Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
“Oh, get lost!” Flossie pushed him away and kept looking around. She grabbed the white figure and found that it was just a doll in white clothes. Its eyes and mouth were open, and it had a creepy smile, so Flossie quickly threw it away.
Most of the tables in the morgue were empty except for a half-covered freezer in the inner part of the room. There was a fabric on it that looked like a hospital gown.
“Look at that, Halston!” Flossie pointed at the freezer. “Do you think Jayla is in there?”
“It’s very likely. “Halston frowned. “We’ll know once we check it out.”
“Okay..” Flossie swallowed. “Okay, let’s check it out together.”
“You’re scared again?” Halston smiled in amusement. “I’ll check it out then!” He went to open the freezer, but found that it was stuck on something. He couldn’t pull it out at all. He stared at the freezer for a while, then his eyes widened in realization. He turned around and snapped his fingers at Flossie. “It’s finally time for us to use that iron hook!”
“What do you mean?” Flossie watched Halston fiddle with the freezer, not knowing what he wanted to do.
“Give me the iron hook.” Halston turned around and urged Flossie.
“Okay!” Flossie handed the iron hook to Halston.
Halston took it and groped for the spring of the lock of the freezer. With a gentle tug, he managed to pry open the freezer lock.
“Wow, you’re even skilled in things like this?’ Flossie asked in admiration. “You’re really an all-rounder-you can do business and even pry open locks. Even thieves would have to acknowledge you as their master!”
“Oh, stop it. Just tell me if you’re scared, you don’t have to make jokes.” Halston smiled, realizing she became chatty when she was scared. It was rather… cute. “I’m going to open the freezer now, and there might be something horrible inside. Do you want to step away?” Halston asked carefully.
“No way!” Flossie said defiantly, and walked over. “Don’t underestimate me! I want to see what’s inside.” Then, before Halston could do anything, she reached out and pulled the freezer open. The freezer opened, and to her horror, there was a corpse in a hospital gown lying inside. “Ah!” Scared, Flossie turned around and hugged Halston tightly.
Halston was scared too, but when he saw Flossie so unusually scared, he gathered his courage and observed the corpse. After a while, he turned to Flossie and said reassuringly, “Don’t be scared, this corpse is pretty normal. It’s a woman, and it looks like she’s sleeping. It isn’t scary or gross.”
*Is… Is that so?” Flossie took a deep breath and tried to calm herself. She whispered, ‘Is it… Jayla?”
“I think so.” Halston frowned and carefully turned over the label on the corpse’s wrist. His eyes widened when he read the name. “It’s Jayla!”
Suddenly, they heard a mournful voice in the empty morgue. “You finally came. I’ve been waiting for you for a long time. I died so miserably…
Flossie immediately clung to Halston again. “Who’s talking? Is it Jayla?”
“Yes, I’m Jayla.” Jayla’s voice sounded ethereal and eerie. It would give anyone chills.
Halston patted Flossie’s shoulder comfortingly, then asked Jayla coolly, “What do you need our help for?”
“I died tragically…” Jayla’s gloomy voice echoed above them. “I want you to avenge me. I want all the people who killed me to die!”
“We want to help you too, but can you at least tell us how you died and who killed you?” Halston asked Jayla carefully.
However, Jayla didn’t say anything else. She just kept sobbing, repeating the same lines about her tragic death. *Forget it. Stop asking her, she won’t tell us. Feeling calmer, Flossie tugged on Halston’s arm and shook her head.
Flossie turned around and looked at the corpse in the freezer. She said firmly, “I guess we have to check the corpse to find out how Jayla died.”
“You’re saying…” Halston paused, his palms growing sweaty. “Are we going to do an autopsy on her?”
“No, we don’t have to do that. But we can look around and see if we can find any clues.” Flossie flexed her fingers and stretched her legs enthusiastically. “Let’s do it. I think we can win this!”
“Okay!” Halston nodded and started inspecting Jayla’s body with Flossie. Jayla’s body was made of a silicone material that looked like skin, and there were many clues about Jayla’s death on the body.
“Look at her neck…” Flossie immediately noticed some bruises around Jayla’s neck. “Do you think someone strangled her?”
