Chapter 1568

Madam Stockton stepped into Julie’s bedroom but still could not see her anywhere. “Julie?” she called out. There was no response. She noticed the lights coming from inside the dressing room and carefully made her approach. When she stepped inside, she saw that the curtain was pried open, but there was nobody behind it. Concealed behind the curtain was a closed door. She was rather puzzled by the sight of the door. "Why is there a door here?" she muttered to herself. Then, she slowly approached the door and pressed her palms against its surface. … The night was cold. Julie and Mia hurried to the edge of the courtyard. There was a gap along this section of the wall which was meant to be an intentional architectural installation. The gap was wide enough to allow a child or a skinny adult to fit through. Just as Julie was about to squeeze through the gap, she suddenly recalled that she might have forgotten to close the curtains in her dressing room in her hurr