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Chapter 22

Seeing their mother cry makes Bret and Willis want to cry, too. They've never seen her so sad in their lives, which makes them want to hug her tight.

Lenna: Thank you, guys. It means a lot to me.

Bret: Mom, what's happening?

Lenna: Well, I should've let you know before, but... I didn't have the courage to tell you...

She's sobbing while talking, which makes Willis cry too.

Bret: So what?

Lenna: You have a sister.

Willis: A what?

Lenna: Well... it's quite complicated to explain... I'll just say that she was taken away before you were born.

Bret: Can we see her?

Lenna doesn't expect Bret to understand and react so calmly. Any other kid would have an outburst, but that's not her middle son's case. The same can't be said about Willis, though, who's still crying and can't believe what his mother said.

Lenna: I'm afraid not, sorry. I don't know where she is. Your aunt, Kaitlin, said she could've died.

Bret: That witch said that, right?

Lenna: I don't believe her, don't worry. If she were actually dead, I would've been informed by everyone else, too.

Bret: You don't need to worry, Mom. Everything will be fine.

Even though he's only ten years old, Bret is incredibly empathic and knows how to relieve his parents and brother when things go downhill. As she sees him smiling, Lenna smiles back at him, before drying Willis's tears.

Lenna: Anyway, we're going to visit Aunts Bridgette and Preslea tomorrow.

Willis: Does it mean we'll meet Leigheanna, too?

Lenna: No, I don't think so. But, if you behave well, you'll have cookies!

The two kids esult and start jumping off the couch, laughing and screaming. That way, Lenna can feel a little more relieved and hope that the truth about her daughter comes out soon.

Meanwhile, Bridie is sitting in Alaria's car, looking around herself and noticing that the other passengers are slowly falling asleep. She's sitting between Lindsay, who has a huge bandage on her head, and Ainsleigh, who's holding her phone tight. Next to Alaria, there is Meara, whose face is covered in sweat.

Suddenly, her phone is ringing. She hopes it's either her parents asking her how she is or Leigheanna being eager to meet her again, but, again, she has to face the Devil.

Bridie: Huh. What the fuck does she want?

Alaria: Who is it?

Bridie: Don't make me say that name.

Alaria: Huh. I understood. We'd better not answer, anyway. She's going to hunt us, I think.

Bridie: I'm gonna block her number. That's it. If she wants to threaten me once again, then she can go and fuck off.

Bridie lets her phone ring but does not answer. As it stops ringing, she is half-tempted to switch it off, but decides against it, knowing that Leigheanna may call her one moment or another.

Naturally, Kaitlin didn't take Bridie's lack of answer very well. She's planning at first to call her again, but, suspecting she's likely to block her, she decides to prepare another plan. Knowing that Abbie is no longer willing to help her, she tries to resort on help from Neva, her youngest daughter, hoping to make her cave.

Kaitlin: Neva!

The girl is walking barefoot toward the living room, where her mother is. She's groaning and yawning, which is proof that she isn't very willing to listen to her. She stomps her feet and then lets herself drop on an armchair.

Kaitlin: Do you mind keeping up your posture?

Neva: Do you mind shutting up? I have a migraine!

Kaitlin: Listen, you brat, your migraine is none of my business! Shut up and listen to me, for once!

Neva groans once again. She's never liked her mother's bossy attitude or her tendency to be violent if she isn't paid attention to properly.

Kaitlin: Since Abigail is anything but willing to do what I asked her to do, it's you who has to do that.

Neva: What do I have to do?

Kaitlin: Shut the fuck up!

After being told off, Neva looks down, not wanting to cross her mother's deadly glare.

Kaitlin: Look at me when I'm talking to you!

Neva: Do I look like I'm your puppet? Can you stop being so overbearing for once?

Kaitlin has no hesitation and slaps her daughter's face. Neva's reaction, instead of being the usual tears, is shocking as she flips her mother off and then rushes back upstairs.

Neva: I'm off! You know what? Everybody knows that you hate children and married Dad just for money!

Kaitlin isn't going to let herself be insulted. She immediately stands up, approaches Neva, pointing her finger at her, and shots her a glare that could kill her instantly.

Kaitlin: Repeat what you've just said, if you have the guts!

Neva: I'm not your puppet, and you're not a loving mother! You married Dad and had kids with him just to claim part of his heirloom! The same happened when Grampy died. You never care about people! You care about yourself!

Kaitlin slaps her face once again, but Neva attempts to push her. This attempt, however, fails as the woman is strangling her with such a strength that Neva could choke there and then.

Neva: Leave... me...

Neva's attempts of defending herself fail as Kaitlin knocks on the floor, making the girl bonk her head. Then, the woman kicks her face and her legs, before leaving.

Unfortunately, her actions haven't gone unnoticed at all. It seems as a couple of kids who've been spying on her have caught her and are intentioned to call 911 not only to stop her, but also to save the poor Neva.

Nonetheless, Kaitlin also noticed that the kids are spying on her and, as she leaves the house, she threatens them, pointing a knife on them.

???: No... No... You can't do this!

????: Please, Mrs Harlan. Let us go.

Kaitlin, however, is anything but sympathetic and kicks the two kids hard, before hitting one of them with the handle of the knife.

???: Mrs Harlan... please... stop...

Kaitlin has no hesitation and shuts the kid up by covering his mouth with her hands, almost suffocating him. She knocks him on the pavement, before glaring menaciously at the other kid, who distracts her by kicking her left ankle.

The first kid, who's wearing a red cap and a blue T-shirt, takes advantage of her distraction and steals her phone. He takes his friend's hand and together they run away to a safer place in order to call 911. However, they must run fast as Kaitlin is chasing after them.

They hide behind some trash bins, confusing Kaitlin, who's struggling to find them. The boy with the red cap extracts the phone and calls 911.

Calling 911

??: 911, what can we do for you?

???: Well... well... we were playing soccer in our garden, when we heard some noises from Mrs Harlan's house.

??: Where do you live? What's your name?

???: Ahem... I... I...

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