Chapter 2

Why only 3 body bags?? The men started to question while they pretend to grief over the lost of their wives. And after questioning the fire brigade, they realise that it was Julia that was missing. Vince 'grief' even louder and fired his anger at the firemen who are sure they didn't find anyone else.

Julia began to retreat into the darkness, she knows that the police would soon begin to search the vicinity looking for her. She fled, running as fast as her legs could carry her and began her hiding.

Morning came. The old wooden house was reduce to a heap of ashes. The lives of 3 women gone up in smoke like the rest of the house. The fire brigade left the scene with their work completed. The police left to gather more aid for the search of Julia leaving behind 3 men satisfied that their mission was complete and gone off without a hitch and 1 man angry at the disappearance of his wife but even more bewildered about where she could be.

Fast forward 3 months. After an extensive investigation, the police found no traces of foul play on the death of 3 women from the burning countryside house. The husbands of the 3 women have gotten the money they have claimed from the death of their wives. They have been 'moaning' for the past 3 months and overnight, they are millionaires with a new lady in their arms. Vince still had nothing. Although he pleaded with the police not to stop their search for Julia, the police stopped their search after 1 week. Vince also tried to put in a claim for his wife's insurance but to no avail. A person has to be missing for a period of 7 years before they can be declared legally dead and life insurance can be claimed. Vince was furious. He was losing his job because he is unable to perform. His relationship with the mistress is rocky. Anne is complaining about the lack of money to furnish her lavish lifestyle. The lack of gifts from Vince. Even the sex has lost all its groove.

Backtrack 3 months, Julia was running, dodging all the light she can see and keeping herself very low. Finally, she hid along an embankment of a lake she stumbled across. Shivering. Praying that no one will find her. No one did.