The Woman From Hell

I had been to Susan's apartment before, and it could be said that I knew my way around this time.

I put the cradle somewhere I could see it then put in a clean underlayer. After that, I put Timothy and Wendy in and started cleaning the house.

No one had lived here for a long time, and the furniture was covered in dust. Just when I was about to change the water in the pail, the doorbell suddenly rang.

I walked over and looked through the peephole. A familiar face came into view.

It was Marius.

I gave it some thought before opening the door anyway.

"Sis Wan, why did you move away without even telling me anything? Is there something wrong with me? Tell me, I can change." Marius was standing at the door with eyes filled with hurt. His voice was trembling when he asked. I lowered my gaze. I did not know where to start.

"It's not because of you." I did not intend to hide anything from Marius. I did not ask him how he found out about this place either. I just said, "You remember how I said that I'm the reason Shannon got hurt, yeah-" Marius interrupted me before I could even finish. "Sis Wan, that's your own guess. There's no proof that you're the one who caused that car accident!"

Marius was really agitated and reached out to grab my shoulder.

his hands as if he had touched electricity. "I'm sorry, Sis Wan. I lost my

one who left without saying goodbye. The one who

happened. I can't just..." I paused and continued after calming myself down, "I can't drag you into this as well. You've already helped me with so much. I'll only be entrapping my

best that we parted

that to him, my leaving was not something he

why we should meet less for the both of us

""Not possible!" Marius refused.

down his face. Marius looked unrestrained now, dissolute. "Sis Wan, don't look down on me. Who am I? I'm Marius

en

tapped the ground with his toes. "Anyone who wants to hurt me will have to be capable enough to do

Sis Wan,

him

change my mind, he looked inside the door and rolled up his sleeves. "Sis

apartment was quite big, and

get much done after working on it for an hour. Understanding that I would not be able to refuse him, I stepped aside and opened the