Kyla, the Ghost Hunter

The Krauss Monster (chapter twenty two)

"Richard, please, stop!" My mother pleaded.

"How could you betray me? How could you?! After I took you in and your bastard child, gave you EVERYTHING?! This is what I get in return?", Sir Richard said, and slapped my mother's face.

I saw all of these when I was little. I saw everything.

How he killed my mother.

My real father died of a disease that could not be cured. I was just four years old by then. My mom served as a maid in the Krauss' mansion where Lady Katherine, the ex-wife of Sir Richard, was said to be killed by him. To cover up the issue, Sir Richard said that Lady Katherine had an affair with one of the butlers and both of them committed suicide. Their daughter's loss is still a mystery up to now.

After a few months, Sir Richard took my mother to be his concubine. My mother agreed to be his slave. But in return, she demanded for my adoption to carry the Krauss family name and to be raised up like a prince. I was given the best of everything in my stay at the mansion. Yet, everyday, I see my mother crying inside her room. I had this hidden anger against Sir Richard but there was nothing I can do.

After my mother died, my secret ability was born. To my urge of seeing my mother again, it happened that I could see her ghost.

"Sir Richard, my mom told me that I must go to a public school so I can gain friends of my age." I said to him while we were eating.

"Fool, your mom is already dead." He said.

"I can still see her. She's always in her room, crying." I said.

That was where they started to call me crazy. They thought I had a mental disorder due to my mother's death. So they sent me to London for rehabilitation.

"Let me go!" I screamed as they tied my arms and feet.

"Karl, don't be stubborn. You have to be treated." Sir Richard said.

"I'm not sick, I don't need anything. Let me go" I said.

"You're crazy! You see your mother while she's already a month dead!" He yelled.

"You're the crazy one, Sir Richard! You kill all the women you use. You're a demon! A monster!" I shouted, yet he punched me so hard that I fainted.

The next thing I knew was that I was already in my rehabilitation room. Since then, I promised to myself that I would take revenge of my mother's death. I will return and make Sir Richard bow at my feet. I will give shit to the Krauss' family name. I'll make him regret what he did to Lady Katherine and to my poor mother.

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That was how Karl told me about his past. So that's why he was familiar with the mansion. But I wonder why he doesn't know Jack.

"So where is Sir Richard right now?" I asked Karl.

"He's at his office, in Norway." he said, "I haven't seen him yet since I've returned."

"Oh I see." I still wonder what are my fathers reasons of doing such things. I must know.

"Kyla, come. We're going to the carnival." Karl suddenly said.

"But I'm not done yet." I said.

"We'll take those with us, you can eat it in the limo." He said.

Since then, I saw another part of Karl. He isn’t bad after all. I just hate his habit of being bossy and making everyone do what he wants. I wonder what this guy is planning next.