SWNOVELS Chapter 57
Chapter 57 The Consequences Of Being A Third Wheel
Elizabeth shrieked, “Are your friends’ ghosts, Matthew?”
Matthew was waiting for her to open the door when he suddenly heard her scream. He
turned around and glanced at her.
“Only your friends are ghosts,” he retorted.
Elizabeth’s legs became weak. She pointed at the back seat while trembling.
“B-But, they’re gone. There’s no one outside either,” she stammered.
Matthew looked to where she was pointing and outside. Indeed, the duo had disappeared.
He tried to push open the door, but she was standing in the way.
“Open the door,” he ordered.
With shaky hands, Elizabeth did as told. “Are they really human?” she asked in a trembling
voice.
She had never experienced anything like this before. They were clearly in the car just a split
second ago. How did they suddenly vanish into thin air? If they’re not ghosts, then what are they?
Monsters?
Matthew got out of the car and glanced at the interior. He then rounded the vehicle to make
sure that those two rascals were not hiding around somewhere.
With slightly furrowed brows, he inspected the spot where the backseat door led. Right as he
was about to turn around, he felt something amiss.
Although it was not well-lit here, there was no way it would be completely dark.
Matthew took out his phone and turned on the flashlight, discovering a manhole without its
Cover.
Noticing that too, Elizabeth asked, “What’s going on? This is so dangerous.”
The man’s lips pulled into a cold smile. This woman picked the perfect spot to park the car.
“Elizabeth, move the car forward a little,” he instructed.
Upon hearing that, she quickly got into the vehicle and moved it. When she got out of the
car again, she saw Leonard climbing out of the manhole.
However, as he was soaked in sewage water from head to toe, he smelled incredibly bad.
Elizabeth had only taken a step closer when she instantly gagged.
The smell was too intense, and she could not control herself from dry retching.
Leonard shook the sweat off his head and smiled sheepishly.
“Wow, Matt. Your girlfriend sure knows the best place to stop the car. It stinks to the core
down there. It’s probably filled with poop. Kev has already passed out from the smell,” he said.
Nicolas was a doctor who had severe germaphobia. It would be weird if he did not faint after
dropping into a pile of poop.
Matthew had asked for a rope from the gatekeeper. Some security guards came over to help
as well. They slid down the rope and tied the end of it to Nicolas before slowly pulling him up.
When Nicolas was laid flat on the road, Elizabeth saw that his face was filled with
excrements.
Her eyes widened in shock. Thank God it wasn’t me who dropped into it.
If she were the one who ended up falling into the manhole, she would have likely fainted as
well.
Elizabeth hid behind Matthew. “Is he all right, Matthew? It wasn’t intentional, I promise,” she
pleaded while shaking her head, her expression mortified.
It was likely her first time experiencing something like this. She had always been timid, so it
was natural for her to be scared.
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Matthew pulled her into his embrace and gently patted her back.
“Don’t worry. He’ll wake up soon. I’ll get someone to send you home.”
At this moment, Matthew’s driver came out of the mansion. With an arm around Elizabeth’s
shoulder, Matthew escorted her into the car
“Go home. There’s no need to worry about them. They’re as fit as a bull. Nothing will
happen to them,” he comforted her.
Elizabeth was too frightened to drive anymore.
Whatever she had experienced tonight had induced enough fear to last her for years. She vowed to double check the area before allowing her kids to get out of the car in the future.
If the three of them ever fell into a manhole, they would definitely drown. It would be hard to
find their bodies then.
Meanwhile, Matthew bent down to examine Nicolas’s nostrils. There was no poop stuck in
there, which meant the man wouldn’t suffocate.
All of a sudden, Nicolas sprung up with wide eyes. “Matt, being your third wheel nearly cost
my life!” he exclaimed.