The Brandon guy steps forward, he puts his finger under Miss Macfarlane's nose before touching a spot on her neck.

Then he turns to the General and shakes his head.

The General turns his harsh gaze to me.

"What did you do?!!" He question me in a gruff tone.

Me? I quickly shake my head in denial, I ain't gonna take blame for something I didn't do.

"It wasn't me" I answered him.

"What do you mean it wasn't you?! I remembered asking you to treat her and prove yourself!!

But what did you do?! You killed her!!" He roared.

"It's true I didn't kill her!"

"Shut up!! Guards take her to my dungeon and whip her until she confesses!!" He orders.

"What? You can't force me to admit a crime I didn't commit" but nobody's listening.

The guards are already here, they holds my arm and pushes me out.

I guess I'm gonna die before I even start investigating my parents death, at least they'll know I tried my best.

"Stop!" I hear a familiar voice.

We stop and I turn to the direction of the voice.

My eyes grow wide.

It's that weirdo psychopath from the coffee shop that I slapped and ran away.

What is he doing here? Do he live here? Or worse; is he the mayor?

No, he's too young to be a mayor. I just pray he doesn't recognize or I'll be finished for sure.

He look at me and halt.

He has a shocked expression on.

"It's you?" He asked.

Oh no! He recognizes me; well, I can just pretend as if he's got the wrong person.

"Me?" He nods. "No, sir, you've got the wrong person"

"You are the beautiful girl that spilled coffee on me! So you are a doctor!" He said in a surprised tone.

Hmm, beautiful girl,,,,, maybe I can use it to my advantage.

I nod innocently, bashing my eyelashes, and showing him my cutest puppy eyes, I pour my lips to crown it all.

I see him gulp down slowly, his eyes rests on my lips. I almost smirked but that would just spoil my acting.

"Let go of her!" He commands the guards.

They hesitate, looking at the General for permission.

"Javier, what are you doing?!" The General asked.

Javier,,,,,so that's his name.

"I don't think she killed Miss Macfarlane, we can't arrest without evidence that she is the murderer" Javier said.

"Yeah, Javier is right, you can't punish me without evidence!" I add in boldly.

Javier pushes the guards off me and take my hands his, studying my wrist if I sustain any injuries.

"Javier!!" The General's voice boomed.

I quickly pull my hands away from Javier's and see the General glaring daggers at me.

"Ian, let's find out what really happened before we arrest or punish her" Javier suggest.

Miss Macfarlane's maid rushes forward and bow before the General.

"General, there's nothing to find out, she killed Miss Macfarlane!"

I scoff and wanted to say something, but Javier stops me and face the maid.

"How are you so sure she killed Miss Macfarlane?"

"Because I was here, Miss Macfarlane died after this doctor tries to feel her pulse"

"She's lying, I didn't touch your fiancée, she didn't let me" I defended myself.

The maid opens her mouth to speak again but Javier shuts her up with a glare.

"Brother Ian, I believe now we really have to know exactly what happened when,,,,,, "

He turns to me.

"What's your name?" He whispers.

"Aurora!" I reply.

He turns back to the General.

"We need to know exactly what happened when Aurora was inside the room"

The General stays silent for a few minutes, he keeps clenching and unclenching his fists.

"Fine, let's take this to my study!" He finally said.

We all leave the room and head towards a staircase, but not before the General ordered two guards to stay with Miss Macfarlane's body.

After walking in silence, we stop at a door. Brandon open it, it leads to a long hallway.

We walk through the hallway and arrive at another door, but when Brandon opens it, it thankfully reveals a study.

We enter, the General sits on a swivel chair, Javier sits on another chair in front of the General's desk, while Brandon stands next to the General.

The maid and I stand in front of the General and Javier.

"You!" The General points at me. "What happened?!"

I cleared my throat.

"So after Claudia took me to Miss Macfarlane's room,,,,,,,,,"

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#Flashback

"So, which hospital are you from?" Miss Asked me.

"Central hospital" I replied.

She looks at my clothes and shake her head, disgust clear in her eyes.

