Nowhere to Escape

n one night, and I was taken to the poli

ight of August 12th, bet

r a vulnerable woman, it was a

. Her gaze, filled with contempt, sugge

ogation room made my head spin. I lic

I finally answered ho

policewoman slammed th

You better adjus

ght forced me to squint at her, which

the Hussain family, from the old lady to the seven

e only s

two hours, and as the police's only le

enuinely didn't know wh

and let Linden Marrow handle it," suggested a young ma

us and follo

surveillan

axed and smiled

behavior with disgust, seemingl

denly entered, gently

respectfully, mak

r," the middle-aged man said, sip

and close

Have you ever thought about changing you

it that he made

, my throat sore a

s a good name," Nicho

orted angrily, glaring at Nicho

at you poorly?" Nicholas co

ack hole, drawing

ly? H

as laughing, my lungs began to ache and I

ntly that my inter

olas kindly had someone bring

fter I recovered from my coughing for

ression turned cold, his eye

d my earlier feigned dull

ed by the ghost

e Hussain family

d the case was their n

o visit my

ussain family had b

ied she couldn't speak coherently

brutally gouged out

d, cradling a baby whose nec

air-bound, was found with a look of te

ike a revenge

me, who could not be found, might have had the time to commit

ment showed that there were only traces of four dead people in the

her inexplicably began beating his famil

using to repair a table and hit my mother with i

d beat her. In her resistance, she picked up a knife and sla

n-law's tragic deaths, had a heart attack, and was tripped by

no signs of an outsider, as

olas believed that there were no

last two people on the Hussai

er seemed to have van

their son, Averie Huss

his parents had paid for him to

, Averie was sleeping on th

ed the situation and were about to come to look for h

a falling figure t

mpty music room on the fifth floor, smiling eeril

aps, but in a place like Juniper Hollow, n

ol, pressured by public opinion, suspended classes

ve the case was immense, and Aver

the sealed building out of thin air, bypassing all surve

ought it wa

How did you manage to appear at the scene?"

ce, and my words only fueled her fear and ang

s nothing I can do," I replied c

olicewoman w

eman might look down on a girl li

olice protection, or better yet, cracking unde

stories again and again. She was so scared but too p

Nicholas reprimanded ste

lated and drank a s

as supposedly cursed by ghosts," Nichola

host in order to make money." I looked at Nic

a man who wasted hi

th, he was forced to work on the border, e

hed human tra

e and penniless, unli

buy my mother from the traffic

h the money, shared a secre

y there to work and save money, and he got an

s made from a baby

mother after acquiring the golden ghost, a

became wealthy, transforming into the most pro

ng the old house into a modern building and even collabora

s, stopped calling him a layabout and inste

golden ghost possessed immense

r that once the golden ghost was e

sain family's descendants became bad. They had to do good deeds all the time a

he descendants, but also everyone in

every month, a livestock had to be sacrificed, and during the three s

hteen years old, a virgin bri

before the golden ghost was brought home

o find me increasingly displeasing, extending his

wn me at birth, but refrained due to the prohibit

too, letting me cry from hunger, as if

was Felix who

g to have found a way to have a son, and

calling out "mama" and "papa"

to the room where the golden ghost was enshrined

sorbed it immediately, becoming even more golden

nearly fainted from crying, but Felix was de

s born, they would use my blo

s I grew older, I dared not eat too muc

d killed them?" Nicholas' shar

ed to my side for encour

've seen their deaths. They can't be exp

ency for those who confess," N

I sighed, turning my head agai

as a good thing that Averie wa

old then, alread

verie, my naive heart

ost's avatar, blessed with fortune

had to feed the golden

ought my father a son, m

brother first, the fun toys were for him

at wasn't

ve me. It was he who saved me from the

leaving scars on my arm that ach

, I relied more o

le, treated me, his sister two

ut I was still willing to fo

erspective, what Averie d

ported chocolates my father bro

Averie, and he allowed me to p

my mother refrain from c

er than Averie, needing a

from June to October, my mother st

oor, only what Averie discarded and

about to start el

wanted Averie to attend a prestigious elementary

or a week, I lived

worked hard on housework and spent the rest of the time

ut me. They didn't speak a wor

emanded that I

tarted school, and after a few phone ca

tiful dress, and even though my mother rolled her

me class as Averie, going to schoo

y grateful

le officer taking notes beside me seemed to think I was

efraining from speaking further. I had been

risingly softened her expression and pul

unchtime here, and I'll make sure you get a lunch box t

't in good shape and su

wing the chocolate and swal

tinctively glanced

ng over there?" The policewoman followed m

sweat instantly

the table, but couldn't help sneaking glances from the corner of

ly me but also Makenna, who h

man just gave me a strang

couldn't se

s for a while, I still b

n ghosts, so you can't se

air. When he saw me loo

ook like a ghost, but more like a

at the corner of his left eye. Every time he smil

d I was always afraid the o

Makenna over

t displeased Felix, and he beat me up

I first encou

house. Fearing Felix might take his anger ou

are you defying me

ven there, grabbing my head and sl

, but I passed right through him, my

nearly fainted, with only one th

o he spat at me and storm

k into the house

r the first time in his life. The

ed the door without even glancing at

e house faded, leaving on

" Makenna s

, watching him move a few

ghost, be the on

I'm sorry," Makenna's fac

over, blood blu

blood, his fingers brushing ove

smile for me?" I asked, lookin

me, and he looked han

w on, whenever you call my n

e sound

protect you

a and

mething then, but

na did stay with m

he police station's meeting room, eating

h me, and no one el

ed a phone call, and his expression graduall

s out, leaving only one officer I h

telling me to stay put before locki

re a little longer," Makenna said

still liked to ruffle my hair, as i

with me?" I put down my for

body, but I wanted

he might le

ys be by your side," Makenna ge

d rubbed my face as if Make

Nicholas led a team to the

years, and their mansion, with its vintage ch

cholas looked at the police from

cond search focused on Jayne's movem

basement are unreasonable, suggesting there m

dalwood?" Nichola

hanged puzzled looks a

der onto a piece of paper, and lay down on

tic powder was sti

be quite large," Nicholas said, s