BONDING

"I can't believe that cursed monster! So, he is obsessed with you?" My sister asks as she does the final touches on my wounds.

"Yes." I respond.

"I knew he was a monster but not to this degree. I mean, him killing our parents just to have you, and then sleeping with both of us? He is entitled to nothing but death." She curses, packing the bandages back into the kit.

"Then you understand why I have to do what I am doing, right? It's for you and me, and our parents, and everyone's sake." I state, hoping to change her mind.

"That is as good as gambling your life on a losing bet, Ella. What if..."

"There are no what ifs and buts, Aida. We need to do this. We need to end this. We need to attain justice for our parents before we can bury them." I say.

"They aren't buried yet?" She queries.

"No. Deep is keeping them in the morgue." I retort.

"Okay. If you are doing this then we are both in it together. But this has to work, Ella!" She says, sitting beside me.

"It will work. It will." I assur