9 - The warning

"Silence!" They were suddenly interrupted by the harsh voice of mother Felicia, the Abbess, from above. She was actually referring to all the nuns.

Dead silence immediately engulfed the hall as Mother Felicia with Gladys standing right behind her, appeared on one of the small balconies above overlooking the dining room. She placed her chubby hands on the concrete banister and stared down at the women with solemn eyes. "I am sorry to announce that we have just lost four of our sisters! Sister Ann, Sister Megan, Sister Louis and Sister Pat." She announced, her voice devoid of any feeling of sympathy nor grief.

At the far end of the dining room, a single sob could be heard from one of the sisters who must have been close to one of the dead sisters, but Mother Felicia who paused to tame her with a scornful gaze, continued indifferently after the sister had comported herself. "They were caught trying to flee the Abbey last night..." She smiled sinisterly. "...and as the lor