finally! Sean unconsciously held the phone tightly and asked for other details. After he was almost sure that the old lady was seeing Aaliyah, Sean asked her for her address and set off directly.
In the taxi, Sean kept thinking: "This time it may be a trap. After the last curse on the phone failed, they probably wanted to lure me there...
"However, there are further clues there, and I can't turn a blind eye." Sean clenched his fists. "Fortunately, I have just gained the power of the Witch Moon. Even if there is danger, I have the ability to defend myself."
On the way there, Sean was even mentally prepared to fight to the death.
When the destination arrived, Sean paid the fare and got out of the car. This is an old apartment building in Lower Town. There was a smell of sewage in the area, and there was stagnant water everywhere on the ground. Compared with the gorgeous Long Island, it was a world of difference.
Sean went up to the fifth floor and knocked on Mrs. Bosh's door.
Sean's ectoplasmic tentacles had penetrated the door and found nothing unusual. He could feel that the old lady came to the door and looked through the peephole for a long time.
Sean could feel her heartbeat a little weak, but very steady.
"It's me, Mrs. Bosh. I'm Sean Dickinson."
Mrs. Bosh was mumbling as she opened the lock, while Sean tensed his nerves, ready for a vicious penetration.
After the door opened, the smell of baking cookies came out. Mrs. Bosh, wearing thick reading glasses, called Sean in: "Come in, Mr. Dickinson."
Although the old lady lives alone, she is accompanied by several big and fat cats, and her house is kept clean.
She was very enthusiastic. She poured tea for Sean and brought him freshly baked biscuits: "You are too thin! Even if you go out, you should eat more."
The kind Mrs. Bosh reminds Sean of his grandmother.
Grandma loved Aaliyah the most. For the sake of her health, the whole family still kept the news of Aaliyah's disappearance from her grandmother.
"Grandma is probably still looking forward to Aaliyah coming home." This made Sean a little heartbroken and his nose was sore. He could only pick up the hot biscuits and stuff them into his mouth, lower his head and bite them into pieces to cover up his emotions.
Sean could feel that Mrs. Bosh was indeed just an ordinary person. There's no conspiracy here.
"Mrs. Bosh, where did you meet Aaliyah?" Sean waited until the old lady sat down and asked directly.
"About a few days ago, she lived in room 513 next door...
"I thought it was strange at the time. No one had lived in Room 513 for a long time." The old lady's eyes were magnified by reading lenses and she looked very serious. "The new tenants didn't go out all day. Moreover, they kept listening to music during the day. …”
"listen to music?"
"Yes, I'm listening to the same record. There are only a few songs on it. It's played over and over again on 513."
Sean felt that something was a bit paradoxical - Aaliyah liked silence and could not play music in the room all day long.
"Then what? How did you see her?"
The old lady took a sip of tea: "Someone comes to 513 at a fixed time every day, and it seems they are bringing food.
"There is a person who doesn't go out living next to me, which makes me very curious. So, although my ears are not very good, I will listen carefully as long as there is movement nearby.
"One night, I heard what sounded like a quarrel nearby, so I got up to listen. The quarrel was loud and I felt a little uneasy..."
"What's going on next door, do you remember?" Sean tried to calm himself down.
Mrs. Bosh tapped her chin with her finger: "I couldn't hear clearly, but I seemed to hear the little girl saying that she wanted to go home..."
Sean gritted his teeth.
“Because the quarrel was too loud, I opened the door and wanted to ask what was going on.
"Just in time, the door of 513 was also opened, and I saw..." The old lady looked at the ceiling, and Sean was suddenly afraid - he was afraid that there would be some inexplicable force that would tamper with Mrs. Bosh's memory.
Fortunately, she continued: "I saw two men taking the little girl out of the room..."
Sean sat up straight: "What state was she in when she came out?!"
Mrs. Bosh was a little surprised by Sean's urgent tone. Sean raised his hands: "I'm sorry, Mrs. Bosh, please understand... I'm a little nervous for my sister."
Mrs. Bosh nodded and continued: "I remember that there were tears on her face, but her expression was calm.
"That night, they took her away and never came back."
Sean asked: "When did they leave?"
"She stayed here for about ten days and left two nights ago..."
Two days ago? Sean wondered: "Did I force them to change the place where Aaliyah was hidden after I posted the missing person advertisement?"
"It's very possible!" Sean put his clenched fist in front of his mouth, and his heart was fierce, "Those bastards, Aaliya clearly wants to go home, but they won't let her go, those bastards!"
Sean calmed down and said, "Mrs. Bosh, I want to talk to the landlord of Room 513. Do you have any ideas?"
The old lady pushed up her glasses: "I know the landlord of Room 513, Mr. Michael. I can ask him to come over."
Mrs. Bosh called and learned that Mr. Michael would not arrive for half an hour. Sean made a random excuse, saying he would be back later, and went out.
He walked directly to the door of 513, extended his ectoplasmic tentacles into the door, condensed the ends into solid form, and opened the door easily. Sean quickly stepped inside and closed the door gently.
Sean walked around the room with light steps - it was a room with a somewhat old decoration, and there were unpacked plates on the table. It could be seen that the people who lived here before left in a hurry.
Sean saw the vinyl record player placed against the wall, with a record on it. Sean walked over and touched the record with his hand, wanting to pick it up and have a look...
Knock knock knock! There was a knock on the door of 513.
Sean frowned and walked to the door lightly: "Isn't Mr. Michael coming in half an hour? I didn't make any movement just now. Mrs. Bosh shouldn't hear the sound here..."
"Who is it?" Sean raised one eye to the cat's eyes. Then, he saw a very strange scene in the cat's eyes.
Logically speaking, the peephole should be like a corridor. But what Sean saw through the peephole was a room exactly like 513.
"This is……?"
He could see the back of a man leaning on the door, looking at the corridor through the peephole.
In order to see more clearly, Sean turned his head and brought his eyes closer.
The back figure in the cat's eye also turned its head and brought its eyes closer to the cat's eye.
Sean suddenly discovered something, and he fell into confusion: "That's me? I'm looking at myself?"
Then he saw through the peephole, a man wearing a soaked old suit with a weird smile, holding an umbrella with a sharp tip in his hand, quietly appeared behind the back, approaching step by step...
