9 YEARS AGO. . .

"Why are we running, mommy?"Lily asks, tired.

Jack has a frown on his face as he waits for his mother to tell yet another lie.

"We're not running away, sweetie. We're just moving to somewhere much safer"

"Safer? Mom! We didn't do anything! Why do you and dad keep making us run from place to place? Dad's innocent so shouldn't have to run or hide!" Jack yells, tired of moving endlessly.

"We don't have another option, son. Please, no arguments, we need to get going and meet up with your father!"

Jack gives up, but he's not satisfied. Anna was young, so she didn't quite understand what was going on or why they had to run continuously. But as for him, he knew what was going on, at-least, to an extent.

Almost a two hour trip, Ava Hugh-Gray and her two children reach their destination. As soon as they get down the bus, she reaches for her burner phone and dials her husband.

"The alley? We've arrived, come to the door" She says. She directs her children to the dark alley not too far ahead and looks around cautiously, hoping no one had followed them or even worse, watching them.

Following a very crooked path in the dark alley, they arrive at their destination. Their new haven. George, Ava's husband and the children's father quickly opens the door. They get in and he locks the door. Jack notices the door has several locks.

He holds his sisters hand, as he watches his parents caress each other.

"Lily" George says, as he picks up his daughter.

"Hi, daddy. Ice- ice cream"

He chuckles, "You want some ice cream? Dad's got you some toys, you wanna see them?" He turns to Jack, "Hello, son"

"I'm tired of hiding, dad. I told mom. I didn't want to come here"

"Son, you need to understand, your father and I are only doing what's bes-

away isn't what's best mom, we didn't

voice echoing. "Why don't we go out

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son, quiet, walking on

finally breaks the silence. Jack was very intelligent for his age. His IQ might've been between 150-162.

don't get punished and the

it because

"Yes"

away. We can report to the police and tell them to help us" Jack says as he and

we have to keep running until we are able to leave for good" George says, in a very

London?" Jack

tomorrow

are we going

give your mother a hard time again. Get the ice cream and

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down on the floor, in the dark alley. Did it drop while they were on their way there? Jack wonders.

have any negative thoughts or believe what his mind was

He yells, still

answer. He knocks again. There's still no answer. As he knocks the third time, Ava opens the door. He could see that she was worried and he knew something was amiss, but before he could ask, the

in his tracks, witnessing what had just happened. Lily's teddy drops from his hand as he watches from afar. The

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destroying the Richardson's. Destroying everything they held dearly, taking all their wealth and stealing the happiness they deprived me of. The Richardson's murdered my entire family. My father, mother, sister- they all died

Richardson family fall at my feet and beg for mercy. At certain points, I even

grew up with a heart full of hatred. I felt no love, just hatred, especially during my time in the orphanage. I knew if I wanted revenge on the Richardson's, I'd have to find a way to escape from the

5 years ago....

kitchen was empty. The Marquis and his subordinates weren't around either. The other kids were in the home room,

way to distract the guards so they could leave the main gates unattended to. My eyes fall on a lighter. Did I want to do this? What if I put the other kids in danger? I shakily reach

The fire alarm would start ringing shortly, and then I would make my move.

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