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CHAPTER 4

Fanny could hear her mom pleading with her dad, she couldn't tell why they were arguing this time and honestly she didn't care. She closed her ears with her small pillow trying to block out the sound coming from the next room.
It's been a month since her father murdered Jacob and since then he hadn't her mom go to the market to get foodstuffs or she to school, he always threatened them that if they ever told anyone about what happened to Jacob he'd cut off the person's tongue and feed to the street dogs. It was early in the morning and the house was empty, William only cared about himself, he would go out to the local restaurant and feed till his satisfaction.

It had been a day since fanny and Betty had something to eat and they were both hungry, Betty was pleading with William to atleast get them something to eat if he wasn't going to let her go to the market. They were both still arguing when a Knock sounded on the door, fanny hurried put of her room to the living room, he father was already at the door, he glared at her and she hid behind a couch.

"Mr William how are you?"  Mrs Harts voice sounded fro the outside.

"I'm very sure you don't give a Damm about my welfare so what do you want?"  William growled

"Right... It's a good thing you know that... I am only worried about Betty, Fanny and Jacob. Where are they?"  She asked

"They travelled, why?".  He answered

"like I said I'm only worried haven't seen them in a long while, I felt you must have sold them off to some slave master"  she replied

"they're my family so I decide to do with them whatever I please, shouldn't be any of your business".  He hissed

"anyway, here I brought them cup cakes, I baked them yesterday but was too tired to bring it"  she handed him a small tray of cupcakes and then left.

William glared at the tray as he locked the door behind him, Betty and fanny were already salivating waiting to receive the tray but he crushed their hopes by throwing the tray in the trash can.

"go to your room"  he told fanny

"but you know I'm hungry, you didn't have to throw them away if you don't want it".  She said quietly

"you only eat when you bring food to the table"  he brought out money from his pocket. "I'll hand all of this over to you right now if you decide to follow me to Mr Nim's mansion". He said as he stretched out his hand with money inside it.

"Why would I follow you to a brothel?".  Fanny asked

"oh you know it's a brothel huh? Well if you want to be told, to generate money for this family only that way you can it" he replied

"I would never allow my daughter sell her body for money never.....". Betty interjected

"you know come to think of it, I can actually drag her there, will you be able to stop me?"  He asked

"you will do no such thing with my daughter"  Betty replied defiantly "you can take me instead and leave her alone"

Although it was obvious William was already getting upset due to the red color forming on his face, he couldn't help but laugh at weary Betty's statement.

"Who would want something like you in a brothel? Okay tell me what can you offer?"  He asked

"Just leave my daughter out of this crazy plan of yours" she replied ignoring his questions

William couldn't take her disrespectful attitude anymore so he lurched towards her grabbing her arm tightly and pulling her towards their bedroom.

Fanny knew what followed beating... Serious, rough beatings but she was hungry so she hurried to the trash can. Some of the cakes had broken into smaller pieces while a few remained untouched, she cared less as she picked them, price by piece and satisfying her day old hunger. She was still devouring what was left on the tray when she heard a loud this from her parent's bedroom, she wipes her mouth and fingers as she ran quietly to the door, through the peephole she saw her father pacing the room frantically.

She pushed the door a tiny bit and her brain stopped working in a split second, her mother was lying in a pull of blood. She walked slowly towards her mother, Betty's eyes were wide open likewise her mouth like she was surprised or she was trying to scream, there finger marks across her face too.

"What did you do to her??!!!!"  She half screamed as she asked.

"Shut up... Shut up! Let me think.."  he said as he paced the room

"think about what exactly? The fact that you just killed mom and you're feeling remorseful or the fact that you don't want to be caught?"  She asked as she began to cry.

"hey hey!!!! Don't make those stupid sounds alright so you don't alert any nosey neighbor"  he warned.  "I didn't mean to kill her she was being stubborn and... And... She wanted to scream, she threatened to tell everyone about Jacob so I had no choice. Hey"  he moved closed to fanny

"Don't bother about her okay? No one's going to miss her anyway, me and you we'll go far away from here and start all over how about that?"  He asked

She moved backwards away from him. "How can you say that?!! She is my mother!!! And you killed her!! You're... You're a murderer".  She cried  "she was only trying to protect me from you that's why she threatened to tell on you she would have never told Anyone!!!!"  Fanny cried.

William slapped her across her face. "Shut up you little spoilt bitch!!"  He growled as she grabbed her shoulder and pulled her close to him.
"Now listen, you'll do as I say or I'll put you in the same position she is right now, trust me baby girl I won't hesitate to kill your ass so do as I say. Clean this room up just as you did for Jacob while I pack up our things, we will leave here once it's dark"  he said.

"Where are we going?"  She asked

"To my sister's place.. be quick"  he said before leaving her alone once again with her mother's corpse.

While William was still thinking up a plan Betty already had one, once he closed the door, she searched around the room for her mom's cell phone and and daily diary, it was hidden beneath her box of special clothes. She took a quick photo of her mother's body, took out the memory card, the journal was small enough to fit inside her underwear. Soon after she wiped the floor, pulled her mother's body under the bed and then packed her clothes.

Her father returned with a backpack on his back and smaller bag around his waist.

"You got all you need?".  He asked

She nodded slowly and then asked, "what's in the small bag food?"

"Not food, but we could get enough food with it"  he replied

"it's money"  fanny thought

They sat quietly until it was dark, time to go, before they began their journey outside fanny asked her father.

"Why did you do it?"

He turned and stared at her with confusion in his eyes.  "Do what?"  He asked

"Why did you kill mom and Jacob?".  She asked

He rolled his eyes and answered
"Stop asking too much questions and do as I say so you'll be alive, now move"

She nodded slowly and did exactly as she was told.