Chapter 6

Joaquin was questioned about the details surrounding my disappearance.

He couldn't give any answers. During the time I was missing, he was too busy creating a wax figure for his beloved cousin, Giselle. He had it in his mind that I was just throwing a tantrum and purposely went missing to make him worry.

Needless to say, Joaquin never once considered the possibility that I might already be dead.

When he came out of the interrogation room, he seemed to be pensive. I knew he must have thought of someone—his former neighbor, Yannis Orwell.

Back in the day, Joaquin's family, Giselle's family, and Yannis all lived together in a public housing complex. Yannis was a wax sculptor who was quiet and lived a life of solitude. He lived in a small unit at the back of the complex.

Though all the kids were curious, none dared to venture into Yannis' yard alone because it was filled with eerie wax figures.

Giselle was the only one who dared to go in.

She discovered that her bravery earned he