IV

It's been three days since Katherine revealed her plan to her fellow contestants. Every midnight, she attempted to call the police station or tried to call one of her fellow police officers through the walkie-talkie, but it couldn't be reached. It was her fourth attempt, but this time, Jonathan saw her doing it in the kitchen.

"What's up, lady detective? Still, no one responded. " Jonathan asked as he grabbed a glass of water and filled it up with water.

"No, maybe because it was midnight or the signal in this studio was too weak." I think I should try to contact them in another place, but that was too risky. " Katherine responded as she tried to contact the police station for the third time but still could not be reached. "I tried in the bathroom, bedroom, and living room but still no signal."

There was an awkward silence between Katherine and Jonathan.

"Jonathan, why did you join the reality show?" Katherine finally asked to avoid the awkward sensation that filled the entire kitchen area.

"Well, because of the price." I mean, it's thirty million dollars, so it's a big deal for me. Except for the elimination method, I thought it was a simple joke so that no one would ever join in this show. " Jonathan replies as he drinks his glass of water. He immediately put the glass in the sink and sat next to her. "Let me ask you the same question, lady detective. Why did you join in the show even though the elimination method was too weird? "

"Because of my father. He's currently in the hospital, suffering from stage four lung cancer, stage four. " Katherine responded.

"Oh, I guess you are the only person who is still alive in your family," Jonathan said.

"No, I have my mother and my other twin sister. My parents got divorced back then and my father picked me up, so only my twin sister, Kathy, was able to take care of her mother. I managed to sneak to their house and get her contact number back when I was in college, but my reunion with my mother was not as good as you think.

Flashback

"See you later." Katherine waves goodbye to her classmate. She is currently a senior at college and took a course titled "Bachelor of Art in Criminology." She decided to study outside the Crite State Area. Fortunately, her dorm was located near where her mother lived.

She dashed home and saw her twin sister, Kathy, walk to her bike and drive away. She quickly took the opportunity to visit her mother. As soon as she entered her bedroom, she saw her mother smoking and drinking her wine in the bedroom.

"Mom?" Katherine said as she slowly walked to her mother, tears started.

"What's wrong?" Did you accidentally hit someone's car again? " Her mother said as she took a sip of wine from her wine glass. Out of nowhere, she immediately gave her business card to me. "Tell that person to contact me instead."

"But mom-" Before she continued, a man came out of the bathroom, who was completely naked except that he was wearing a condom from his private area.

"Now get out of my room, sweetie." Her mother said as Katherine immediately left the room.

As soon as she reached her dorm, she suddenly burst into tears. She suddenly remembers why her father filed a divorce paper and that he was completely right about his decision.

'Remember, the reason why I filed the divorce papers for your mother is that she's cheating on me. I caught her and she told me that I wasn't manly enough for her.'

Flashback concludes

"A month before I decided to join, someone called me from my phone. He said that my father was in the hospital, so I quickly rushed there. He's still comatose as we speak. Katherine said as she tried her best to hold back her tears. "Not only that, the hospital bills were actually higher than I had thought." So maybe this is the only way to finally pay the bills, even though it may have caused the death of the other contestant. "

But maybe there's another way. We just need to think it through, but once we manage to get out of this studio, I will help you, okay? Just don't be sad. I can see you are about to cry right now. Now cry." "Jonathan said," and without hesitation, Katherine cried in front of him. Abruptly, Jonathan hugged Katherine and patted her back.

OOO

"This is the police department. How can I help you?" Finally, after the third attempt at calling the police department, Katherine managed to get in contact with it.

"Sir! Sir, I need your help! We are currently trapped in the studio, and there will be only two more nights before the second challenge begins. If we don't escape, we will all die. " Katherine, without any hesitation, explained her situation as fast as she could. "Please sir, help us."

"Wait, Katherine, is that you? Where the fuck have you been? " One of her workers responded from her cellular phone. "I didn't know you were out of town."

"Out of town?" She suddenly remembers that she left a work absence form before she joined the show. "Out of town?" Well, forget about it. It was a trap and we were slowly killing one by one every week until there was only one left. "

"We were slowly killing one by one every week until there was only one left. " Her coworkers started mocking her. "Dude, are you fucking high? Did you smoke weed or use fucking drugs? "

"This is a serious situation and there is no time to mock me, okay?" Katherine slowly raises her voice, hoping she might convince him to start a search and rescue for them. "We're in the fucking show, man, and I know you know because the host told us he aired it on television."

"Look, stop lying. There's no fucking show about killing one by one. Now stop calling and enjoy your fucking holiday. "

Before she could speak, he hung up his phone, leaving Katherine staring at the wall, completely shocked.