Chapter 1568
Madam Stockton stepped into Julie’s bedroom but still could not see her anywhere.
“Julie?” she called out.
There was no response.
She noticed the lights coming from inside the dressing room and carefully made her approach.
When she stepped inside, she saw that the curtain was pried open, but there was nobody behind it. Concealed behind the curtain was a closed door. She was rather puzzled by the sight of the door.
“Why is there a door here?” she muttered to herself. Then, she slowly approached the door and pressed her palms against its surface.
The night was cold.
Julie and Mia hurried to the edge of the courtyard.
There was a gap along this section of the wall which was meant to be an intentional architectural installation. The gap was wide enough to allow a child or a skinny adult to fit through.
Just as Julie was about to squeeze through the gap, she suddenly recalled that she might have forgotten to close the curtains in her dressing room in her hurry to come here.
She quickly told Mia, “I think I forgot to close the curtains in the dressing room.”
”
“I’ll head back and there and close it for you,” Mia volunteered and assured her,” Don’t worry. Nobody is going to waltz into your room, especially not at this hour.”
Julie eased a little. “That’s true. Anyway, please head back there and close it for me.”
“Got it.” Mia turned around and left.
Julie looked around cautiously, then she began to creep into the gap.
Meanwhile, inside a large bedroom on the northern edge of the courtyard, the doors and windows were shut tightly while the curtains were drawn shut as well,
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