"We used to be colleagues, and we got along pretty well. Although she was younger than , we had great conversations, and we would occasionally et up together.
Ever since my husband... left.
She had been helping to co out of my grief, inviting for als and keeping company. She was a good person," Laura sighed.
"What was her full na?"
"Nicole Cecil."
"Can you describe what happened that night?"
Laura fell into her mories, "That day, I was feeling a bit down and wanted to go out for a drink.
So I asked her to co to Dracula Bar with .
It's a vampire-thed bar, quite interesting.
We started off having a good ti, drinking a little, chatting, and dancing.
Later on, her phone rang, and it was a bit noisy in the bar, so she went outside.
I waited for a while, then received a ssage from her saying sothing ca up and she had to leave first.
After that, I never saw her again."
Jaden asked, "Laura, may I see the ssage she sent? Of course you can refuse, it's not compulsory."
"OK, you're my friend, there's nothing I can't show you." Laura took out her phone, opened the ssaging app, "This is the ssage Nicole sent."
Jaden took a look, and it was just a sentence, 'Laura, I have sothing urgent to deal with, let's hang out another day.'
Jaden handed the phone to Luke, who took a glance and then returned it to Laura, asking, "How did you go to Dracula Bar?"
"We took a taxi."
"What ti did you go to the bar?"
"Around eight in the evening."
"What ti did Nicole leave? What ti did you leave?"
"Nicole left around 9:20, and I left around 10:30."
"During that ti, did you see anyone suspicious?"
"Uh... you know, it's a vampire-thed bar, with many people in strange costus, but their nature isn't bad.
So people did co up to talk, and soone bought a drink, but I didn't notice anyone suspicious."
"Do you know who called Nicole?"
"No idea."
"What's her phone number?"
"626 826 3173"
Luke noted it down in his notebook and continued asking, "To your knowledge, did Nicole have any health issues, like ntal or heart diseases?"
"Not that I know of."
"What about her courage?"
"What do you an? I don't quite understand your question."
"Was she a brave person?"
"Fairly brave. What does this have to do with her death?"
"It does relate sowhat," Luke vaguely replied, "Did she like vampire culture?"
"Ah... well, not particularly fond, but I think she didn't hate it."
Luke countered, "So, it was actually you who wanted to go to the vampire bar, and she was just accompanying you."
"Yes," Laura nodded and pointed to herself, "What do you an by that? Do you think I'm responsible for Nicole's death?"
"nono." Jaden interrupted them, "He didn't an that, it's just routine questioning."
But Laura seed to have taken it to heart, clutching her hair, "Oh my gosh... if I hadn't asked her to the bar that day, she wouldn't have died.
I really didn't expect this, I just wanted to unwind a bit.
To share a good bar with her, it had a great vampire culture, I thought she would like it...
I had no idea sothing like this would happen."
Jaden comforted, "I know, it's not your fault, it was just an accident, you shouldn't bla yourself too much.
Also, when did you start being fascinated by vampire culture?"
Laura sighed lightly, "Since my husband died, I've been missing him a lot, thinking how nice it would be if he were still here, if people could never die or could co back to life.
When I go into that bar, a sense of hope would kindle inside .
I so wish... he could co back to life.
Vampires can, they are ancient and powerful creatures, they possess eternal life.
They can grant mortals this ability through what's called the 'Initial Embrace'.
Such a miraculous power, such a desirable power..."
Laura's tears welled up in her eyes and she began sobbing softly.
Seeing her like this made Jaden feel very sad and worried, "Laura, you need to pull yourself together, your husband has died, he's not coming back.
But you still have Jaden, even for Jaden's sake you need to face reality and beco strong.
Understand?"
"I know, but I really miss him. Jaden does too, I often hear Jaden sobbing quietly in his room, missing his father just like I do."
Jaden kept persuading, "Laura, you must pull yourself together, only then can Jaden beco strong.
You need to set a good example for Jaden, let him understand his father is gone and not coming back.
anwhile, his father is watching over him from heaven.
Living well and striving is what his father would wish to see most.
If you can't move on yourself, Jaden will struggle even more.
He is still a child, and it would negatively impact him."
Laura nodded silently, it was uncertain whether she took it to heart.
Luke wasn't particularly concerned about Laura's personal matters, nor did he think he had the right to be soone else's spiritual guide, "Did Nicole have anything with her that night?"
"A black backpack, it had so of her commonly used items."
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