End Journeys
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"Fast tell me," Felix kept urging Ruby.

"I'm confused where to tell you," he replied.

"The first time you met him," said Thomas.

"When I was waiting for you, I heard something up there and I was sure it was the right way up there" Ruby began to tell me.

"Then I saw a human leg, and it turned out to be that woman. I asked the woman a few questions and we ended up chatting with each other" he added.

"That means peeping on us?" Felix looked at Ruby.

"The woman was locked up up there. There's a room, and the one who peeked at us isn't her but Ann" Ruby replied.

"Possibly yesterday when Thomas saw Ann take the stairs there, he was checking on Anne. Ann thinks Anne can't do anything right when Anne can secretly escape from there and go up from somewhere else" Ruby explained.

"Where? I want to see the place" Thomas wondered.

"In Poppy's room. Actually Poppy often helped Anne out of the place secretly on condition that it should not be more than an hour" he added.

"Why is he locked up?" ask Felix.

"Because he was trying to tell a lot of people about the rituals that were going to and that have been done here" Ruby replied.

"Why should we?" Felix asked again.

"Eh, that. I have to how to say it yes," Ruby hesitated to continue telling the story.

"Just tell me Ruby," said Thomas. He realizes Ruby is hesitant to tell the real reason why Ruby and Felix were targeted in the ritual because of her presence.

"Because he saw us while doing that hahahaha," Ruby laughed out loud.

Felix and Thomas looked at each other. Felix looks a little embarrassed because Ruby said that in front of Thomas.

"No problem, just relax" Thomas said.

"Why is he peeping? Jesus," Felix grumbled.

"Because they are targeting lovers who have done that under the pretext of burning sin, people like us are sacrificed" Ruby explained.

"Ah, I understand now," said Felix.

Ruby showed her the thing the woman gave her, a key.

"He gave me this" Ruby said.

"What keys?" ask Thomas.

"Poppy's room key" replied Ruby.

"You mean, we should check there?" ask Felix.

"Do we just go to the police?" proposal Thomas.

"It's not that easy. The police chief here is working with Ann. They are quite powerful people" replied Ruby.

"Huh? How's it?" Felix doesn't understand.

"Let's explain it without anyone missing" Thomas asked.

"From the information I got, this is an accomplice.. Yes, that's how it is, with respect to the government, we cannot rely on the police" Ruby said.

"Why don't you explain in detail?" Felix was very curious while Thomas just kept quiet as if he knew something.

"This means. Now all we have to do is go upstairs. Let's just gather evidence of Anne's captivity," Ruby said.

"What do you mean?" ask Thomas.

"Now Anne's not allowed to go out anymore even Poppy can't help. Because it was approaching the ritual and they were afraid Anne would troublemake so she kept Anne. I don't know how she escaped earlier, but she's asking us to go upstairs and photograph her being held captive" Ruby said.

"Oh well I understand. Does that mean we're working with Anne?" ask Thomas.

"Yes, that's right," replied Ruby.

"Who will go up?" ask Felix.

"Both of you, I'm on guard" replied Ruby.

Ruby hands over Poppy's room key to Felix. The two of them went to Poppy's room after dividing the task between who went upstairs and who stood guard below. Ruby did something else.

Thomas stood guard in front of Poppy's room. I don't know where the people went at that time, even Poppy was not in the usual place he was quietly relaxing. Thomas becomes alarmed for fear that all this has been planned and they get into a trap that has been made. However, Thomas quickly dispelled the negative thoughts that had arisen in his mind.

***

Ruby walked carefully so that no one would know of her whereabouts. Although occasionally he complained because his legs were bitten by red ants, he still tried to minimize the sound.

True what the woman said, the motel where she was staying at this time has been given strict guard. A few men in strange little clothes stood guard around the fallen tree. Maybe the tree was a boundary or a special sign that I don't know what it meant, so the tree never moved.

"Damn, I'm late to action. If only I hadn't been lazy to walk some distance I wouldn't have been stuck in this place. Now I have to how, this place is already heavily guarded," Ruby continued to talk to herself.

He walked down the river near there. Hiding from one tree to another. Thomas and Felix do not know that he is secretly leaving the motel. If he tells them that, Ruby is sure they won't let Ruby go alone.

Krekka..

Ruby stepped on a tree branch.

"Damn it!" his gerrick.

He rushed away from where he was standing at the moment and realized that the guards were walking towards him.

"Well, this is all I can do to save myself," Ruby walked closer to the edge of the river and drowned herself slowly.

***

"Honey," Felix walked into the room with a happy heart.

"We did it!" thomas also exclaimed with a happy expression.

Felix opens the door of the unlocked room and finds Ruby is not in the room. Even his phone and wallet are still in the room.

"Ruby, did you take a shower?" Thomas walked to the bathroom. He knocked on the bathroom door but there was no answer. And after he opened, Ruby wasn't there.

"Honey," Felix keeps looking for his girlfriend.

Feeling that Ruby was not in the room, they decided to look elsewhere for Ruby.

"Hi" said Poppy, who just got into the motel.

Felix and Thomas quickly changed their expressions to be cheerful.

"Oh, you Poppy" replied Thomas.

"Where are you going?" ask her.

"Fresh air. We want to talk to each other" Felix replied.

The two of them then went to the courtyard, sat there and talked to each other. Actually they want to find Ruby immediately, but for fear that Poppy is watching them, Thomas and Felix give each other a code to sit for a while.

"What made you decide to stay here?" Felix asked what had been going on in his heart.

"Because Ruby asked me for help, about the tree," Thomas replied.

"And it didn't work, did it? Why do you stay?"

"I want to take care of Ruby" she replied.

"You mean?" Felix doesn't understand.

"Indeed we've had nothing to do with it and already have a new partner,but somehow I felt like she needed me and it made me uncomfortable in my days and luckily Ruby told me and told me about the tree. And I think it's true that Ruby needs me here" she explained.

"I can take care of my lover" Felix was a little irritated.

"Just calm down, I didn't know for sure who was Ruby's lover. I guess the guy who's still in town with us but he's not, '" Thomas tried to calm down.

"My love is so much dislike of your lover" Felix said.

"Yes, they are different" he replied.

"You mean?" Felix was getting curious.

"When I was dating Ruby, she treated me really well. He is not selfish, never angry if I make a small mistake, he is very mature and understanding while my lover now, I am more relented. Now I feel what Ruby feels," Thomas began to tell me.

"Yes, that's how he is. A good man should get a worth no," seduced Felix.

"Indeed right. It makes me a little regret leaving him hahaha let alone his ability at.. Yeah, you see what I mean," Thomas was about to heat up Felix but Felix wasn't hooked.

"Indeed. He's very good at fooling around" Felix replied casually.

Seeing the relaxed Felix made Thomas curious and increasingly wanted to lure Felix.

"Take good care of him, otherwise I can take him back," Thomas chirped again.

"Take it, he's not that easy to move to another heart. Moreover, I treated her like a queen and vice versa. I know she's a loyal woman. After this I will also marry her," Felix smiled looking at Ruby's photo on the wallpaper of his phone.

Now that Thomas has given up on baiting Felix and has chosen to be quiet, he is indeed sorry to have left Ruby.

"Is it safe? We need to find Ruby" Thomas said.

They looked around but felt lonely. They also did not feel that someone was watching.

"We're leaving now" Felix asked.

The two of them went to approach the tree with strict guard.