Lucas Part 18

"At first we thought things were going back to normal after Lucas' death. I am also free from him who has been imprisoning me by being beside him. But apparently, our thinking was wrong. One by one the people who hurt Lucas died miserably as if someone was torturing them just before they exhaled. Even my brother and his wife were brutally killed, their heads separated from their bodies. Not only that, my father, who finally returned to the Mansion and had nothing to do with Lucas, was also killed. Everyone died and I'm the only survivor. But I know sooner or later he will also kill me. Because of that, I ran away from the Mansion. But he didn't let me go easily, I even lost both my eyes in my attempt to run away from him." I can't imagine the horror that happened in the past. The horrors resulting from Lucas' revenge. Could the ghosts I saw in the Mansion be the spirits of the people Lucas killed? If I hear the story of Grandma Calista, who said they were tortured before they died, I think the ghosts in the Mansion that I saw were indeed their spirits. "It's lucky that time I managed to leave the Mansion. On the advice of one of the residents, I also hired a medium. I asked him to exterminate Lucas' spirit. But Lucas' power seemed to be so strong that the Shaman couldn't beat him. Finally, the psychic sealed Lucas inside the Mansion so he couldn't get out of the Mansion and hurt the people in this area again. The piano that he often played had also been burned in the hope that it would have little effect on Lucas' spirit, who loved the piano. But we were wrong, burning the piano did not affect him. His figure still lingered within the Mansion. Since then, I live in this simple house. Everyone here respects me very much and is willing to take care of me. Even though I live alone, I don't have family members anymore. To return the favor to the people here, I used my father's wealth to build plantations and rice fields here so that the people here have jobs and can meet their needs." "If you know the Mansion is very dangerous because Lucas' ghost is haunting there, why are you selling the Mansion?" I asked with a bit of emotion. Yes, the Mansion had been sold and bought by Leyna's father. In my opinion, what Grandma Calista did was a crime because she allowed other people to be in danger for her interests. "You're wrong, I never intended to sell the Mansion. I already warned that stubborn man. I told him there was great danger in the Mansion, but he still forced me to sell the Mansion. He didn't believe all my stories. Almost every day he came to me and kept pushing me, he said he had fallen in love with the Mansion since the first time he saw it. In the end, I complied. But ever since that man bought the Mansion, I always sent people to keep an eye on the Mansion. I was relieved when that stubborn man had never entered the Mansion even though it was already his. However, I was worried again when I heard reports that five young people had entered the Mansion." Of course, the five young people she meant were us, but I was annoyed with Grandma Calista. She knew our lives were in danger, but why she kept silent and didn't tell us? "Why didn't Grandma tell us about the dangers that were stalking us in the Mansion? If Grandma had told us this tragedy would not have happened. My comrades would not be in such danger." "I thought that just like that stubborn man, you guys wouldn't believe my story either. Especially you are just young people from the city who find it impossible to believe in mystical stories like this." "You're wrong, Grandma. Of course, I will believe it. So that Granny knows, I can see ghosts. I have met countless ghosts, but Lucas's ghost, I don't know how to deal with it. I don't know how to appease his spirit to go to his world." I say this with sobs: I still don't know how to deal with the ghost even though I have heard the truth about the spirit. One thing I know, he is a very evil ghost. I've even experienced the cruelty he did to me. And my friends, how can I save them? "Lucas's spirit will never rest. I'm sure he also never wanted to go to his world. I know how evil he is. So don't even think about helping him leave this world because you can't do it," said Grandma Calista, which made me cringe. "He did torture me and my friends. But in the end, he let me escape from the Mansion. He didn't do anything when I was about to get out of the window even though he was there but he just stared at me without doing anything to me. Why do you think he did that? I believe that no matter how evil he is, he still has heart and compassion." Grandma Calista laughed at my words. I don't know what made her laugh because I don't think there's anything funny about what I said. "You're wrong, he must have a purpose in letting you escape from that Mansion." "What's the point? Please tell me, Grandma. I have to save my friends. I love them so much, I don't want to lose them. Especially him, I don't want to lose him," I pleaded softly, accompanied by my tears that were getting broken. "He… who is he you mean?" "He's a man who means a lot to me." "You mean… he's your boyfriend?" I answered her question with a nod, but I realized there was no way she could see my nod. "Yes, I love him. I don't want to lose it. I want to save him at any cost." "Does he love you too?" Ask Grandma Calista. A question that made me ponder. I know Sean used to love me so much, but the Sean now? I didn't know. I'm still determining. "Leslie, why the silence?" "Yes, of course, he loves me. We love each other," I finally answered. I saw Grandma Calista smiling at my answer. "I also had a boyfriend who I loved very much. My heart broke when I had to be by Lucas's side. I can't see my boyfriend anymore. My life was getting ruined when Lucas' ghost killed him. Yes, my boyfriend also beat up Lucas, maybe even he was the one who beat him the most. I could see the anger on his face when he found out what Lucas had done to me. We used to be in a long-distance relationship because he was continuing his studies in the city, so we rarely saw each other. I understand how you feel Leslie. The pain of losing a loved one." After saying that, Grandma Calista suddenly got up from her sitting position and made me stand up, too. "You're a good girl, Leslie. You care about your friends. I don't want to see you feel the pain I did. Let's go!" "Where are you going, Grandma?" I asked, confused. "Of course to the Mansion. Only I can save your friends from Lucas's spirit," she said with a smile. Maybe what Grandma Calista said was true, only she understood Lucas's ghost the most. And she's the only one who can stop Lucas's ghost terror.