Smiling faces.

Friends.

6 of us.

Noah was one of them.

We were laughing and enjoying our time together.

We came back to the hotel we were staying at for our vacation.

There in the reception, sat a lady maybe in her forties who looked at us and smiled.

That smile.

Crooked. Uninviting.

Something was off. I felt it.

I looked at my friends.

They were happy.

I shrugged out the doubt I had.

We got our room keys and made our way towards our rooms.

There on the top of the wooden arch was written-

"No hope is left. Abandon it."

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