The basement door was opening .
"Beth! You should be lucky that you're never going to be caught ! I can finally relax and beat you up without being scared of my neighbours !You better get ready!"
Jed was coming down the stairs . I couldn't hear Cora's voice so I simply prayed that she wasn't with him too . I don't know why he would do something like this , but Nathaniel suddenly closed and locked the door from the inside . The window was small but the walls weren't very strong . I didn't want Cora to get the red signal that she had been caught as an impostor , so I broke the a hole big enough for us to crawl out . Thanks to Jed's underground garage , we were able to move but if luck wasn't by our side , then we would have had to stay in a really secluded place until we we get found out .
After reaching the garage , it was easy for us to get out except for Beth , who looked like she hadn't walked for quite some time needed help with balancing her legs . We left for our car with Beth as fast as we could without getting noticed . The garage entrance started at the backyard of the house . "Why are you not picking Cora up ? Won't she run away from us ?" Beth asked . Since she didn't know what kind of fake relationship she kept with us , we decided to explain everything to her during our way back home .
It was already dawn when we reached back home . I gave Beth our guest room and collapsed on my bed , not even thinking about changing the clothes I had worn for a whole day .
Everything was normal except for the plans put forth by the Kitsunes to make the other dead Berthims run away for the place . The plans were getting more and more brutal day by day so I had to find a solution really fast .
Yesterday , when we were panning on how to find Beth with Cora and dad , it was decided that we had to take down the people working for Jed in each of their declared territories . This was why we said it would take a lot of time to get to the last territory and find Beth . So when I woke up , Cora was eating in my kitchen , smiling at me innocently . I didn't feel any anger towards her though , because I knew that it was that filthy Nogitsune that was making her do all of this .
Even though she was smiling , her brown hair clearly wasn't done like she used to do it . Her blue eyes looked weary and tired , like she hadn't had one wink of sleep last night . I didn't want her to be way too cautious about herself so I acted like her tiredness didn't bother me . Her shoulders slumped down when I moved my eyes past her even though she looked absurd . Greeting her back , got my own bowl of milk and cereal .
There was a brief moment of silence but I couldn't say whether it was an awkward , or a calming silence . After a while , dad walked into the kitchen smiling , "Oh! You woke up ! I almost had a heart attack when I couldn't find you in your bed after leaving me without where you were going yesterday "
The cereal that I had almost swallowed successfully went straight for my air hole when I heard him say that . I should've told him about Cora to him before starting to eat breakfast . I choked hard and struggled to breathe . I thought that I was going to die just because of a cereal piece when Cora decided to interfere and pulled the cereal out from me , chanting something . "Are you ok now Rene?" She asked worriedly . "I'm okay . Thanks Cora."
I was grateful for real . But I didn't want her to ask me where I went so I changing the topic . "Forget about me . Why are you here so early? Nathaniel would take some more time reach here , you know ?" We had planned on going to the first territory of Jed's the first thing in the morning .
"Oh ! It's nothing . I had a fight with my husband yesterday and just wanted to be away from home for a while . " I gave her a look of understanding . We decided to pass our time until Nathaniel came by watching TV .
While watching a comedy show , my mind wandered away from the present . If I had had been able to buy a television before I knew that supernatural creatures existed , I would have been very happy to lead a normal life but now that I was already mixed up between a supernatural mess , I can't unsee what I already saw . I guess it's time I accepted my life now . I'm unique .
It didn't take much time for Nathaniel to arrive . He DID look tired , but not as much as Cora . He was already dressed but since Cora had never went for any fights or anything , I lend her one set of my black , fit t-shirt and pants for the time being . Nath's car had become almost like a transport mobio for us because we used his car to go to anywhere at all . We got in and headed towards our first location . It was in New Jersey , Crestwood village .
After some time of travelling , we reached the village . It was not one of the rich neighborhoods that I imagined it to be since it was a mafia territory . Instead it was a shabby village that seemed like it was barely living . We finally reached our address . The best house in the whole village . Then I guess this house is also going to be a part of the wreckage in the village .
Nathaniel went towards the door and pressed the doorbell . The house was just not bad . It looks simple while other houses looked like they were robbed off of even the paint on their walls .
I could see that the door opened from the corner of my eye when I was looking around the whole area so I looked back at the door to see a woman looking at Nathaniel . He was staring back at her with tears starting to form in his eyes .
The woman looked a little bit younger than Nath but she looked totally terrified seeing Nathaniel . "Darling...." His tears pour out and hugged her . Me and Cora looked at each other not knowing what to do .