Killed
Droplets of rain slide down the glass of the outer side of the window.
Dark clouds loomed over the busy city as passengers rushed to shelter and home for dinner.
An eight-year-old child walks up to a door and knocked.
Young Emilia
Mama? I'm back from Uncle Ben's!
She continues knocking but no answer
Young Emilia
Mama, I'm home.
Emilia pushes the door forward.
Surprisingly, the door was unlocked.
Emilia enters the house and puts down her bag she had carried on her back on the floor.
In front of her, was an unconscious woman with blood oozing out of her. Her chest was still and her eyes were open and glazed.
That woman was Emilia's mother
And she was unconscious and still.
Emilia opens her bag and pulls out her homework.
She sets it on the dining table and starts doing her homework.
The man walks up to Emilia from behind while holding the knife he used to murder her mother.
He put the knife above Emilia's homework.
Blood on the knife dripped down onto the paper.
One red drop on the paper.
Young Emilia
*continues writing*
Another red drop on the paper
Young Emilia
*takes eraser and erases a sentence*
Final splat of blood on the paper
Young Emilia
*rewrites the sentence*
The murderer came to a conclusion that the child was too young to understand life and death.
He grips his knife and walks out the door, careful to not step in the pool of blood to not leave his footsteps behind.
He looks back at the girl and disappears into the night.
Emilia walks over to the door and closes it.
She took out her phone and dialed the police number.
After a short conversation with the police officer who told her they are on the way, she puts the phone back into her pocket
Then she walks over to her mother's body and sat down.
Looking at her deceased mother,
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