It was stuffy and the air was damp once we stepped into the secret door. We immediately realized that we came in without any planning as the first problem we had was that we were completely blinded in the darkness. Fortunately , I had brought my phone and used the flash light at the back to give us some sense of direction.

Within a few feet into the clock , the path turned right. It was a long corridor about 30 feet , running horizontally below the second level where the bedrooms were. With the light from my phone , we slowly crept along the wall and held each other hands tightly to ensure we didn’t get lost halfway.

The corridor seemed to have stretched as long as the resort and we decided it was too dangerous for 2 of us to continue without informing the rest. We signaled by hand signs and made our ways back to the staircase and the bright lights of the lobby. We pushed the clock to close and noticed that the knob turned back to its original position automatically.

We were clearly exhausted from all these excitement yet felt as fresh as the morning sunflowers. Inevitably , we both went back to the respective bedrooms and tried to sleep the night away. The morning came , not quickly enough for me , and I got out of my room for usual breakfast. And I found myself joining the rest on preparing the breakfast as the butler himself had disappeared yesterday.

It was a while before I realized Mrs Jamie was nowhere to be seen in the dining room. I thought perhaps , she was too tired to wake up from the adventure we had previous night. So I excused myself and brought a cup of coffee and some bread with cheese and sausages to her room. As I walked , I had the strangest feeling that someone was watching me but I brushed it off as my mind playing tricks on me.

I reached her room before the coffee lost its steam and knocked twice on the door.