The devil at the top

metime near dawn. The cold air from the windows outside seeped into her bones. Her arms

night that she was surprised at the attention she wa

the room had not been used in a long time,while she was studying h

e. Appalled at herself,she stalked back into the room ,she had to focus o

ht ma'am"

r to form a prayer stance which

r " I'm working from home tomorrow so we'll meet a

m herself by counting from one to ten continuously as her father had taught her. One

knock but it didn't come as she expected rather it

", the person said ang

said to herself,as she

open and was faced with the

ited for Jessica to speak fir

me right into my house to humi

llow her at that instant,she decided to swit

on ranting about how embarrassed she was y

aid to avoiding Jessica's advance, knowing that she wanted to hug him yesterday and since he didn't want to give Jenny the wr

eenth time he stepped out of his room,with only one expression on his face: Nervousness, he reminded himself that the on

ouble was beckoning, increasing his pace he walked towards

nd the pressure and urge to talk back at Je

ng to say anyth

ow to reply,s

ng sound of her palm as she

y exclaimed as he r

ved it" wa

just assaulted a woman and I'm calling the

that instant paused to l

nd not wanting to lose his worker's respect

ly trying to get up from the floor,but she couldn't stop him. Jenny and Jessica bot

Jessica

ops on me all because

and it's the rule,he replied to her a

e burning red,he drew her closer and hugged h

ht. He was holding her out of human

to think to that extent. But his big hand crept to her neck ,sending waves thro

t,gold

t herself out of her hallucina

too long, she thought as

as he finally let

out what happened

ible enough now as they dr

Jessica's eyes as she was torn between swallowing h

ing to let them

to press charges,It could get

hat,she a

Jenny",sh

ted off the walkway, knowing it would be awkward leaving Jenny,he turned and

id, trying to adjust

they left Jessica s

***

w,Eddy had called her into his office to discuss th

impressive"

bout the electric wheelchair you invented for a disabled man bac

the right words to say,finding none she added,the whole

Henry and I wouldn't want him to get ahold of it. I'm counting on you to also come up with ideas that would

problem sir,I'll t

op calling me sir, Edward would d

?,he asked, s

he answer

sed to pick up his

rn

lo

ned; I'm on my way

g his phone. Feel free to study my ideas and jottings before I get back, he

office wall,most of them showing off his thirty two smiling teeth sets as he received them;she smiled as she viewed one which was a portrait of the family with young Eddy s

other day but couldn't investigate,she walked roun

ith all her might,she got elated as the wall gave way t

ked líke an attic below the ground.Pieces of paper were scattered around the floor with just a centra

more jottings and scribblings,she opened it and realized the mistake she had made. It was a diary,she dropped it knowing it was im

course, Jenny taught as she smiles at one of h

e thought as she continued to flip the p

f her parents that made the night a special one to her,but what happened later i