The girl was gone from his window's frame as quickly as she appeared, hitting the ground below. Joseph was completely frozen.
"What did I just see? Why could I feel her feeling?"
He forced himself to look down through the window. The girl lay motionless on the ground. Blood was already spreading on the pavement. Her eyes were open, but she was still.
Other students rushed to the window, shouting and pointing. People on the ground floor ran toward the girl. The whole moment became chaotic and horrific.
They take the girl to the hospital. Many students come to see her, especially the students who know her. Joseph was also there to know what happened.
"What is the filing that came toward me when I saw her? Why could I feel her despair? Do I know her?"
A doctor emerged from the operating room, looking relieved but serious. "She was in danger, but now she is safe. Is there any teacher or someone I can talk with for her?"
One of the students quickly replied, "The teachers went to inform her parents."
The doctor's eyes scanned the crowd, clearly looking for someone mature or responsible. Suddenly, his gaze locked onto Joseph.
"Hey, you. You are Joseph Bennet, the brother of Dr. Johan Bennet, am I right?"
Joseph, surprised to be singled out, replied simply, "Yes!"
The doctor's demeanour instantly became confidential. "Come here, I have something to talk about with you for her."
Joseph went with him. As the two walked toward a room, the doctor slowed, a troubled look crossing his face.
The two are walking towards a room. Before the doctor opens the door, He has a question in his mind, "Does he know? I think Johan and Jeniffer take everything secret from him. But… No secret is as important as someone's life"
He turned to Joseph before opening the door. "Do you believe that there are three worlds that revolve around the sun?"
"Ah… I guess it was in our old curriculum," Joseph replied, confused.
"Did your brother or sister ever tell you about that?"
"No… never."
"I think I am right. But I have no option," the doctor said grimly, and opened the door.
Joseph saw a girl sitting on a wooden stool. She is crying, trembling, scared. She is Martha, Anni's closest friend. A nurse is nearby, giving her some medicines. The doctor asks the nurse to provide the note to Joseph. Joseph opened the note. It is Anni's suicide note.
Joseph opened the note. It was written in a hurry. It was not very clear, but still readable:
"My stepfather tortured me every day. When I tell this to my mother, he uses any type of dark magic energy and possesses my mother. Now he is doing everything with me. Her health is getting worse over time. But I don't know when I came to talk with her, she directly attacked me. In the past three days, I suddenly started sleeping anywhere, and my eyes had been closing automatically. When I wake up, I don't remember anything. But I found scars on my body. Everything around me becomes a mess. Yesterday I slept in the study room. When I woke up, I saw that my window was broken. A knife pierced my right hand and stuck in it. I was scared and screaming for so many times, but nobody came to help me. Something was trying to kill me. Martha, you are the only one whom I can believe. If I died,"
The last two sentences were soaked in tears, and the ink had spread, making the rest of the message incomprehensible.
"This is all she wrote before suicide." The doctor tells.
Joseph, ever the analyst, instinctively searches for a logical explanation. "Maybe she has multiple personality disorder or any other severe mental disease. I do not have as much expertise as my brother or sister, but I can tell that something like that can happen with her. I think she couldn't adapt to her new father. So, she takes that step."
"By the way, who is her father?" Joseph asks the doctor.
"The mayor of the city, Mr. Jones," the doctor replies.
"What?" Joseph is shocked by that.
"This man shows a kind face in public, but he has an evil inside. He uses his powers for both political and personal benefits," the doctor tells Joseph.
Joseph's face hardens with anger. "I don't know what happened to her, and this man is too powerful; he has so many supporters. If we say anything against him, it can be problematic. Please don't involve me in these political issues. It can harm my family." He turns sharply, moving quickly back toward the exit.
Suddenly, SNAP!
The nurse, standing beside the girl, makes a sharp finger snap. A dark ball of energy appears instantly in her hands, and she throws it with a practised ease toward the door handle. Joseph doesn't notice the action.
Another SNAP!
The doctor also made a blue ball in his hand and hovered it in the air.
Joseph reaches the door, pulls it open, and freezes. He is shocked and can't believe his eyes. Outside the door is no longer a hospital corridor, but space. A huge reddish-orange planet is directly in front of him.