Chapter 35

Rita

The door was opened by Mr. Zanders and he was shocked to the core at the sight of the bodies in the room.

And it had taken a lot of luck not to get burnt in the room as he lit a match and threw it into the room, while he made his escape, I watched the body of my parent be burnt in the pyre he set ablaze.

Grandma had brought me up after we escaped Germany and absconded to Italy, the years had passed by and her health was deteriorating, I naturally had to step up and be the breadwinner of the family until Mr Todd settled everything for me.

And when he had tried to get close to Esme, it was only a matter of time before I killed him myself, I decided until I wasn't able to take it anymore, the sound of his screams sounded nothing to the way my parents had begged him to believe them.

Years had passed and he must have done so much evil that he couldn't recognize me, but I could, the scar of the cut I'd given him was still there and so was the scar of the knife that plunged into my skin