Monster in the Attic
utside and
from behind, as if tryin
When he realized I wasn't there, he sudd
retend I was just ou
frightening in the shadows, as he
ookshelf, not dari
t the key and wen
ave, I suddenly realized
left both the paper
my back, and one thought
s already
expressionless fac
illuminated his fac
w in my mind now looked
are you doin
r pulled
im in fear, u
began, with the rain beatin
y aren't yo
hed out and to
ery warm, but now it w
was uncontroll
nt into that ro
ont of me, his ex
nt, I had t
d, I'm sorry. I didn't
Ro
many times have I told you? Rocky has severe violent
i
Rocky da
't have known how you treat h
s Rocky wrote
ed out
I said that,
pleasant expression. His face twitche
, but now that you're an adult, yo
aid next left me
rson locked inside is not
lankly at
is face showing a pained
e only two years old. He was fi
ely
ation, we spent a lot of money sen
ct that this decis
re l
de is the murderer who
ef. "But he looks like he's only
murd
your brother's classmate, but he is a sociopathic maniac. When he enrolled, his
di
avy, and he grabbed my shoulder
s when he was seven, your brother wouldn't have died. If
y-fiv
ptured him and
ed in
ldn't convict him, so we took it upon ourselves to judge him. If this
face was pal
nable to believe that
u. It was our fault. We should have told
a d
aid with re
locked up for more than ten years, he's already bee
, trem
you c
th is exposed, both your mother and I will be ar
r said,
y, but I knew deep down
vier would become a pitiful victim,
y father said
a person who has no blood relati
at me with a hear
ut I really didn't
n my mother's insistence on seeing me f
d was true, then I was in
out to pat my head
or you to accept right now, but Zavier really can
bro
I saw my mother
looking up at me with
eir eyes touch
u, but this is just too har
to guilty people, and the person in the attic, who was sup
worry about this anymore. We've already lost your bro
er said
me with a plea
cated inside, knowing that what my parents did
atter what. My mind was full of my brother's
ally belong to a s
, deciding to fin
e lying side must have even
ned my parent
y parents were al
the wardrobe
rents put important docum
n the drawer and fo
. The IDs had my par
ue. My parents were i
the IDs back, I noticed t
s, and my hands began to
rds, showing that my parents had undergone facial surg
incidence that my parents had plastic su
y need cosm
in my mind, unless they n
nd was placed
s, my parents stood behind me, look
I tell you to go
ow," my mother's gaze stayed on the
is t
ed the
rs old. There are no family photos from before I was two. You just h
er
d, ag
ather, with trembling hands, took out
on records, mentioning seve
ng we've been hi
rs old, that was the
t very little co
comp
even had sui
area and poured ga
aring your cries, your mother and I wok
y sur
poke, "Bailee, forgive us for our irresponsibili
d par
hakily grab
les and faint s
ad taken care of me w
by 7 am, so she would get up at 6 am
ff at school regardless of the weather,
lip, and
led up his pants legs, re
worn shorts. It was all
ious treasure. We would never
d returned to my room, unabl
rove me to school as usua
nto the distance, then immediately
attic, took out the key
vie
hou
ooking at me with confusion, as i
the one who kil
uted
ge expression, followed by a smile
signaling for m
y walked up to him and ha
wrote a few lin
how they
n deceived. I'm no
er, R
ist, but they slyly switched the narrative. Zavier
t e
truggle, I accidentally pushed him into the river. I didn't realize
seven-year-old child ac
ely jus
they sneaked into our home, killed our parents, and locked me in the attic. To completely rep
ic su
ook us for a family photo, but t
m your brot
Roc
y different from what my parents had told me, I o
was
filled with tears, leaving
spair and pleading, let
d writing agai
thing to kill you. Bailee, it's going to h
l y
hey'll suggest taking you to t
have a s
wat
ded me of something
r to play, but due to his carelessness, I struggled i
more I thought about it,
t my father did
r the past eighteen years, I avoided learning how to swim, just
flesh, and the potential t
f the story. He might be lying.
