Darling and Damian had worn something simple and wasted no time in the room.
"Where is she?" Darling kept asking no one in particular as she walked towards the exit of the house.
"No, not there," Damian said, "I haven't heard a door sound."
That was reasonable, but confusing, and Darling stopped at the door, not knowing which way to continue the search.
"We will check room by room," Damian said.
Confusion still had its place though, even as the rooms in the house were about seven. The search was broadened, and the hope of finding her was proving difficult.
It did not also make sense that the person would hide in one of the rooms, except….
"Could one of the maids have come into our room?" She asked.
"I can't tell, but we should continue the search."
They entered the first room Katie had first used as a place of hiding, and it was disturbing for the three other maids that were still inside.
They went as far as to search the bathroom, including under the bed.
It just didn't make sense to the maid's as Darling and Damian did not tell them the purpose of the search.
"Where is Euphoria?" One of the maids asked the other in a low voice such that Darling and Damian didn't hear.
"She's supposed to be with Sagio." Another replied.
Darling turned back to look at them. "Was anyone talking?"
They shook their heads.
The search in the room was done, but Darling was looking directly into their eyes. A suspicious glance that meant different things.
The girls were standing, waiting for them to leave.
When Darling got to the door, she took some steps backward to look at the maids' faces. Someone might be hiding something, she would have thought, but nothing suggested that.
The girls did not talk about Euphoria. It would have been a huge problem.
The same process was carried out in another room, and the same outcome met them.
In the room Katie was hiding, she was inside a box with Euphoria, while Sagio was still trying to wear his trousers. It was hard for the trouser to pass over his legs. His length was exposed.
Darling pushed the door open.
He turned to the other side of the room to hide himself from her.
"Why are you like this?" She walked around so she stayed in his front.
He had to cover his length with his hands.
"I just had a bath."
She raised his hand from covering himself.
Damian had to walk to her. "What are you doing?" He asked her
She was going overboard, and he asked Sagio to turn away from her.
Her eyes still followed him. "It's because we have to leave no stones unturned."
"By feasting your eyes on him?"
He didn't finish his statement, and Darling had gone to check the bathroom.
Katie and Euphoria were inside a large box that contained clothes. Sagio had managed to hide the both of them in it, and so, some of the clothes that were supposed to be inside were left out. There was no space for them.
Euphoria was shaking as though she had a fever. "What if we get caught in this?"
"Shhhh…. " Katie used a lower tone. "Your loud voice might just be our doom."
'Everyone has secrets they are trying to hide.' She thought.
It was in regard to Euphoria's act with Sagio.
"I should know your name," She said.
"Eu… phoria."
"I'm…."
Was she about to do that? She was a part of Emily. It would be crazy if she introduced herself to anyone.
Euphoria didn't realize that Katie had not mentioned her own name. She was mostly in a worse condition as she was naked. No explanation would flow with her state.
If they were caught in the box, her sentence would start with embarrassment. Her nakedness would be shown, and everyone was going to see it.
She had every reason to be soaked in fear.
"We would check under the bed," Darling said.
"I don't think anyone is here," Damian said.
She wouldn't go for what he was saying.
"The fact that his body was exposed at the time we entered has suggested that he's hiding something we really need."
"But…."
She was in full activity, even to the point of taking off the blanket from the bed. She stood in front of Sagio, directly facing him, her head tilted upwards in order to maintain eye contact.
"Tell me! What are you hiding?"
Was that called for?
Damian had to let her do what she felt was right.
"I have nothing to hide." He spread his hands apart as he said with a soft voice that was barely audible to her.
"How do I know that?" She placed her hands on his trousers, almost dragging him to her. "Raise the bed so I can see under it!"
That was too much! A simple search by bending under it would have achieved the same result, why the more difficult path?
He raised the bed, holding it up to give her a satisfactory look.
"Drop it."
He let it fall to the ground. The weight had cost him so much strength that he forgot to drop it gently.
"Do you intend to break the frame?"
"There are other rooms for us to check out," Damian said.
'I pray she leaves now.' Katie had become desperate.
She could have gone off with a glow of light, but it would have been too obvious to them, and more eye catching. She had become more desperate to leave, but still considered Euphoria. If she did that, Euphoria's case would be brought to light.
And that would be a breach of agreement. Agreement to cover each other.
"What's in this box?" Darling pushed the box.
'Oh…. No!' Katie almost spoke out.
The box turned from the standing position it was to lie flat on the ground.
"What's inside?" Darling asked.
Euphoria's condition worsened, her shivering became real, and was accompanied by a hot body. Even her teeth were chattering..
Katie had to cover Euphoria's mouth with her hands.
"My clothes." Sagio replied.
"Why are some other clothes outside?
"Hmm…. The box is not big enough to contain them."
Darling knelt down to touch the clothes. "But they seemed to have been kept inside a box."
"H…"
He almost said "how?"
They were a bit folded, and that was a clue to Darling.
"Open the box," she said.
He did not answer, and she felt he didn't hear.
"Open the box."
"Should I open it?"
"Yes."
He was just about three steps from it, but walked slowly. His legs might have been too heavy for him to carry.
"What's taking you time?" Darling's voice was starting to adjust to the high pitch it earlier had.
Sagio nodded, about three times when he knelt before the box. "You want me to open it?"
His finger was touching the zip.
"Open it!" Damian shouted.
Sagio's slow movement had made him see reasons with Darling. He was definitely hiding something, Damian must have made a conclusion.
"O…. Okay." He averted his eyes from the zip, and was just looking at the wall close to the box.
His act took time. The sound of the zip opening was loud, and felt like torture to his ears. He opened it, and then raised the cover.
Just clothes! That was all Damian and Darling could see!
They maintained eye contact between each other, and started walking out of the room.
'Was that a miracle?' Katie screamed in her mind when she heard the sound of the door.
"Have they left?" Euphoria asked.
In actual fact, when Sagio had made them hide inside the box, he had made sure clothes had covered them up.
He took off some of the clothes. "They are gone!"
Euphoria stood up slowly, her legs still shaking. She had been a thin line away from hell.
"I should get going," Katie said.
"I should also get going," Euphoria said.
"You can just stay here for the night." Sagio was holding Euphoria's hand.
'He still wants to continue the night with pleasure.' Katie almost laughed out loud.
"I can't." Euphoria was trying to wear her clothes. "What if they come back?"
He didn't press on.
Katie got to the door.
"Where are you from?" Sagio asked.
"You don't need to know."
She was going to open the door in one swing, and then, a race would start. Euphoria would run to her room, and she would take the dangerous path of trying to leave the house.
They opened the door, and it produced sound.
"Who's that!" Darling's voice returned, far much louder than the way it was!