Chapter 62

That is…that is dad? What's happening?

"Gia!" My sister's cry as she disappears from my sight echoes through my head. I should get to her before they take her away.

"Run, Gia! Run!" My father shouts, and his groans fill the entire compound.

Who is beating up my father, and why? And who are these other men taking my sister away? Why is my father telling me to run? Where do I run to? To him, or to my sister? I can't abandon them both. Before I can make up my mind, my hands are grabbed forcefully by two men, and they drag me inside the house, pushing me hard on the floor where my father is lying with bruises, his face almost fully drenched in blood. What in God's name is going on?

"Father?" I call, kneeling beside him and wiping away the blood that is dripping from his eyes. What did they beat him up with to tear his flesh like this? "Father! Look at me, father!" I shake him, and although he is trying, the pain is just too much. "What do you people want? Isn't