Eileen gave a thorough check.
Seeing that those people were no longer scared, she felt relieved.
She walked up to the female Wraith Ruler.
Now she, without makeup modification, the once impressive ghostly image was gone.
Eileen turned to look aside again.
All the staff had removed their ghastly makeup, looking much more comfortable.
However, Phyllis, Jaqueline, and Hedy didn't have ghost makeup to begin with. After they removed their makeup, they were all bare-faced.
Phyllis and Jaqueline were trying their best to squeeze into the crowd, hoping not to be caught on camera.
Actually, it was so dim that you couldn't see anything clearly.
Eileen ignored them, waved her hand, and said, "Let's go, we're heading back."
Then she led them like a mother duck with her ducklings, back to the first floor.
The Resident Advisor's office.
Jarvis and Simon found new clues!
They found the Resident Advisor's diary.
The Resident Advisor didn't write in it every day. It was a thick hardcover notebook, but only a third of it was written on.
Or maybe it wasn't really a diary, but more like a surveillance log.
She flipped to the first page, which recorded a day in September three years ago.
-[September 1st, sunny. It's the first day of school. Room 444 is occupied. This room has been vacant, but with too many new students this year, they had to clear out the room. I hope nothing happens like before.]
Flipping to the next page.
-[September 18th, cloudy. Tessie gave me a jar of mixed vegetable canned food made by her mom, as a thank you for unlocking the door for her the other night. Lately, she and the other people in room 444 seem to be not getting along well?]
-[September 30th, cloudy. Tessie came back late again last night, but it wasn't raining outside, so why was she soaked when she got back? Could it be that she also...]
"She also what?"
Suddenly, a woman's voice came from behind!
Jarvis and Simon both turned around!
Simon was startled!
When he saw Eileen, he breathed a sigh of relief, clutching his chest and saying, "Ms. Lopez, you scared the hell out of me!"
Eileen took the diary and opened the page. "You get scared to death so easily?" she said casually. Simon shone his flashlight outside and saw that the "ghosts" were still following her in the corridor. He shone the flashlight back, complaining to Eileen, "Why didn't you tell us you were back?"
Eileen looked at them, helplessly saying, "I did tell you guys. You just didn't hear me. You just don't care about me!"
Simon was stunned, about to explain.
But Jarvis joked, "No way, as both of your dad, I'll always love you."
Eileen and Simon were both speechless.
Eileen swung at Jarvis, "Who asked you to play my dad?"
Jarvis quickly raised his hands, laughing and begging for mercy, "It was just a joke."
With that, Jarvis looked back at Simon.
Simon showed no reaction, just reading the diary.
Jarvis was surprised.
After a while, he couldn't help but laugh.
Didn’t Simon notice it?
Then Eileen, focusing on the diary, asked, "Who's Tessie?"
Simon replied, "Not sure, keep reading."
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