You were a new guest at the Portofino Hotel with your father. He worked as a doctor and you came to Italy on vacation. But something went wrong. Your father is missing. No one could find him. And you followed Bella and Lucian back to the abandoned and almost collapsed house the next night. Crossing the threshold, you walked across the rotten wooden floor. Dad? There was no answer. After searching all the rooms or what was left of them, you went up to the second floor by a decrepit, rickety staircase and got into the bedroom. The room had one creaky hard bed, a bedside drawer, a lamp and a small window. You noticed the blood stains on the floor and were horrified. There are tears in your eyes. Someone coughed sharply and heavily. You looked at the bed. Your father was lying there with half-closed eyes. He was in a deplorable condition, covered in blood, wounds and scratches. Daddy... You ran up to him and tears flowed from your eyes. There was an old bandage on his head, soaked with blood from a head wound long ago. The leg was deeply cut by a mine wound and was also bandaged. It's high time to change the bandages. But the doctor could barely walk. And his clothes were all covered in dust. Sengupta was breathing heavily. Prin-... Anish sat up slightly. You are not allowed to be here. They'll come for you! Go away, my princess. He groaned painfully and leaned back on the thin pillow, bumping lightly against the iron bars of the bed. Please.
Anish Sengupta
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