RESONANT WOODS

[Jonah] "check if he is still in the room and I will check if it is still here"

[Amelie] "alright"

She handed over something to him and she hurried upstairs but she couldn't find me because I was downstairs"

while she went up Jonah opened up the trapdoor leading to below the home but I couldn't uncover how.

[Amelie]" he isn't upstairs in his space"

[Jonah]"She is still there"

"She!?"

Now that is too pessimistic to let slide.

[Amelie]" did you hear that?"

[Jonah]"Anon, Anon"

Hmmm, I had to act as if nothing came about and I came out of hiding.

"oh you guys are back"

[Amelie]"we were looking for you, where were you?"

"Mee!??...., I was straightening up the house when I became pressed and I went to the washroom, is anything wrong?"

[Jonah]"oh, no nothing is wrong, we just assumed you ran away after everything we carried out for you"

"no, why would I do that, that is why I even cleaned, to show my gratefulness "

[Jonah]"you didn't have to, but we are thankful,

"Did you by any prospect move this rug while cleaning " Jonah inquired, seems like they still wanted to know.

If I say no when they comprehend I did, they will know...,well I don't know what they will do but let me just tell them.

"oh, yes when I was neatening up, em...I caught a glimpse of it, it was looking out of place and I pulled out it to scrub it and caught sight of the trapdoor, I wanted to clean the inside too but it wouldn't open. "

[Amelie]"sweetheart, you don't have to do that, Jonah inclines toward doing that himself and we like the way the carpet "

Anon "ooo!! sorry for invading"

[Jonah]"no it's frivolity, you didn't know"

"I heard you saying she is there when you came out of there I don't mean to infringe again but.."

[Jonah]"Anon, you see you don't have to bother yourself with that"

[Amelie]"Jonah, he will bother because he thinks We are keeping his friend Angel there, right Anon?"

Jonah" oh, there is nothing, what I meant by she is.."

[Amelie]"my head is whirling, I can't grope my..."

At that juncture, Amelie staggered for a moment and then passed out, to be that felt played out, that affirmed that something was incorrect.

"what happened to her?"

[Jonah]"don't worry it happens on a regular occurrence, she is fine, it only transpires when she is stressed out, you know we had a long day, let me just take her to our room "

"Okay, if you say so"I replied.

He took her and left for their room.

I followed him without him knowing and when he got to the room he shot the door, I couldn't see but I could hear.

[Amelie]" that was a close call"

like I thought that's all semblance, they are surely hiding something there and I will find out.

[Jonah]"He knows we are up to something, we have to be more vigilant "

Hmmm... For me to not let them know I am onto them I have to remove that idea from them and make them trust me.

*Birds singing*

It is a new day.

[Amelie]"wakey wake"

[Amelie]"wakey sleepy head, come, breakfast is ready"

"is it morning already?"

[Amelie]"No, it's evening,...I and Jonah are off to the woods to get some condiments, your breakfast is on the table in the living room"

"Good morning Amelie"

[Amelie]"Good morning dear"

"Thank you for the breakfast"

[Amelie]"you haven't even tried it yet"

"I will try it now"

[Amelie]"okay while you are at it, I and Jonah will be off"

"okay bye"

Amelie left fast and swiftly but quietly I followed her like a spy to see where she was headed, I watched them leave and as soon as they made a corner and I was out of sight, I observed them.

It was the first time I came out since I came here and it was just a friendly neighborhood where everyone was interacting so casually.

I quickly ran to the corner where they passed but though I didn't waste any time getting there I wasn't fast enough, and I didn't see them again.

"How?..how come?"

Well, I started running back, I will check this later, I should go and study that trapdoor I saw the other day.

Before I could enter I was called.

"Hey, why are you going into Jonah's house?" I turned to find a lady of like Amelie's age, brown eyes and daek brown shpet hair, an attire similar to the rest whivh was not modern but also not old.

I was not expecting that.

"oh, me!?, I stay here now"

"Are you sure?" she replied with that question.

"yeah, for now, I stay here"

"oh okay, can you assist me to carry some firewood in the groves? they're too solemn for me and I can't do it alone, you can't say no, it's the tradition around here" She insisted, Hmmm what kind of problem is this?

"which tradition is that?"

[Lady]"eh, eh.. its this tradition around here in which a new neighbor in the village helps out his fellow neighbors to draw them nigher and render about conformity in the district.

"what a funny and dumb-sounding tradition, you can just ask for help and you will be helped, you don't need a convention but anyways a tradition is a tradition, I will help you, ma'am, not because of the tradition but because you asked politely."

The lady nodded as she led me into the forest and we went and went deeper into the thick forest, I wasn't with a clock but I knew this was like taking like forever. How far does someone fell a tree?

"Miss?"

[Lady]" Mrs. Teresa"

" Mrs. Teresa ain't we near to the firewood zone yet? I don't need to be rude but I have something urgent to do."

[Mrs. Teresa]"we are almost there"

"Okay, but what happened to all these other trees, why this far? " I asked because we passed a lot

"Not this type, there is an outstanding type we use, it unwinds in the deeper forest," She said.

"Oh, okay, no offense but why isn't your husband with you, helping out" I just can't get myself around this condition.

She didn't reply, I didn't say anything afterward, maybe she didn't have one.

Something was not feeling proper again, my conscience was advising me, and my intuition was saying I should get out of there but she might not be lying, there is only one way to find out.

Almost four minutes passed after that.

[Mrs. Teresa]"oh we are here!! "

I knew she couldn't be telling an untruth.

" so where is this firewood?"

[Mrs. Teresa]"it's behind that tree over there"

She signified at a tree in front of me, I went as she supervised me to take the firewood, the thing is, there was none.

" Mrs. Teresa there isn't any firewood here" or is it my eye?

[Mrs. Teresa] "look extremely well it is there"

It was a large tree, a tree as large as a building, and the whole area of the woodland was filled with them.

I started moving round around the very large tree in search of firewood.

[Mrs. Teresa]"All of this will cease now"

"are you with someone there?!"

I was behind the tree I couldn't see Mrs. Teresa

[Mrs. Teresa]"there is no getaway for you"

I didn't figure out what she was saying. " no escaping for you now!! .." She shouted.

"escaping what?! "On trying to turn to see what talking,

*SLAM!!!*

"WHO...my...I can't feel"

*BAM!!*

There fell my body to the ground.

My unconscious body that was hit by a log of wood directly to the head, If it isn't my head, Then I am not Anon.