"YOU BITCH! Where did you hide the money? I'M SURE YOU STILL HAVE MORE!! This- This is not enough... I want more...WHERE THE HELL DID YOU HIDE THE MONEY!"

"I got nothing more! You already take all the money, even your child's school money! If you want more then find work for your stupid drug!"

The skinny man goes rampage and searches the whole room for money.He makes a mess in the dark tiny room that mom just cleans. He threw out the clean folded clothes from the old wardrobe and broke the window when he found nothing to let out his frustration.

"USELESS! YOU'RE SO USELESS!"

"The useless person here is you! All you know is sleep and buy drugs! Have you ever cared about your child's needs? How is your child's health? ...I regret my whole life for marrying you, James."

Out of anger, he threw the glass at mom. Mom avoided the glass but then the man grabbed her arms and started to hit her brutally. Mom is not weak, so she started to push the man to the wall and try to slam the man's head. The man protects his head using her hand.

I watched this from my room. From the door gap, I saw everything clearly. How they fight and shouting. How the man choked my mom's neck. The way my mom grabbed his hair and pulled it hard.

I also saw him when he stabbed my mom's tummy with the shattered piece of a glass. He stabbed multiple times until my mom completely collapsed and was unable to fight back.

I saw everything that happened that evening.

The memory is still fresh in my mind. The smell of the blood. The man's expression when he kills my mom. The creepy face he wore when he found out I was watching him.

Instead of killing me, he ran away. Leaving me and my mom. I hesitantly came out of my room and walked closer to my mom. She's still breathing, but she won't last long. She lost too much blood.

My mom saw me and reached for my hand slowly and held them tightly. I could feel her warmth fading away and her hands shaking.

"Red... Mom's so sorry, mom couldn't give you a luxurious life..." My mom started crying.

"No, mom... It's okay. I get it." I console her.

"Run away from this house... Don't let your father find you... Live a happy life, daughter..."

I nodded. I could only nod.

She smiles as she closes her eyes and the last drop of tears runs down from her eyes.

"Good girl... I love you, Red..."

Her hands lost it strength and dropped. I can no longer hear her heartbeat that I used to hear before I go to sleep.

I hugged her. She's right here but I already miss her.

"I love you too mom... I love you so much." I sobbed.

That night, I had to sleep alone.

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After my mom's death, I dropped out from school but I still haven't left the house yet. I don't have enough money for renting a new house. I'm lucky there's a married couple who let me work with them. This way, I can slowly save money for a new house.I also began to get comfortable sleeping alone.

But on the day I received my payment for the job, the man appeared again in my house.

He was waiting for me.

He smiled so widely when he saw me home. They bring shivers through my body.

"Loretta my daughter, I miss you so much."

It disgusted me. Make me wanna puke.

"Can you lend me some money, my dear? I know we just met after a while but dad really needs money now..."

The man walked closer to me. His hand is reaching for my bag. He wanted to snatch away my money that I worked for like he has done to my mom.

"Sure, I'll lend some money to you." I said calmly to stop him from forcefully taking the bag.

I opened my bag and he retrieved his hand. I took out all my money with a hidden knife and shoved it all to him.

With my hand, I made sure I pushed all the money on him. I made sure the knife entered him deeply. He seems shocked.

I twisted the knife and pulled them out and started to stab him again. He began to scream and push me away, but he was too weak. Maybe because he hasn't got any drugs yet. So it's easy to overpower him even with my small body.

I continued stabbing him until he died. I killed him the way he killed my mom.

The blood is everywhere. I created the same scene from that day and the smell is so strong I end up puking.

I'm glad they're no people coming. I think it's because mom and that man were always fighting and screaming so people wouldn't even care about it anymore.

I am so tired of cleaning up, so I think I should just let myself be captured then it would be easier. I already get my revenge anyway. There's nothing more to do. I can die peacefully now.

That's what I think until I saw an ugly shadow figure licking up every drop of blood and eating the man's bone and meat until it was clean.

Her tongue and hair are long. Her teeth and nails are sharp and dirty. Her appearance seems like someone that I know though she is uglier. I think she is a ghost.

"I...help...you... Red, ...my.. daughter..."

...I think it was my mom's ghost....

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