It was around three in the afternoon when I arrived at the Golden Mansion. It was quite early and I bet I am the only one who goes like this. After school ended, there was nowhere for me to go except for the house. This is my routine. School and Home. Looking at the garage, no one has arrived yet except for me. Well, the others have someplace to go to after class. Gabrielle was athletic and active in her club. If she was not in her club, she would be busy dating other men to capture Levi's attention. While Levi has a girlfriend. So he was either spending time with his girlfriend or he was in his father's company. As an heir, he often drops by to his father's company. The two of them would usually be back at midnight. There's no need to mention Layla. She was often out and would be back at dawn. Eduardo who recently joined the group was so busy that he never stayed in the golden mansion for the night. I only see him come here mainly because of Layla. The only person who would arr

I put down the tea and shook my head. "He was wearing a cap. When he bumped into me he just lowered his head and ran away. His physique...I think he is somewhat in his twenties. I thought he was one of the staff who got easily flustered when meeting the tenants." I played with my fingers as I replayed that scene over and over again. But I could not find anything that could be a clue. Oh right. The note. "The note said it is 'retribution for all of us' what could it be?" Kane also thought about it. "Did we have done something that implicated someone? But we never moved as a group." Kane was right. All heirs lived under the same house- except for Eduardo who only often come by- but we never moved as one. We just mind our own business and live our daily life without much interacting with each other. If there was an event that all of us are in the same place that would be some important events that our family forced us to attend. But we also did not stand close to each other or m

She looked for me in that big house. It was only when she met my sister, Anna, and interrogated her that she learned of my whereabouts. At that time, I was locked in the music room with several sheets opened. I was forced to memorize them and practice the music piece over and over again. Only if I perfected all of them I would be let out of the room. Even if it takes days, weeks, or months, I would not be able to leave until I am confident to play every piece. Virginia even placed a small mattress in the corner of the room so that I could sleep there. The music room has its own restroom. My food would be delivered. As Virginia said at that time, everything I need was inside the room and there was no need for me to go out. 'Just concentrate and practice.' For a ten-year-old to be alone in that room with only a bed, musical instruments, and music sheets, without anyone to talk to was traumatizing. It was torture. I could only hug Elizabeth and cried and beg my parents to let me ou

A/n: This chapter is fixed. **** But thanks to Kane and his foul mouth, my mind become distracted and the dead rabbit was put in the corner of my mind. At lunch, I suddenly receive a message. [Let's go have lunch together.] I rubbed my eyes to check if I am not seeing things. But the content and the name of the sender did not change. [Sender: Kane] It was from Kane's old number. It was still really working. But wait....how come he knows my number? The number I exchanged with him back then in middle school was already thrown away. I changed my number after I moved here to the Golden Mansion. And we never exchanged our numbers since then. Perhaps he got it from Gabrielle? Well, that's plausible. Gabrielle even sent Kane to check on me. Wait. Another realization came to me. Why Gabrielle sent a message to Kane of all people about me? Her first choice should be Layla. Since Layla and I were closer. Or Levi, since Gabrielle was close to Levi and she could easily ask for a f

Kane also realized that I don't plan to answer him or prolong this conversation. He got bored so he looked at my drawing instead. "A talking bread?" "!" I immediately closed my sketchbook. "How long have you been there?" I immediately opened another topic to redirect his attention. Kane raised his brow, "When you checked your phone." "..." That was ten minutes ago, right? I suddenly realized something and looked around. Thankfully, this library was not famous for students of this school. Although there were some who come here now and then, the table I chose was at the farthest corner and very unnoticeable. And this evening, I am only the student left. Fortunately, no one followed Kane here. I sighed in relief. I looked at the man who wanted to open my sketchbook to take a look again. I immediately took it away and put it in my bag. "Why did you not text me?" "I know where you would be so there's no need. By the way, why your drawings don't have any people?" "...." It see