“Not necessarily!” Halston added thoughtfully, “She might have struggled before she died. Someone gripped her neck and left those bruises. This place is really odd…” While talking, he solemnly pointed at the place between the corpse’s legs.
“Where are you pointing?” Flossie glared at him and scolded angrily, “Are you really trying to be funny with a silicone corpse? You’re such a pervert!”
“No, that’s not it!” Halston protested indignantly, not expecting her to see him that way.
“What is it then?” Flossie turned around in disgust. “It’s just a fake corpse, but you keep looking at it funny. If you like it so much, you can just buy one online and observe it up close.”
“Are you trying to drive me mad?’ Halston took a deep breath to calm himself, then repeated slowly, “I asked you to look at the place between her legs because there are bloodstains there. It could be the reason for her death.”
“Bloodstains?” Interested, Flossie turned around and saw a pool of blood between the corpse’s legs, and a fleshy object lying in it.
“Oh, that’s so gross. What is that?” Nausea gripped Flossie. She found it more disgusting than the dark figure’s pus -filled body.
“I’ve got an idea…” Halston stared at that fleshy object, looking unusually serious.
“What is it? Tell me?” Flossie urged eagerly.
Suddenly, the door of the morgue opened, and two figures rushed in.
“Is that you, Phoenix?” It was none other than Haze and Jeffrey, who had run downstairs.
“Haze?” When Flossie saw him, she was delighted. “Come quick, you’re just in time! We’re in need of people.” Haze strode over and instantly gave Flossie a hug. “Do you know how worried I was? I’m so glad you’re okay!”
Hence, they temporarily forgot about their resentment and focused on clearing the levels. They were currently in the hospital’s basement, and the lighting was dim and there were many comers. A ghost or monster could rush out at any point.
“Did you find any clues in the lobby just now? Halston turned around to ask Flossie.
“An iron hook.” Flossie held onto that iron hook and walked behind Halston. “Did you find anything strange just now?”
Halston had been standing outside the hospital and had escaped being trapped under the net. Logically, he should have found a lot of clues. “No, I didn’t,” Halston answered honestly, “I just went to buy drinks, and when I came back, I saw that dark figure chasing you. I didn’t have the time to find any clues.”
“How useless!” Flossie scoffed, “I thought you stayed behind to do something useful, but I got more clues than you.”
Tell me what clues you got.” Halston paused and looked at her calmly.
“Didn’t I tell you? This iron hook is the clue. Plus, it’s the main clue!” Flossie sounded confident, not giving that iron hook up.
“Let me see it,” Halston said finally, holding his hand out with a frown.
“Go ahead. Let’s see if you can figure anything out.” Flossie handed the iron hook to Halston.
Halston held the hook and studied it under the dim lights, then sniffed it. It smelled like blood. “Maybe this iron hook is what caused Jayla’s death.”
“I think so too!” Flossie’s eyes gleamed with excitement. She was happy to have finally found someone who shared her thoughts. “I’m sure it’s Jayla’s blood on it. If we find out who killed Jayla, we can win the game… I think the murderer must be the doctor in this hospital!”
Halston asked, “Why do you say that?”
“Didn’t the handbook tell us that the doctors were involved in selling organs? Jayla might have discovered their crimes, so they killed her. Or… maybe Jayla was caught up in their dealings?” Flossie said firmly, “That must be it. After all, no one else had the motive to kill!”
Halston stared at the iron hook and shook his head. “If it were a doctor, they could use something cleaner and smoother to do it. Why would they use a rusty hook?”
“That’s right…” Flossie agreed, then thought about it for a while. “But if they used scalpels or medicine, m people might find them out easily. No one would be able to link an iron hook to them, so maybe that’s why they used it.”
“Regardless, we’ve got to find things related to Jayla.’ Halston figured they needed more evidence. He scanned the basement and found two large closed doors ahead of him. It was a mysterious and eerie sight.
The temperature in the room suddenly dropped.
“It’s too crowded here. We don’t need you around.” Halston glared at them, clearly wishing he could disintegrate them with his gaze.