A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

The plastic surgeon pushed his glasses up his nose and said to Mark, emotionlessly, "Mr. Mark, I believe Miss Tina is still suffering from mental illness. While I am not the right person to help with her mental treatment, I'm sure that you can find other experts who can help her."

Mark's parents also tried to remind him, but the surgeon beat them to the punch. Everyone noticed that Tina wasn't mentally stable. She experienced episodes of uncontrollable tearfulness, euphoria and temper tantrums all in one day. Her mood swings had become erratic, and her emotions uncontrollable, which in essence was a mental disability.

Mark was aware of the truth too, but he didn't want anybody else to judge his sister. "Shut up. That's none of your business. Just do what I've paid you to do," he said.

The surgeon shrugged his shoulders, and rubbed his hand against the back of his neck.

Indeed, it was not his business at all. All he needed to do was to follow their orders.

By the time, Bess and Abbott tried to contribute to the conversation, Mark had already left the room for Tina.

Soon the surgeon followed Mark's lead. Before he stood up to leave, he looked at Bess and Abbott and said, "Miss Tina is not feeling well today. I will come again some other time."

There was a beautiful garden behind their house. Even in the coldest winters, the flowers would bloom as if it were spring.

However, the garden was now used to raise rabbits, a great number of white rabbits.

When Tina was in the mood, she would kill two rabbits at time. But when was angry, she would kill at least five rabbits. Satisfying her need for instant gratification, had led her to get addicted to the mindless killing.

The rabbits raised in the garden did not live long enough, but the Tao clan would always buy more new rabbits to replace the dead ones. Tina was very particular about the kind of rabbits she wanted. They all had to be white and they had to be cheap. If they brought her an expensive breed of rabbit, Tina would throw wild temper tantrums.

In Tina's perspective, Emily was like a cheap rabbit. Buying well-bred rabbits at higher prices would raise Emily's status, which she could never allow.

Tina hated Emily so much that her hatred had become an essential part of her life. It became the part that kept her going.

was obviously very upset. She needed to satiate her bloodlust, so as

a fat rabbit, which closely resembled a snowball, by the scruff. Displeased by its appearance, she complained, "How come

who was in charge of feeding the rabbit was terrified by Tina's expression. Trembling in

cushioned seat and placed it under her. She stepped aside to face Tina, and found her petting the rabbit gently in

sat next to the maid gracefully. From the maid's point of view,

she was petting the rabbit and in the next, she stabbed it in the gut and drove the blade

satisfied predator. There was nothing

get used to it. Needless to

handkerchief, and suddenly turned to face the maid. "Why are you

her gaze and stammered, "Nothing. It's

since Tina was feeling extra murderous today, she persisted on hounding the maid. Although blood was still dripping from her hands, she put the carcass on the ground and got up. Tina's bloodshot eyes twitched erratically, and with a perpetual grin on her face, she approached the maid, one small step at a time.

it for her own selfish self. The maid staggered backwards, and

at her face, and said, "You have a very pretty face." However, it took only a few long strides for Tina to draw close to the maid. With piercing, black eyes, Tina glared at her like a wolf would

faced maids were prohibited from working for the Tao family. The ones that remained, were either old or unattractive. However, the maid in charge of breeding the

maid, somehow managed to steer clear of Tina's path for a long time. As a result, Tina had never noticed her before, until today.

watched the blood-soaked knife in Tina's hand glimmering ominously in the pale moonlight, moving closer and closer to her face. "What... are you doing?

echoes of her painful cries reverberated through the garden,

agonizingly in a pool of her

burning sensation on her face almost drove the maid mad! What did

looked at her, condescendingly, with pure ecstasy on both corners of her lips. "What a pity! We will not see such your beautiful face ever again," Tina taunted.

threatened Tina. Unexpectedly, the maid hobbled

hands on Tina, a strong force seized and hurled her away from behind.

the shock or the pain, it was the maid's words that had caused her face to distort