The Girl Next Door's

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"Please... Papa's... Don't..."

"At a time like this, how dare you still call me 'papa'?"

"I'm sorry... Sorry..."

"Make my son come back to life, then I'll forgive you!"

Deril finally regained his senses after hearing the noise not far from him. His head feels dizzy at the same time it hurts. Deril fingered the temple. There was already dried blood on the left face. He did not realize how long he had been unconscious in the basement of the house.

"I'm sorry... Mika invites in. Mika is feeding. Mika likes a-"

MOMMY!!!

"Close that foul mouth of yours!!!" doctor Stephen's punch drifted towards Ardi. Ardi's thin body was instantly thrown to the ground.

Grrrttt!

Doctor Stephen pulled a rope that was wrapped around Ardi's neck. Ardi struggled, shocked at not being able to breathe. He tried to loosen the rope with all his might. "Don't mention my daughter's name with your mouth! Don't you dare!" Doctor Stephen dragged Ardi to one corner of the room. He threw the rope up, which turned out to be a cross-section of wood. The wood looks solid. Like it was prepared to hang someone there.

"I beg... Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry!" Ardi groaned in pain.

Regardless of Ardi's groaning, Doctor Stephen pulled the rope until Ardi tiptoed in place. Just a little Doctor Stephen pulled the rope again, Ardi will definitely hang.

"You can't do that!" deril's voice finally came out.

Doctor Stephen looked over, then laughed loudly. "HAHAHAHAHA! You think, I don't know, which ones can and which ones can't?" insinuations. "As I said, I will not make this boy die so easily. He should feel the hell of the world much longer."

Deril looked at Ardi who was just crying. He couldn't decide which was more terrifying. Between serving the striped-nose men, or dying depends now. Like living a life of reluctance, dying would not.

"I'm doing this, so he can't get out of here. He had to see his accomplice die before his eyes." Doctor Stephen looked at Ardi with a look of disdain, as if he was looking at dirt. "What do you expect? Escape from here with the help of a responsible teenager like her? It's ridiculous!"

"He's just trying to live" Deril defended.

"Is it not because you like it?" Doctor Stephen chuckled amusedly. "Look, my master! In fact, he was able to deceive everyone in this village. How great my ability as a plastic surgeon is!"

Deril tried to get up, but his hands shook. His head was so dizzy. He returned to the ground. Deril did not know if he could keep his life this time. If Doctor Stephen threw another punch at Deril, he would really be finished.

TING! VAT!

"Hey, kid!" call him Ardi. "If one of you runs away, I'll make sure your legs are cut off. If you two run away, I'll find you, wherever you are."

"I didn't run away." replied Ardi in tears.

Deril waits until Doctor Stephen disappears behind a secret door. He sharpened his ears, making sure they were really just the two there. "The ardi!" hisses.

Ardi immediately held back his cries. He turned to Deril who was creeping, trying to get close to him. "Don't... Don't get close!"

"There's a cell phone in my pants pocket. Stephen's doctor hasn't taken it yet. Can you take it?" Deril did not heed Ardi's refusal.

"No... No. gabe... Don't fuck... He doesn't like me to argue..." Ardi held a rope around his neck. His face was full of tears. "Don't argue... Just quiet... Quiet..."

"The ardi! Be aware! If we don't do anything, we can both die!" deril pinta. He does not understand, how scared Ardi is to Doctor Stephen, after what Ardi experienced ten years ago.

"You're the one who died. The fridge is for you. She loves Mika. I could be Mika."

Deril was about to punch Ardi, as he lost his temper. He tried to grab the phone in his pants pocket. At least, Mia was still waiting for him outside. Maybe Mia thought that nothing had happened, because Deril had said that they were okay.

'I need to call Ms. Mia. One missed call, ' Deril moves as much as possible with his hands tied behind his back. It was not easy for him, as his head was getting more and more painful.

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"Damn! What did that kid do, anyway!? Why didn't you get out of that house!?" mia protests from inside her car parked on the main road. "Aargha! If I break that house down, I'll be in trouble. But, if I keep quiet, Deril could be in danger."

Mia got out of her car for the umpteenth time. He's worried not playing. He wanted to run to Deril's house, but he remembered that Deril's mother was the type of person who was frenzied not playing.

"I have to think... What excuse can I use to get inside."

Drrrr! Drrrr! Drrrr!

Mia raised her conscious left hand and held the phone. His eyes widened when he got the missed call he was waiting for.

1 MISSED CALL FROM DERIL

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