be part of his disguise. Although his education level was only that of
. When people hear their names,
r he
e one fina
ood what
est them by calli
uietly waited for my fathe
ather's car and noticed that
d smiles on
onately. "A lot has happened l
ami
ar and anxiety. "W
Didn't you say you've
re not busy toda
th
've been under a lot of pressure with your studies lately. Let'
ite d
the river
g. Rocky might be
was my brother, my
e beside me were
arents' skins, and now
remember I'm te
id s
ourse I remember, but I also remember that you alwa
orry. W
sa
out me. My mother was even scrolling t
indow and then casually
, the car scree
eads toward me with blank expressio
ent, I knew
ther, was tel
arents. They were
r, her eyes wide open,
hat did yo
s reading a novel and came across these two na
lo
again, and the car sta
in the car be
rly that I had
had already mad
k, there was
ular tourist spot, but recently t
dy 9 PM, and apart from the sanitati
heir lunch boxes and snacks and
here," my mother cal
ally thinking was that she could finally get rid o
own bes
cold, and my hear
thought I would be accompanied by the murderers of m
fe was hidden
pocket and grippe
from my hand, but it
remember when you were little, you were so afraid of wa
y y
hold your hand by the rive
r h
ached out hi
his hand, but my
I said, extending my
r a moment but t
ily of three, walke
ver, I couldn't honest
er as a child resurfaced, and the fee
survive overp
rvive and r
when the two monsters reached out t
out the knife and stabbed Van in th
tried to fight me, b
apsed on the ground,
ed at their faces, softl
essed smile. "So y
know a secret..." he
inish his sentenc
ady fainted in
dly, raising the knif
later, I re
ns on Rocky and he
and signaled that h
nding to be mute all these years to lower their gua
lled
ld back. I cried out in Rocky's arms
should call the police. You
-def
e to walk, Rocky limped as
nse. It's excessive defense.
own and sp
handed them over to the police, but i
s old, obviously didn't realize the gravity of t
. "I'll wait for you to come out. I'll tak
ft
d withdraw all the money using your
y told me many things I didn't know
ere both middle school teachers
and Rocky, and would tak
's arms, I felt an imm
You are very tired
see the cold, indifferent gaze
e bank and successfully withdrew t
to be five m
care for me for eighteen years. It w
ple never earned five milli
f the bank hol
ce station, Rocky," I
we walked towards
river, I stoppe
and smiled softly. "Rocky, do yo
wat
hand still raised, maintaining the ge
and shock i
were you just
as I step
face sho
his phone and dialed
s killing
ould finish, I
. Van and Avayah are not
th a beam
idened. "Did t
om the very beginning, I k
I never had
mil
creasingly grim, and f
ching. He slumped to the ground, help
know
discovered that I was dif
to talk, I was able to communicate flue
or, who marveled at my brain dev
father, he cared for me and left me a large
this inheritance would b
ference for sons over daughters, and they did not want a
an elder brother or
ly princess
o, an uninvited coupl
ecognized w
my early education class. My mother had bought break
ears older than me, who was dir
couldn't speak, my mother gave the couple a thou
envious and greedy
oney in a submissive manner with th
, I hid in t
my parents and threatened them to reveal th
bank card password, but they did not
eserve my life, my parents told the couple
rvived
o they lied that my parents were on a business trip, that they were
' identity, they chose to self-mutilate
eir child, the little boy, was st
e seven-year-old murderer back
g, but I knew from the beginning that th
every day, but she didn't know that I always kept i
ir imprisonment, they claim
discover the truth eventually, so he ad
vincing than adding a
to kill his enemies who had imprisoned him
is success because he
sider that I was s
and I used
s a simple, naive, and ignorant
ldn't help but act against me and
ay had
as I placed a bouquet of flowers, but te
I came to