I don't blame her though, that weirdo psychopath damped his coffee on me.

Her maid walks back in with a tray of food, she drops it on a table in front of Miss Macfarlane.

Miss MacFarlane starts eating, when she's done, her maid put the plates aside.

We stay in silence for like 10minutes before she gestures me to come over.

"You can feel my pulse now" she said.

I carried my kits, before I can get close to her, I saw her clinging on her stomach. Foamy substance coming from her mouth, within seconds she's fallen on her back.

And her body went stiff.

"What did you do?" The maid accuse me.

"What do you mean what did I do? I haven't even done anything!"

"You jinxed her with your bad luck!"

"Jinxed? Who still believes in that?"

Is she joking or what? How can I possibly jinx her,,,,,,, is that even a word these days,,,,

"Guards, guards, guards!!" She start calling.

"What are you calling the guards for,,,,, I didn't do anything!"

Soon two guards rushes in.

Ok, I know I'm in a General's mansion but that doesn't mean their guards are always on earshot.

This must be a conspiracy,,,,,, are they trying to frame me,,,

"Inform the General, Miss Macfarlane is dead!" She said.

The guards nod and rush out.

End of flashback#

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"That's how it happened!" I concluded.

"See? Ian, she isn't at fault, she's innocent!" Javier exclaims.

The General cleared his throat and eyed Javier, Javier shrink back into his chair.

"We don't know for sure if what she said is true, so until I find out the truth, she and the maid will be locked up!"

Locked up? No, I can't let him lock me up or nobody will ever know the truth. And if the truth isn't find out, I'll be dead. And if I'm dead, I won't get justice for my parents.

I need to find a way to make him keep me out of his prison or dungeon,,,,,,, whatever!

"Guards take them away!" He commands.

Two guards came to my side and the other two went to the maid. But I didn't let them touch me before I fall on my knees and start shedding tears.

I forget to tell you guys, I'm a great actress too,,,,, a very skilled one at that.

"General, General" I cried out, forcing a grieving sound from deep down my throat.

I take a peek at everyone's expression.

The General frowns, Javier is gawking at me in surprise, though his face held amusement.

While that Brandon guy, well, he's something else. His expression remains neutral.

"General, this is injustice!"

"Injustice?! How dare you say that to my face!!" He roars at me.

Though his voice is scary but I didn't flinch away.

"This is injustice, give me a chance to investigate this case on my own,,,,, please, General,,,,,"

"Nobody has ever investigated a case they are involved in and I'm not gonna change that,,,,,, Guards, take them away!!"

I whip myself on the ground.

"Please, General, please, pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee!"

I continue crying louder and louder, I see the General wince and rub his ear.

"Guards,,,,,,,"

"Ian, I think we should let her investigate this, she might do a better job" Javier cuts the General off.

"No! I can't let her, she knows nothing about investigating a case!"

What? He doesn't know I'm an expert in all professional,,,, I can be a detective if I want to.

"I,,,,," Javier sends me a look that says,,,, keep quiet.

So I shut my mouth and let him speak.

"What about I take over the case and investigate it, then you can let her assistant me"

"No!"

"Ian, she can be of great help in this case"

The General doesn't say anything, he just glares at me through his mask.

I wonder if he never takes it off.

"Fine, but you have three days to investigate!"

"Three days?!" I gasp. "That's too short!"

The General bangs on his desk, his eyes hooded with anger.

"Three days is enough! We need to report back to the mayor!!"

Javier jumps off his chair and grabs my hand.

"We'll get back to you in three days" he said.

He starts to pull me outside, but I halt when I remembered something.

I turn back to the General.

"General, now that I'm part of the investigation, I believe you wouldn't want me to step out of the mansion,,,,, so where should I stay?"

"How dare you ask the General that!" Brandon growled.

The General raised his hand to stop him from taking any action.

I roll my eyes. They are behaving as if the General is God.

Not that I'm rude, but I hate proud people like him.

"You are a suspect of murder, why do you think I will let you stay in my house?" The General asked.

