Anne stood in front of the door, her little nose shrugged, something in the air made her feel a little uneasy, her little hands removed from the doorknob, she turned around, and walked through the living room again, from there back to the dining room, the kitchen, opened the back door, and slipped out as familiar and quiet as a kitten.

The hallway behind the house was black and hollow, and the moon shone on the water of the pool, which should have shone like a big mirror. Kent had been untended for weeks, with a thick layer of algae on it, and if it was daytime, you could see it as green as a new lawn - but it had nothing to do with Anne, and it was the man standing by the pool, Dolores, who regretted her. Kent.

The little girl with unkempt hair was barefoot, her face was gloomy, her crewneck and jeans were crooked and crumpled, and the thumbs of both hands were in her trouser pockets: "Where are you going?" ”

"Where I'm going has nothing to do with you." The unhappiness was only fleeting, and a little child did not interfere with Anne's plan, she tightened her backpack and stepped out of the shadow of the hallway, the fluorescent moonlight illuminated the children's faces very clearly, and Anne saw Dolores', and Dolores saw Anne's: "You can save your mind, Dolores," Anne said in that disguised kind tone, "I will not stay here any longer." "I have better places to go.

Dolores sniffled and made a loud noise, "Mom's true," she said sadly, "You killed our brother." ”

"It's not us, Dolores, it's just yours." Anne replied coldly, "And I advise you not to take Mary. Kent is serious, people will put you in an insane asylum. ”

Dolores looked at her as if she had seen Anne for the first time. Kent, or she tore her chest and jumped out of her body with a horned devil," ...... I know, I know you did it," she stammered, and said angrily, "the spices, you suggested, and the vegetable juices, you and Mary told me...... I can testify. ”

"Okay, you go, you go and testify." Anne said contemptuously: "They don't prove anything, those things are all I found on the Internet and books, according to the above, whether it is basil, pepper, thyme or spinach, there are many benefits...... And I'm just suggesting (she accentuates the pronunciation of the word) that I've never slipped spices and vegetable juices around Mary's neck...... Yes, I know now, they can be bad for the mother and the fetus. I'll remember," the girl, who looked like a little fairy in the moonlight, smiled viciously, "I like new knowledge, what do you think, Dolores?" ”

Tears flowed from Dolores' dark eyes, sliding down her cheeks and down her neck into the bear's crewneck.

"Why?" She choked up and complained, "Why are you doing this?! ”

"I have even the slightest ...... about this" Anne was about to strip all her involvement as she had done before, but she suddenly stopped, just like the fire that the demon had kindled in her young mind before every crime, and a vigorous malice erupted from her chest, uncontrollable: "Can't you just use your brain for once?" "I suspect they've long since congealed into clumps, and you'll have to use a percussion drill to crack the dots—Dolores, you have a pair of terrible parents."

They simply didn't know how to make the best use of the limited resources they had at their disposal – recklessly moved, changed jobs, inherited a useless waste farm thousands of miles away – paid more than a million in inheritance taxes, and they couldn't even afford a new car. Kent would still be pregnant at this time! They didn't think about you at all, and me, the primary school of the Church of St. Thomas is not cheap, Dolores, not to mention those extra classes, my dear sisters, piano, calligraphy, painting...... You don't think they're all free – you might think it doesn't matter if you go to a public elementary school, but I don't, I've had enough of the dirty, nasty ghetto hucks in the children's homes! I chose the Kent family because they made a promise, a lot of things, and they promised me a lot. Anne sighed regretfully, "They could have done it—Dolores, in all fairness, I like Mr. and Mrs. Kent, and in some ways they are better for me than for you, and of course my own efforts have played a role in this, Dolores, in any case, you have to admit that I am more pleasing than you." She shook her head: "It's a pity that they made such an impulsive and reckless decision - this family can't afford to have three children, especially one of them is a baby, whether it's financial or whatever...... I wanted to solve this problem quietly. The openwork boots kicked on the wet grass: "That's best, until the farm is out of hands and Mr. Kent's job is stable, Mary. Kent is back in the workforce – a veterinarian can earn a lot more than that...... Dolores, you can buy new wheels, travel to the west, and go camping and horseback riding...... The ones you've been dreaming about. ”

"I don't want that." Dolores shouted, "All I want is my brother!" ”

Several birds flew out of the bushes.

