Play In Darkness (Eng/END)

8. Very Resentfull Woman

Delisha returned to her room after dinner at the hotel restaurant. She had intended to fill her stomach until she was full. She ordered a curry-flavored steak that looked delicious and a plate of rice but ended up eating only white rice and drinking water. Other food looks delicious. But once it touches the tongue, the food tastes bland, almost without taste. The waiter offered her wine, but she curtly refused. She thought that if she got drunk and let her guard down, the spirits in the hotel would grope her body.

The hotel employees and waiters are very friendly and ready to serve guests. Even the Golden Star Hotel gets the best reviews in service quality and facilities. However, that does not apply to Delisha. The restaurant waiters and hotel employees in her eyes, covered with dark clouds and their form like a spider. Maybe the employees of the Golden Star Hotel are under heavy pressure from their superiors, she thought. The energy from the gray cloud was too strong, making Delisha uncomfortable and felt like she wanted to get away immediately.

So, she returned to her room and decided to rest for tonight because tomorrow morning she had to go to another city. She will visit the orphanage where her mother grew up. When she prepared to sleep under the blanket, her cellphone rang. Kimberly called her.

"Delisha, how are you feeling?" asked Kimberly from another country. "I'm fine, thank you for checking me in," Delisha replied while lying down.

"What about India?" asked Kimberly again, apparently with a big smile.

"Crowded, if you understand what I mean."

Kimberly chuckles. "I hope you can have friends there. Indians are friendly. CEO of Xin India is out of town. So, for a while, his men will accompany you. If you need anything, don't hesitate to tell them or report to me, I'll tell Xander if they don't work as expected."

"Oh, please, I can do it myself, Kim! I don't want them to treat me like a princess. I can adapt here."

"They're bad, huh?" Kimberly guesses. The Xin India Company formed two years ago and was never handled directly by Xander. Marcus, who manages District IV, is busy with business in the Middle East. So, Delisha was sent by the Xin Center in Europe to supervise Xin India, while training Delisha to work in the field.

"I can still tolerate it," Delisha answered. She remembered the delay when they had to picked her up at the station.

"Oh, yes, I want to remind you, if you meet strange things, you can use The Lady's badge. I think it works for several things, not that I hope so, but there's no harm trying it."

"Okay, thanks for the reminder, I'll use it well!" said Delisha. She got up from the bed and took the Lady's badge from her jacket pocket and set it on the bedside table.

"Alright, good night, Delisha, and resting well, okay!" Kimberly said closes the conversation.

"Yes, you too. Good night!" Delisha said before disconnecting. She hung up the cellphone and placed it next to the Lady's badge. Delisha pulls the blanket up to her neck and closed her eyes.

Because of fatigue, she fell asleep fastly.

In her sleep, she dreamed. She is running through the darkness of the night and out of breath. Someone chased her after, makes her felt so scared. She saw herself as an Indian woman, with long hair neatly woven, wearing a sari, and hurriedly running. She tried to run fast, but could not compensate for fear. Her legs were twisted, making her fall into the cold and wet ground.

"No!!" She screams with a trembling body. A large, black hand pulled the sari from her shoulder, stretched it out. The man's body is weighing on her. "Nooo !!" She screamed at the top of her lungs. Her head looked up at the darkness. Cold and rough fingers wrapped around her neck. Her breath caught. Her neck felt hurt as if someone is about to crush her bones. She can't breathe. Her hand reached over her head, looking for something to hold.

No! She tried to scream, but not a single sound could be made.

"Mine! Mine !!" Shouting voices. Mixed female and male voices. "Mine! Mine!"

Delisha tried to escape. Her body struggled and gasped for air. Her eyes are wide open.

"Mine!" the voices continued to echo.

"Mine!" snapped a female voice. The woman leaned her face over Delisha's head. Her long hair hung framing a beautiful face with a jeweled necklace on her forehead. The woman smiled at her. "You are mine!"

"Huukh!!" Delisha woke up and immediately took a deep breath as if she was dying for air. She sat under the blanket. Cold sweat soaked her body. Her heart pounded and her breathing faltered.

As if the surroundings wanted to make her die of heartache, the view around her made Delisha unable to breathe anymore. Dozens of human figures in a pathetic condition crept up to the bed. Their faces are black and white, emaciated and round eyes are hollow like black holes that draw them into infinite darkness. Their mouths opened and let out a weak moan of hunger.

Delisha can't feel her body anymore. It was so cold until it seemed to freeze to numbness. Am I dreaming? Delisha's body shuddered in horror. She never faced such many spirits.

A dim woman wearing a coli adorned with colorful jewel sequins and thin skirt gazed upon her. The woman leaned forward in the face and said, "You are mine!" Then she laughed.

Delisha gasped. She hurried to reach the Lady's badge and her cellphone. She stood on the bed. She lifts the badge in front of the creatures that surround her. "Get away from me!!" she snapped, trembling.

"Huh! She fought back, apparently!" murmured the woman in the belly dancer's clothes. She's the only one who looks pretty even though it's still scary because she's a ghost. Slowly, reluctantly, the creatures crawled backward.

While pointing the Lady's badge at the ghosts, Delisha called someone. "Mister Vijay, pick me up right now!" she barked. "If you don't come in 5 minutes, I'll make sure you won't see the sun again for the rest of your life. I'll bury you alive !!"

Vijay, who had just fallen asleep for a few minutes, had to get out of bed again and rush off. He cursed himself. At 1 pm he drove through a dark biting-cold night. The woman from Xin Corp Center was apparently not a woman at random. Not only beautiful, but she is also a very resentful woman.

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