"Well, for one, I have to stay here to get clues easily.

And secondly, if I stay outside you wouldn't believe my evidence,,,, you will think I manipulated something"

"She is kinda right, Ian" Javier supports me.

I smirk, I have a solid back up already.

"Why are you agreeing with her, Javier?!"

"Don't get,,,,,,,"

"Fine! She can stay in one of the guests rooms!" The General said angrily.

I smile.

"Thank you, General"

"Don't thank me, get out!" He yells.

Javier grabs my hand.

"Let's go!" Then he drags me outside.

*

*

|| Ian ||

It infatuate me that, that female doctor speaks boldly to me, no hint of fear in her tone.

And she is making me go back on my words.

I don't like her the first time I saw her and I didn't want her to stay, but I still let her stay.

I wanted punish her until she confesses her crime, but I still have her a chance to prove her innocence.

Now she is familiar with Javier.

No,,,,, I must find a way to send her out, she might be after something,,,,,, she has a motive.

Else she wouldn't try hard to let me hire her.

After this case, she is leaving.

*

*

|| Unknown ||

"Boss!"

"How is it going?"

"Miss Macfarlane's maid has being sent to the General's dungeon"

"What about Miss Macfarlane?"

"She is dead!"

"Good, find way to enter the dungeon and kill that maid before she spill everything!"

"Yes, sir!"

*

*

|| Aurora ||

We made it back to the living room, where my luggage rests against the wall.

"So, you are a doctor?" Javier asked.

Well, fake doctor but you don't have to know that.

"Yes!" I nod.

Then I remembered how I slapped him and ran away, I guess I have some apologizing to do.

"You've got some nerves,,,,,,"

"Hey, I'm sorry for slapping you like that last time, it's just,,,, "

"It's fine, I understand" he smiles.

I arch my eyebrows but nod.

"O-ok!"

I pulled my luggage up.

"Can you please point me to the guests room?"

"Oh, I'll walk you there!" He takes my luggage from me and start walking off somewhere.

"Thank you" I said and follow behind.

"So, what are you doing here?" I asked him.

"I live here sometimes"

"Do you relate to the General?!"

"Yeah, he's my elder brother"

"Oh, that's why he listened to you"

"I guess"

Then I decided to ask me a question that has being nagging me.

"Why did you want to help me on this case"

He stops at a door and open it, we both step in and I take a quick look around.

This room is smaller than Miss Macfarlane's room, but it's still way bigger than mine.

"This is the guest room you will be staying"

I nod.

"It's nice, but you haven't answered my question yet"

"Question?"

"Yeah, why do you decide to help me on this case"

He stares at me for a moment before he sits on my new bed.

"Because I have a feeling that I can trust you, you don't look like a bad person" he narrows his eyes. "Or are you?"

"No! I'm 💯 percent good!"

"I trust you"

I sit next to him on the bed and sigh.

"Your brother only gave us three days to solve this case, how can we make that possible?" I asked.

I need to find the real murderer fast, then I can have time to find my parents murderer too.

"About the case, we will start tomorrow, right now I want you to rest"

"Rest? There's no time for that, we need to find the murderer before your brother throws me out of the mansion"

Just then my stomach growls and I remember that I haven't had anything to eat since morning.

My cheeks flame up in embarrassment.

Javier chuckles.

"Someone is hungry!" He tease.

"Yeah"

"How about I take you to the kitchen and get you something to eat"

Hmm, they must have delicious food here. I almost agreed, but I remember how Miss Macfarlane died after having breakfast.

I shake my head quickly.

"Why aren't you hungry?"

"I can't eat anything from that kitchen, who knows if everything item in there has being poisoned"

Javier gasp and taps my shoulder.

"We've just got our first clue"

I frown at him in confusion.

"What do you mean?"

"The food, we should also check the food she ate, maybe it was poisoned!"

He's right,,,,, wait, why didn't I think of that.

"Come on, let's go get the food before the cook throws it leftovers away" he said.

I nod and we rush out.