So Completely Useless

Sienna gave a small nod, her eyes narrowing. “You’re probably right… these events really do seem like the work of the same person. The pattern’s the same ruthless, and not a trace left behind. The methods are just too similar…”

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As she spoke. Sienna clenched her fingers tightly; her face twisted slightly with tension.

Seeing how pale she looked, Jean quickly spoke up. “Mom, are you okay?”

“I’m fine…” Sienna pressed her lips together, trying to appear calm, but the storm behind her eyes betrayed her fragile state.

Jean noticed her hands were shaking.

Her fingers twisted together, trembling slightly at the tips.

“I just suddenly feel like…” Sienna let out a long sigh, sorrow welling in her gaze, “I’m so completely useless…. I can’t even protect my children…‘

As she said this, Sienna suddenly crouched down.

She buried her head in her hands, her eyes lowered, and a faint shimmer of tears appeared in her lashes.

“Who could it possibly be…”

knelt beside her, gently placing a hand on Sienna’s

“We don’t know who’s lurking in the shadows, trying to kill us off–but the good news is we’re still alive. As long as we’re alive, there’s still

a hint of brightness. “As long as we’re alive, we’ll get

stared at her daughter, her eyes unblinking, as

seemed to steady

apart. I have to expose whoever did this, and I still have

Sienna was finally comforted, Jean stood back up and resumed the search for Samuel’s asthma.

already

wanted to keep

across the floor,

lit up; her

almost broke into a run toward the couch, then dropped straight to

sudden movement caught Sienna completely off

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So Completely

stared, wide–eyed, Jean, what are you

on her stomach, she reached

of fumbling, she finally

as she stood up, holding the pill tightly in her

the pill in Jean’s hand, asking cautiously, “Your

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