Chapter 21

“Harold, no!” Editha rushed to where her granddaughter is. She tried to remove the grasp her husband had on Amilia.

“No! No, please. She’s your granddaughter. No.” She pleaded.

Harold swings his arms that were holding Amilia’s neck so both women get thrown to the side. Editha’s back bumped at the wall. She winced in pain and when she had recovered, she went to where Amilia was. She gathered the poor child in her arms and hugged her.

“Amilia, wake up. Wake up, dear?”

Harold grabbed a fistful of Editha’s hair forcefully and made her look at him. He was amused. It was the first time that he saw the woman with such hatred and, did he just see disgust? Harold smiled. But that didn’t affect Editha’s determination. This was making Harold thrilled so much that he wanted to laugh out loud. She released Editha and stood. Dusting his pants, he looks at the woman.

“You are very lucky tonight. I’m amused, Editha. Why don’t you entertain me more?” With that, he left.

Editha watched the man dis