"It's noisy," pursed Anne's lips, "your duplicity is disgusting," she said pleasantly, "you dare to swear to God, you really haven't been happy?" When you know there won't be a second child to snatch the love and attention of your mom and dad? ”

Dolores' eyes widened, and her tears suddenly stopped, as if frightened back to her tear ducts by Annie's words.

Anne snorted into the air.

"I've always been," said Dolores, in a low, nasal voice, and she wouldn't have heard Anne if she hadn't been so close to her: "I have always been," said the Kent girl, "I always thought ......"

"You're my sister."

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Dolores rushed towards Anne, always on guard, Anne quickly retreated, sideways, Dolores pounced, her whole body hung in the air, but her hand scratched everywhere, it grabbed Anne's backpack, Anne lost her balance all at once, and the two fell into the pool one after the other.

The water in the pool was cold, sticky, and smelled of disgusting, and Dolores swallowed several mouthfuls of water, but luckily she was good at swimming, and she finally came out of the water after a few ups and downs, and she breathed in the fresh air, her eyes were hot, and her feet were pushing hard...... The murky water was tumbling, the little girl was waving her arms with difficulty, and the walls of the pool were covered with moss and aquatic plants, and she could not hold back, so she swam to the entrance to the water, where there were railings and steps.

She was dripping with water and crawled ashore in embarrassment, her ears rattling.

"Help me!" Someone shouted, the sound at first seemed very distant, and when Dolores dug out the water in her ear, she realized that the source of the sound was close at hand.

Anne floated on the water, she looked worse than ever, she waved her arms desperately, trying to grab onto the edge of the pool or swim close to the inlet, but she kept sinking down.

Dolores remembered that Anne was a better swimmer than herself, but the latter seemed to be overwhelmed by the beautiful dress and booties.

The golden-brown eyes turned to Dolores, "Help me!" She cried out, "Help me, please!" ”

Dolores got up, and she hurried around the garden, unable to find anything to find, until at last she found a roll of rubber hose next to the pump, and she grabbed one of the ends, pulled it out, and then held it about two or three feet away, and stretched its head towards Anne, who was still fluttering in the pool.

Anne cried and clung to the straw as she slowly made her way down the hose to the edge of the pool, and Dolores held out her hand when she could touch her.

Dolores' hand was gripped tightly, and Anne lifted her face and smiled at her.

Like a crocodile that bites a deer or cow, Anne's body tightly wrapped around her beautiful dress rolls violently in the water, Dolores is dragged down by her curls, and before she even has time to let out a scream or figure out what is going on, Anne holds her breath and falls down hard, holding Dolores with both hands, and she rolls in the water skillfully, so to speak, with a strength beyond the human that gives her the upper hand easily...... After a few seconds, she let go of Dolores, who was already a little dizzy, swam to it, and then grabbed Dolores by the neck with her hand and pressed her down.

Even a child has a lot of strength in the death struggle, but she can't touch Annie, who purses her lips and smiles in the dark water, and she is ready to push harder.

"Does your arm still hurt? …… I think it must have hurt a lot. ”

Hell, Stryff's words popped into Anne's mind, and her injured arm ached as violently as if it had been burned by a soldering iron, and she opened her mouth and water poured down her throat.

Anne wanted to forget about it, she had already managed to forget it just now - but this time her mental suggestion didn't work at all, her arm ached more and more, the pain burrowed into the bone and ran everywhere along the marrow, and she tried to climb ashore as quickly as possible, only to find that her body was completely controlled by the pain.

She's sinking.

(To be continued)