Chapter 56

"Her name was Emilia," he continued. I no longer wanted to listen to him. I felt bad for him, but I didn't know what to do either." When she woke up, she was no longer the same. And I think she noticed it too because that day she immediately left my house and avoided all contact with me. My brother took care not to leave a trace of blood where the little girl left her virginity, but I'm sure she must have known.

I shuddered.

I wanted to cover my ears, run away and no longer listen to it.

“You said…” I cleared my throat and forced myself to ask the question “you said her name was Emilia. Why in the past tense?

“A year later he committed suicide. She knew something had happened to him, but she never said anything. She kept quiet, thinking that I was surely the one who raped her. I didn't say anything either. I kept quiet like a cowardly idiot. I could have told my parents, or maybe her parents, but no. I did absolutely nothing to h