Forty nine: Attack

(Trigger warnings: Violent scene ahead. Read at your own risk.)

Trisha

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I couldn't stop gaping. The fear that gripped me was so much that I could literally pass out in a short while. How did it happen? How did she get to see me? How?

"Ma." I called for a second time, my voice as shaky as an amoeba. 

She walked slowly to me, obviously shocked and bewildered. Standing in my front, she stared at me and didn't take any action. All I read from her face was sadness and brokenness, but I cared less about that. The fact that she caught me was the only thing that bothered me. 

As I had expected, she raised her hand, and hit it hard against my cheek. "You heartless woman!" Her voice echoed in the long hallway. "How can you do this? Why would you even think of doing such a thing? Why?"

Holding my burning cheek, I