Montez saw a face sticking onto the window of Yesseca's bedroom.
The face was pale, and his pupils looked like a dead fish's eyes.
"Ah!"
Montez fell onto the ground.
"Ah!"
After all, he was just a child. Seeing such a terrible scene, he started crying due to fear.
Yesseca was sleeping soundly when she was suddenly awoken by the loud cry.
Montez was not by her side.
Yesseca immediately turned on the lights.
Montez was weeping not far from the bed.
Yesseca immediately ran over to him. "Montez, what's wrong?"
Montez snuck into Yesseca's arms in an instant and said, "There's a ghost!"
Yesseca was dumbfounded. "Montez, there are no ghosts here. Don't be afraid, I'm here."
Montez pointed towards the window and said, "There's a ghost outside!"
Yesseca felt her heart thumping hard.
She then looked out of the window.
There was nothing at all outside the window.
Yesseca patted Montez's back. "Montez, there's nothing there. Did you see something else?"
Montez peered over while trembling.
Just as Yesseca had said, there was indeed nothing there.
There was a big tree outside the window. The leaves would rustle when the wind blew. Looking at it at night, it really looked like a ghost.
Yesseca said, "Montez, did you mistake the leaves for a ghost? It's not a ghost, don't be afraid."
Tears welled up in Montez's eyes. "No, Yesseca. I really saw a face. The face of a dead person was sticking onto the window."
Yesseca felt a buzz in her head.
Her tone suddenly raised. "Montez, what did you see?"
She had seen Lothar's face on the window before. Yet everyone had told her that she was just hallucinating because she'd missed Lothar too much.
Even she herself had believed that she was just hallucinating in the end.
She probably missed her brother so much that she'd started seeing illusions.
But Montez wouldn't!
Montez didn't even know Lothar!
He wouldn't have any hallucinations at all!
Montez was shocked by Yesseca's agitation and her sharp tone.
He took a step backwards unconsciously.
He had just witnessed such a scary scene, and now Yesseca was overreacting. All of this made Montez even more nervous.
He said in a trembling voice, "Yesseca, Yesseca, what's wrong? You're scaring me."
Yesseca took a step forward and grabbed Montez's arm. "Montez, tell me about what you saw, tell me."
Montez's arm felt like it was breaking when Yesseca shook him so hard.
"Yesseca, it hurts!" Montez shouted.
But it was as if Yesseca didn't hear it at all.
Her eyes were wide open as she kept on repeating, "Montez, tell me exactly what you saw!"
Montez was so frightened that his legs were shaking.
He suddenly remembered that Yesseca had left her phone on the table where they had the dumplings earlier before they went to bed.
He shook off Yesseca's hand and ran towards the living room.
His fingers trembled as he was dialing Tremaine's number.
When the call was connected, Montez shouted, "Daddy, come here. Yesseca is in trouble!"
Yuliana was looking at Tremaine with tears in her eyes.
She was waiting for Tremaine's response.
There was a flash of astonishment in Tremaine's eyes, although it only lasted for a brief moment.
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