Chapter 69:

“Asshole.” Emma stabbed the needle into the hole, then another, and another and now her throat hurt.

Her younger sister walked into the living room with only a night robe on, she flicked on the globe and let out a yell when she saw Emma.

“Goodness!” She flinched back in surprise, her heart still beating from the shock. “Why are you here?”

She stared up at her younger sister, her eyes dried with tears, goodness, she had rushed here last night, and thank goodness that her parents weren’t here, she had jostled the keys into the hole and crawled into the lonely sheets, the only thing she could do was cry herself to sleep.

“Do you really stay here all by yourself?” Emma stared at her sister with narrowed eyes. She didn’t know why, but it didn’t feel safe for a fifteen year old in a huge mansion all by herself without any adult supervision.

“The housekeeper and the butler are here to keep me company.” Her sister appeared from the kitchen with two mugs of coffee, handing her one, her sister