章 81: Scars From The Past

|Innaya|

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"Cry, cry harder. No one is going to listen to you," the creepy voice of that disgusting man sounded from the distance.

His sadistic laughter echoed in the room. "Hahahaha." I whimpered curling myself in the fetal position. 

With a crash glass bottle of the alcohol shattered in pieces somewhere in the room.

I did not understand why the man who was supposed to protect me against everything had turned into a monster. The innocent mind of my eight-year-old self could not comprehend the enormous change in the man who was once loving and caring. I remembered him staying beside me for the whole night when I had fallen terribly ill. I was about four or five then, but I still remembered it.

"You deserve it. Because of you, I'm in this condition. You'll have to pay the price for it." The footsteps neared me. I shuddered with fright.