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Jack didn't answer Melisa's question, he remained silent. Melisa started to despair, all the efforts she made would not be able to make her get closer to Jack. What happened was that Jack hated her even more.

“The sky was orange.” said Jack. Melisa was shocked to hear his words.

"What ?" Melisa didn't understand the meaning of what he said.

“A color that holds pain.”

“Jack? what's going on?"

"Nothing, you better go home!"

"Jack, actually...actually I was thinking what would it be like...if we were friends?" Melisa said these words with difficulty, just saying them made Melisa's breath hitch. Immediately Jack looked at him with a flat expression.

"I don't think there's anything wrong with us being friends, I...I'll try to be your best friend."

Jack stood up, scaring Melisa. Melisa thought Jack would beat her up because of the strange words she kept saying. Melisa's body trembled, she closed her eyes.

"I...I'm sorry Jack, I...I didn't...don't mean..."

"Up to you !" Jack answered briefly, he left the place. The sun had set, the sky had turned dark.

“Re…really?” Melisa smiled cheerfully, for her those were the most beautiful words she had ever heard.

Melisa drove her car while smiling. The night sky of Milford Village did not scare him. Suddenly the car stopped without knowing why.

"Oh... why is it like this?" Melisa was shocked, the car she was driving broke down in the middle of the road. Melisa got out of her car and opened the front hood of the car to see the problem with the car's engine.

“Oh shit, how is this? I can't fix it, it's so dark in here!" complained Melisa.

Melisa looked around looking left and right, but no one could be seen in this place, especially since the clock was already 08.30 at night. It's very rare for people to wander around in the middle of the street at this time of day, because this is not an urban area. Melisa took her cell phone and tried to contact Max, her brother

"Tit...tit..." The phone rang, Max didn't answer the phone. Melisa is getting more and more worried, especially if she asks her father to come here. Maybe tomorrow and the next day his father will no longer let him drive the car alone.

Melisa was getting more and more furious, she remembered that she was currently fighting with Kevin. It seemed impossible that he would suddenly contact Kevin just to help him at a time like this.

"Come on, Melisa, think..." she said to herself. His brain was getting stuck.

Suddenly the sound of footsteps was heard, at first the sound made Melisa's heart relieved because there was someone who might be able to help her. But suddenly a bad thought came over him, what if the person who came actually wanted to rob or kill him? Melisa started to get goosebumps.

"Who...who's there?" He shouted in a trembling voice, there was no answer from the person. Melisa couldn't see his face because it was covered in fog.

“Please…please…. Tell me who...who are you?" He screamed more and more frightened, his voice started to become hoarse and tears started to fall down his cheeks.

"Please... don't bother me..." he shouted softly, he sat down, covering his ears.

Suddenly the footsteps stopped right in front of her, Melisa fell silent when she saw a pair of feet in front of her. Melisa was afraid to look up, let alone that person's face.

"Don't...don't bother me" shouted Melisa.

The person immediately opened the hood of Melisa's car and repaired it. Melisa was confused, this time her fear slowly began to disappear, she dared to look at the face of the person who was repairing her car engine.

“Huh… Jack? Wh...why are you here?" Melisa asked. Jack said nothing and remained focused on the car.

"I thought you were a foreigner, I was really scared. But how did you know that my car broke down here?"

"Your car's oil," he answered. Jack's words were always the same, whether they were few or many, they always sounded cold.

"Oh, I see ? Thank you, Jack? Turns out you're a really good person." Melisa said with a smile.

Even though Jack was very cold, for some reason, Melisa felt enormous warmth when he was with him. He was cold, aloof, expressionless, and strange, those were the words that other people usually said when they met Jack. But for Melisa he is a very kind and warm man.

***

I Find you Melisa... I find you..." said a little girl, only one side of her head, and the other side looked like her brain was coming out and was covered in blood. He stuck out his hand.

"No... don't... don't hurt me, go away..." Melisa screamed, she was scared and ran as hard as she could.

"I kill you Melisa..."

"Leave me alone..." shouted Melisa as she ran in the eerie darkness.

"Ha ha ha…. !” the scary little girl shouted, her eyes popping out of their sockets. His mouth was spurting fresh blackish red blood, his stomach contents seemed to be hanging out as if they were about to come out of his body.

“Stop…. Do not bother me…. Melisa shouted, she sat down and closed her eyes.

"Melisa... where are you Melisa...?"

“No… don't hurt me.” he shouted in fear.

“Melisa… Melisa…. I'm here.”

"No… !" Melisa tried to open her eyes when there was no sign of the little girl's presence anymore. Things started to get quiet, there was no one but her in that dark place.

Melisa looked around her, the dark place seemed uninhabited. Melisa started to walk, and a beam of light appeared in front of her. In that light there is a piano that sounds, singing the song written by Bethoven, Fur Elise. Suddenly a small child's shadow ran as fast as lightning in front of him. When Melisa was careless, the shadow moved closer to her.

"GIVE ME MY DOLL..." shouted the little girl in front of Melisa's face. Creepy... really scary, suddenly the girl's face and body shattered before her eyes.

"No..." Melisa shouted hysterically. He woke up from his sleep. For the umpteenth time, the nightmare continued to haunt him in his sleep.