Chapter 12

I am looking at Amelia with worry all over my face. "Oh no, Kali is going to see" is all I could say. I rushed out the door, running down the stairs as fast I could to reach the tv. In front of the flat screen, I see his picture with a headline of “Body found at Club Sensations is that of William Sanders”. "The victim, William Sanders, was originally from New York and was here in Aberdeen attending classes at Forest Hills College. He was only 21 years old." The news anchor explains. Tears fill my eyes as I think about my niece raising her child alone. Amelia walks up to me to put her arms around me to console me.

"Chloe, he was a bad guy. Kali is better off without him in her life," she tells me. "Still, he was the father of her child, and I took that away from her." I cry, falling to the floor, sobbing. Amelia brings herself down as well, holding me in her arms. "It's not your fault, Chloe,” she claims. Malachi walks down the stairs, and I look up at him. "Why did you kill him,