Chapter 66: Chapter 66

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Should I knock?

Should I wait for my manager's call?

What should I do now?

I stared even more at the door.

Maybe I should knock on it again. I took a deep breath, gathered my thoughts to not fall on the floor while spinning my head on the door.

You can do this Ashley!

Yes! I can do it!

Absolutely! without any doubt, I can do this.

I glanced at my dress adjusted it to my thighs and straighten up my shoulders so that I won't look like a bimbo anymore.

I knocked on the door but didn't receive any response in return, I knocked on it again.

Maybe I should call the manager. I took out my cell phone and dialled his number but there was no response from his side.

Should I knock on the third time??

When I was about to do it.. the door flew open.

It was all gloomy inside, hard for me to glance and find a single thing.

Should I take a step inside or not?

One part of my mind was telling me to run away from here but the other one was telling me to stay here.. Stay for the mother, she is ill and she needs it!

I have to conquer one part of my mind to take a step inside. I closed my eyes and chanted the name of God.

When I took a step inside, it became darker; darker than the night itself.

And then something happened, something very terrible to revoke me to horror. The door gets locked, A man with a mask on his face was stood right forward to me.

This doesn't look reasonable...

"You are Smiley?"

He narrowed his eyes and blankly stared at me.

"Are you smiley or not?" He raised his voice a little louder this time, louder than the previous tone.

"Yes...I am. Sm..iley," I shuttered in anticipation of my anxiety.

"Okay, then darling. Follow me.." He started walking in another direction of the room which was hidden behind the bookshelf.

What???

What did I see?

He picked up a remote and pressed a button which proceeds further to open a secret passway behind it.

How come hotels started making these types of secret passages?

I blinked and pinched myself to sense that I am not in hallucinations anymore.

"Darling, follow me. You are invited here to become a grey stone!"

I closed my mouth and went right behind me, but my heart was afraid the secret pathway behind me get closed.

My body was shaking from the immense suspense.

What if this was the plan of Sophia, she must have found out that the girl who is pretending to be smiley is Ashley in real life.

Maybe that's why she invited me here suspiciously to get me murdered.

And what if Mr Jensen was with her. What if they both planned to murder me?

What if the senior Mr Jensen find out about me and consider me as the culprit of the explosion in London.

Anything can emerge from any result.

If anyone kills me here then there will be no evidence of it. I will be gone forever without any evidence behind me for my existence.

Then suddenly it all lights up. The area which was before covered in the immense dark has some shine in it.

I glance at the interior inside,  it was all furnished with lights making it an astonishing environment for everyone, if anyone ever came here.

"Sit here!" He directed me to sit on a chair and then left.

I blankly stared at the walls of the room which had blue paint on them.

Where has he gone? Has he left already to leave me alone here?

There was an enormously large mirror on the side of the wall, hung in its all glory. I stood up to stare at my figure, the dress was exposing my skin too much, I had to pull it down again.

"Smiley darling, the boss wants to meet you,"

Boss?

Oh so he is the man whom I was supposed to meet, and here I was in a battle with myself, ogling at these mysterious places with so much suspicion.

I stood and followed him to another room. How many rooms this place has?

Two men in grey suits were talking to each other, as far as I can see it was more of a business meetup but why I am invited here to this dress?

They have sunglasses on their face, and I couldn't find out who they are?

We're they busmen men? Or were they industrialists?

Do they work for anybody or are they related to any mafia?

"Come what are you waiting for? Start performing now?"

"Performing? What do you mean?"

What does he mean by when he ordered me to perform ahead of these men?

And what did he think of me??

"Didn't you hear me, darling?"

Oh enough of his calling me darling! I am not his or anybody's darling!

"Stop calling me darling!" I narrowed my eyes.

Then he took a step forward and come closer, dangerously so close that his persona seemed dangerous to me.

"Do as I say, you don't have any other choice,"

And when I looked behind. The doors were locked. Everything was locked, I was strangled in this hotel with these horrendous men.

He is asking me to dance?

He will not ask anything beyond that right?

What if he asks me to do some nasty thing?

I need to run away from here right now.

I have to do something to smash their heads so that they won't remember calling me again.

But before that, I have to divert their mind by doing little dance steps.

"What? If you want me to entertain you  then you have to play some music, don't you think so??"

His eyes expanded for a second then he came to his senses again.

"Of course," he smirked and went to start the music again.

I stood straight and took a deep breath to console my Bizzare heart inside my chest.

"You can start now!" Came the guiding voice from somewhere behind.

I wanted to run away from here, slap them hard on their face, and do everything in my anger but I was desperate for the money which the manager will give me.

My mother is ill, and they just want me to do some dance steps.

Well then let them watch the show!

Ooh, baby, I love your way, every day yeah, yeah

Ooh, baby, I love your way, every day

Out of all these songs that idiot had to play this song!

I moved my head and shook my waist, flowing with the perfect rhythm.

Shadows grow so long before my eyes

And they're moving across the page

Suddenly the day turns into night

Far away, from the city

But don't, oh no, hesitate

'Cause your love just won't wait (Hey yeah, yeah)

I was doing whatever I have learned from the music videos, or the movies, shaking my legs while trying to match the beat of the music.

Ooh, baby, I love your way, every day

I wanna tell you I love your way, every day yeah, yeah

I wanna be with you night and day

Suddenly one of the men who was watching my moves stood and came near to me.

My heart felt heavy, in a second I was ready to collapse on the floor. What if he tried to touch me.

The moon appears to shine and light the skies

With the help of some fireflies

I wonder how they have the power to shine, shine, shine

I can see them under the pine

But don't, oh no no, hesitate la di dah

'Cause your love, just won't wait (Hey yeah, yeah)

He came closer, his face was crystal clear to me, I think I have seen him before.

His face looks familiar to me. Then he stood right forward to me. Took off his sunglasses and closely whispered to my ears," Nice to meet you, Ashley Brooke,"

"Shawn,"

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