17 I thought of visiting Wim in his room. He was brought to the mansion so that he could rest and to ensure his safety. The enemy can go to the hospital and kill him. I am thankful and that is what Wrum thought to do. His operation is over so he needs to rest for a few days first. I knocked on his door three times first, just to inform him I am about to enter his room. Maybe I’ll see something I shouldn’t have seen. I turned the doorknob of the door. Wim and Xander are inside talking and when they saw me, Xander said goodbye immediately. He wanted to give us privacy to talk. I examined his hand with the bandage and he also has dextrose. "Does your shoulder still hurt Wim?" I asked as I am referring to his shoulder. He was able to sit up in bed and leaned his shoulder slightly on the headboard. "Don't get up. Just lie down again to make your recovery easier." "Don't worry about me Silic. I'm okay. It's just a little rest and I'll be okay too." he said to me and remains to lie on the bed. "Maybe Wrum is looking for you now. You'd better find him first right now." I nodded at him as well. "Before I leave, I just wanted to say something and ask you," I said while looking behind me and at the door. I made sure no one was behind me. It's hard if someone can hear what I have to say to him. This is just part of my curiosity about the underground floor. I turned my gaze back to him. "What is it?" he questioned me. "Are you confessing to me right now that you are falling in love with me?" I saw his teasing smile on his lips. I immediately shook hands with him. "No. That's not what I'm going to tell you right now, Wim." I told him. "It's just about my curiosity here in the mansion." "Just joking. Don't think about it seriously." he laid comfortably and did it slowly. "What is it?" “I heard someone shouting on the underground floor,” I said. Sitting in the chair near his bed. "and I think it is not a ghost or something. It was truly a man's voice shouting in pain." "You mean you have been there?" he asked and I just nodded. "And I just want to know who's there. Do you know?" he looked at me as if thinking about what I told him. "I don't know Silic. I don't know if there's a person in there," he said. "And I'm sure there wasn't. This isn't a lie. There's nothing there." "Oh. Right. Is this the reason why Jeric and his companion are on death sentence?" he asked. "Xander just told me that. I feel sorry for Mark. He is a good person but they just do it. I am praying for his soul to rest in peace." I nodded. "Yeah." sparingly, I told him. "They almost did what they wanted to do to me. It's was a good thing they didn't go through with it. I don't know why, I just woke up with Wrum next to me." I said to him honestly. "Maybe Wrum saved you from them. I can't even touch you because he told me not to," he explained. "Anyway, I am about to rest at this moment and I guess, I can no longer answer all your Silic questions. You know, I need to rest." I nodded. "Okay. Thanks too and you answered my question" I tapped his shoulder. The shoulder that was not hit by the bullet. "Let us talk again later. Bye for now." I finally got up and left the room. I was hungry so I went down first to eat. Luckily, Wrum's other maid was also eating so I joined them as well. I am not a high-class person and I prefer to treat them all here as a family. I also thank them all for their courage and loyalty shown to Wrum. When I was full, I went back to my room. Still overthinking and staring at the ceiling. The shout inside the underground floor still bothering me. When I feel I'm a bit bored staying a the room, I go out again and look for something to do here. I help one of the maids watering the flowers. I insist to do it even though she has pushed me away and they do not want me to help them. I always tell them I'm just a captive and a slave so I just deserve to help. Then I just chatted with Wrum’s other guards. It's as if I won't be awkward with them and it's as if Jeric won't do it again. Speaking of Jeric, I'm late for the news. I just found out that Wrum had killed Jeric and his one companion. My inside me rejoice because the idiots are now dead, but I still feel conscience were the fact that I am the main reason why they died. I mean, they can settle this in court. Damn, they don't think about it. They have their laws to follow. Wrum approached me and said if I am happy because of what he did. I did not reply because I do not know if I am really happy because of what he did. "You are just nothing to me damn it," he stated and I don't know what he is trying to tell me. "I didn't order you to kill them. Besides, from what you said, you just enslaved me. You should have just let them do that." I said. "You don't have a pack of my own either." I sighed after I told him that. He stared at me too because of what I told him. I didn't say anything bad to him and don’t know if I’m right to say that what he shows me is ‘sweet’. God. No. That's not sweet. It will never be sweet. "I don't want to be rude here in the mansion," he stated. I stared at him thinking he should be getting out of the mansion because he is sort of 'rude'. Just like some of his people, except the good ones like Xander, Wim, and the maids. "No one should scold you here in my mansion, even my father. If he doesn't want me to be angry with him, then, he should respect you as mine." I was just humbled by what he said. That is not a good idea. I'm not something for him to claim. I am a human who wants peace and love. “I am not yours, if you only knew Wrum,” I clarified. "Stop pretending to do everything for me. Everything just gets 'worst' because of you. That's the fact."