The Woman From Hell

Chapter 156

To summarise, he had done everything evil a child was capable of doing-as well as things children should have been incapable of doing-and I had been his target. The only thing in my favor was that he would always remember to call my mother to look for me after one of his pranks.

I was probably extremely fortunate to have managed t o survive every time.

My mother felt very guilty about all of this. She was constantly crying and always hugging me, but she could not do anything about Tyler since she had already accepted the money from the supplier. She could not throw him out.

I grew up in a harsh environment under the shadow of Tyler's torment, which took a toll on both my physical and mental state. It was the root cause of my future illness.

When I was 15, Tyler graduated from high school. At that time, he was gaining popularity due to his computer skills. He had taken part in a competition at school and had gotten first place nationwide. I remember he said that he would become the best hacker in the country.

However, an accident crushed his dreams. It also

granted me an escape.

That year, Tyler’s father’s factory was reported to have been producing counterfeit products. When the Industry and Commerce ministry sent someone over t o investigate, the accountant of the factory, on his own accord, gave the authorities evidence of Tyler's father evading taxes, his corruption, and his involvement with bribery. He also gave them proof of his money laundering.

This accountant was my best friend and classmate's father-Cecilia's father.

and sentenced to prison. His wife, who was in Whaldorf

and it broke

could not take it, and he chose to end

Tyler locked himself in

in the afternoon. My mother had gone to the city to sell eggs, and I was alone at home, so I had gone

nighttime, Tyler barged into the house abruptly and questioned Cecilia’s father about his intentions behind reporting Tyler's father. They got into a huge quarrel. Before Tyler left, he

his eyes had made him look like a demon from hell. Till today, I could still clearly remember what

dinner as we were too terrified. Who could have guessed that the next morning when we woke up, both Cecilia's parents would both be sickly in bed? They passed away soon after they reached the hospital. The conclusion that the doctors drew was that it

of food poisoning like Cecilia’s parents were very common in the village, no one said anything more about

no accident. That night, her parents had not eaten any dishes with mushrooms, so this was definitely related to Tyler. In her sorrow and

station when we were intercepted by Tyler on the way there. He locked us in a cellar for 20 days straight, the most terrifying

damp, dimmed cellar. We could not even see the

release us when the time was up. He also added that when we got out of

merciful. He would not

many days in the cellar, Cecilia and I found an opportunity to break free on a rainy night.

then on, we never saw Tyler again, until

Cecilia had decided to drop out of school due to physical and emotional damage. She started working at a cafe. By my mother's

due to worry when I was locked up by Tyler. Her health had