JiHan (Promise and Betrayal)

Traps

"Alice are you okay?" Galih asked frantically after seeing a snake and a splash of fresh blood flowing through the coset.

"I'm fine. Fortunately I had such quick reflexes that I hadn't had time for the snake to touch my skin, I accidentally killed it." Alice replied with a slight grimace of pity to the snake.

"Thankfully you're okay." Said Galih who had started to calm down.

"Why is the snake here?" Roy was confused.

Juna quickly opened the holder of the toilet and saw what snake was there. When opening the holder of the toilet, the three of them were shocked when they saw the type of snake was a tiger snake.

"Tiger's new? Tiger snakes are known for their aggressive nature and can be deadly. These reptiles can grow up to 2.4 meters. Generally, tiger snakes are shy animals and do not like to fight, but they will hiss loudly when provoked and can attack with a very strong bite." It was clearly Juna who was looking at the snake with a brown complexion on the top of his body.

"Can this snake be hard and very dangerous, can occur Neurotoxins, Coagulants, Hemolysins and Myotoxins. It can paralyze the nerves completely, resulting in bleeding, pain in the legs and neck, and result in muscle paralysis. Are you sure you weren't bitten by this snake?" Ask Juna to make sure again.

"No brother.. He couldn't get near me. I immediately pulled down the seat of the closet that directly grabbed his head." Answer Alice quickly.

"Thank God then." Said Juna while still watching the snake from inside the closet.

"But there is something strange, tiger snakes are spread in the southeast A state region, the southeast South A region, southern N South wales and the entire V region, he said, and throughout Tasmania. This snake lives in the sandy desert, why is this snake in X city?" Asked Roy who began to express his opinion about the habitat of the snake.

"God! What's going on?" Ask the butler who suddenly went into the bathroom and saw that there was a splash of blood and a snake wrapped around the white toilet.

"Can you explain this?" Roy asked with a little research.

"Sorry ladies and gentlemen, I really don't understand why there's a snake in the bathroom. This has never happened before. Even I've been working for 10 years, there's never been a snake in the mansion." Clearly Liesda was the butler in the mansion nervously.

"If it never existed doesn't mean there wouldn't be a possibility. This is not the city of its habitat, and from its upper body that looks dry means this snake does not appear from inside the toilet. Can you explain who has been in this room?" Roy began to speculate.

"Sorry sir, almost all the rooms have been cleaned every month. So surely no waitress can go in and out of the room if not on a cleaning schedule every month. And the servants all occupied the abandoned area of the pavilion." Clearly Liesda with a tone that started to calm down. There was no doubt or fear in that tone, it seemed like the old woman was not lying.

"Thank you for your information. Get someone to clean up this mess. You can go." Alice said casually and ended Roy's intro.

"Okay, my lady, excuse me." Liesda said and immediately left that bathroom space.

"Alice, the problem hasn't been found yet, why did you tell him to leave?" Garih asked the confused and disapproving Liesda told him to just leave.

"Don't you hear that? The servants would not be free to go in and out if not at a certain time to clean it. So who can go in and out freely of course the owner is not." Alice replied casually and revealed her thoughts.

"Yes you're right. If the owner were to go in and out of the other room, of course no one would suspect him." Roy agrees with Alice's thought.

"But aren't we going to this mansion impromptu? How can Fiktor or Belinda know we're going to be here, and get everything ready?" Tanya Galih still could not believe that this was just a coincidence.

"I understand.. Can you guys get out? Right now I'm so tired, I need a break." Alice ended the conversation.

"alright.. It's late too, rest Al.. We're next door if you need us." Said Roy and nodded by Juna. While Galih still can not let go of the discussion that is still unresolved.

Alice exhaled a rough breath. It seems like Belinda's plan is already in place, as she must know Alice is going to the mansion to meet the woman and she prepares a snake to trap Alice.

"I'm not gonna let you back in and trap me." Alice said coldly and clenched her hands beside her body.

***

It's been three days that Anton has been outpatient physiotherapy to restore the function of his limbs. And now the man can move like before, even now he has been doing kick boxing training with Alex his men.

"Master, it seems like the master's fighting ability has returned. Earlier I was worried that master was over-forsering everything in order to recover quickly. Yet seeing the master recover quickly I feel calm." Alex said as he removed the gloves in his hands.

"Alex what's the condition in town X?" Ask Anton worriedly.

"As you may already know, Paul is helping Miss Alice from behind the scenes to regain control of her parents' company." Alex said briefly.

"Then we go now to country X." Said Anton and threw his boxing gloves.

"But shouldn't you do the last kintrol?" Deny Alex about their schedule.

"You don't see I'm no longer sick, why am I going back?" Anton asked, which made Alex speechless.

"All right, sir." Alex finally gave up.

Anton prepares all the equipment to go to X state. Somehow she had an uneasy feeling when she could not see her lover in person.

Can you still call it a lover? Or only he thinks Alice still belongs to him.

Alex booked a ticket to country X for them tonight, and Alex arrived at Anton's house in the afternoon.

"Sir, everything is ready." Alex said as he approached Anton, who was busy looking at the screen of his phone.

"Let's go." Anton said flatly and swiftly Alex pushed Anton's suitcase and immediately took it down to the basement of the apartment.

***

Drrt drrt drrt, Alice woke up from her sleep when she heard a message notification on her phone. Alice unlocked the screen and read the contents of the message.

✉ If you want to know where your mother is buried, come to Hampton Street alone.

The contents of the message were unknown numbers, but Alice knew it was a message from Belinda.

"Do I have to go? Or should I tell them? I know this could be another trap, but what am I supposed to do?" Alice asked confused to herself what she should do.

Seriate....