𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟏𝟔: 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐀 𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐀 𝐂𝐈𝐑𝐂𝐋𝐄

On the way back to Marwood, Mama, and Jena were all I could think about. I’m not sure if I could treat them like I used to now that I know of Papa’s crime. How could they keep this from me? I know I’m not of their blood but really? Jena saw the crime with her own eyes! Did she really keep it for the sake of the family’s image?

Tsk. If that’s her reason then she already failed. I received a text from Mr. Anderson earlier for additional information about Luis Farrado. Even though he was helping the son of his son’s killer was suspicious, I let him. I don’t have time to be choosy right now.

𝑴𝒓. 𝑨𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏:

𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑛, ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐻𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑛𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑘𝑒. 𝐽𝑒𝑛𝑎 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑢𝑡. 𝑂𝑟 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑠.

It would be fine if it were the demon that threatened the witnesses but it was Jena! The Jena I’ve known to be so fragile. She would even cry whenever an animal would die in a movie. How come those sinful words came out of ?!

Marwood’s home-like scent covered my nose but it came with a surprise I didn’t expect the most.

Here I am again, near the village gate just like my first day here. Babbles of residents fill the atmosphere for the second time. Like before, I made my way to the front, and there, déjà vu kissed me.

A body with that anonymous group’s symbol was marked on the dead body’s neck. It was a petite woman. Her face was covered with cloth and her arms were full of cuts—

“𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻! 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗯𝗼…” A resident wailed beside me. I don’t know why but I started to sweat when I heard chicken adobo.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺. 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘐𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘌𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?’

I moved to check the dead body’s face but a hand held my arm. I turned to look