But my brother just laughed.
“When you played your tricks, you should have expected this day would come!”
“Have fun with her, I will reward whoever kills
her!”
My second brother turned back and placed
some knifes on my hands and feet, and I
screamed loudly.
“Bitch, what tricks can you play now!”
I collapsed on the ground, sad and miserable, I
let them do whatever they wanted.
I still remember when Lisa just moved in with
- us.
My brothers swore I would always be their only
sister, and I believed it.
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The banging at the door snapped me back, and
I took a deep breath and calmed myself down.
Aunt Carol was old, and after all the chaos, she
was panting.
I took the chance and bit her hand hard,
breaking free quickly and running to the
bedroom.
I locked the door as fast as I could, and left her
screaming.
I was weak and exhausted, so I leaned against
the door.
I felt hope again.
This was the first step, this time I will live!
But all of a sudden, I heard the keys.
Aunt Carol has the bedroom keys!
The dock
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and a.
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The door opened, she slapped me, and dragged
me outside.
Just then, the phone next to my foot was
ringing. I looked up, the caller ID was my first
brother!
The phone was vibrating hard, and almost fell
on the floor.
If my brother called, that means the play had
ended, and I might be saved!
Suddenly, I found the strength and kicked Aunt
Carol.
As the phone fell, I caught it, and answered it.
“Lisa has finished performing, we are hosting a
celebratory banquet for her, will you come or
not?”
Aunt Carol stole the phone, and covered my
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“She won’t be coming, I have already cooked
for her, we are eating.”
“So you are with Aunt, that’s great.”
“I knew it, Lisa asked for her, enjoy your
dinner.”
I was nervous, and could only make noise, and
my brother didn’t notice.
He was about to hang up.
“Bam!” The drunk was knocking on the door.
The sound was loud because it was right next
to the door.
My brother was alert. “What’s that sound?”
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Chapter 2
Carol’s Gambit and the Sheriff Arrives: A Web
of Lies Unravels
Carol, bless her heart, kept trying to cover.
“Oh, that was just me tripping! Bumped into the
door. Nothing to worry about. Lisa will be
starving soon, why don’t you two go on ahead?”
Even as she was talking, the door started
shaking with the force of his blows.
“Aunt Carol, are you lying to me?”
David’s voice cut through the tension, cold and
sharp. It wasn’t a question, more like an
accusation.
“People don’t fall that often.”
Carol stammered, caught in her own web. She
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panicked and grabbed the phone.
“You all hack into Liu Wen’s security camera
outside her door, and tell me what you see,” Mark ordered. “Now, just do it already.”
His voice boomed through the room, putting us
all on edge.
Carol’s face went white as a ghost, and she
sank to the floor.
I let out a breath I didn’t realize I was holding.
Finally, I was going to be saved.
But before I could even relax, my eyes widened
in horror.
Somehow, Carol had crawled over to the door
and grabbed the handle. Her face was like
something out of a horror movie.
“The camera can’t see inside. I can’t let them
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find the evidence! I’ll let the drunk in, blame him
for everything.”
Her eyes locked on mine, filled with pure crazy.
“That way, I get away clean, and maybe I can finally get rid of you, you little bitch!”
With me out of the way, Carol yanked open the door and darted into the bathroom, slamming
the door behind her and locking it.
The drunk finally had his chance.
The moment he saw me, his eyes lit up, and he
grinned, all sleaze.
“Well, hello there!”
He lunged at me, but I grabbed anything I could
find lamps, vases
—
and started throwing it.
He wasn’t in any hurry. Enjoying the show way
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too much.
One of the lamps hit him square in the
forehead. He touched his head in disbelief,
looking at his bloody fingers.
“Bitch! You’re gonna pay for that!”
“Your aunt gave me a lot of money and sold
you off to me. You didn’t think I would come
here so openly for no reason?
“I have been watching you for a long time, and
know everything about you. You have no
parents, just your brothers, and they don’t care
about you. Your family are bad people, why
don’t you just be with me? I promise to take
care of you!”
Reasoning with this nutjob was pointless. While
he was rambling, I bolted into the spare
bedroom and locked the door.
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He started rattling the handle, then started
beating on the door, then I watched in horror as
he grabbed an axe.
