Chapter 36

The phone call connected.

“Mom, I’m back and I’m outside grandma’s house. Open the door!” Tara said anxiously.

“Tara, you’re back? Didn’t I tell you not to come back?”

Tara heard her mother’s voice from the phone, and she let out a sigh of relief in her heart. Even though she sounded exhausted, at least she was still alive.

Soon, the door was finally opened.

When Tara saw her mother, she could not control herself. She held her mother and started crying.

After they cried for a while, they went into the house.

When they saw that there was no one else in the house, Tara asked, “Mom, what happened? Where’s dad? Where’s grandpa and grandma? Where’s my sister?”

“Your uncle came and took your grandparents and sister away. Your father locked himself in the room and refused to come out. Tara, go talk to your father. He hasn’t eaten in two days. If this goes on, his body won’t be able to take it.”

After Tara entered the room and saw the man sitting there smoking, she could not relate th