After staying in the house I rented for a month and a half, the terrifying heat wave slowly subsided.
After a heavy rain, the weather returned to normal.
I ran outside, taking big gulps of fresh air.
There were many others like me outside, survivors of the disaster.
Their faces all radiated long–absent smiles.
In the afternoon, I received a call from the police.
The police told me that it was reported by the residents living below my apartment.
They said the drainage pipe upstairs was broken, and a large amount of bloody water was seeping down, emitting a foul smell.
In addition, there were women’s piercing wails, accompanied by pleas for mercy.
This sound was performed almost every day.
Until the temperature dropped, the people downstairs couldn’t stand it anymore and went to complain about the upstairs neighbors.
As a result, they saw a dark–skinned man with a scruffy beard, holding a kitchen knife and stepping on a young woman with an amputated arm, cursing and chopping at her other hand.
Frightened, they immediately called the police.
By the time the police arrived, the woman had already died.
The police found me through the homeowner’s information and handed me a photo, telling me to take care.
In the photo, Lily’s pupils were wide open, full of terror, her face yellow and emaciated, her whole body bruised without a single patch of good flesh.
I cried and begged the police to severely punish the evil–doer.
I also reported Derek’s domestic violence against Lily and his extortion of money.
Derek was bound to spend the rest of his life in prison.
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Since I was Lily’s only relative, I had to handle the body.
I found someone to cremate it at the crematorium and then buried it in a random place.
In this life, I had already done my utmost duty to her. As for the result, it was what she deserved.
No one else was to blame.
After dealing with everything, I listed my house for sale at a low price online and moved to a new place to live.
Without the entanglement of my love–brained, bloodsucking sister, every day of my life was incredibly free and smooth.
