Chapter 21

"Sorry sir, I don't understand what you are saying. Corpse? What does it mean ?"

"Last night at around 2 am she came with a couple of lovers to our office, this girl said she saw a mysterious man dragging a large package around Rottweiller Street, precisely in the toy factory area which is no longer operating." Said the policeman who was the biggest, he occasionally looked at Eli with a look of pity.

“I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. Our daughter has had a mental disorder since she was little, because there was no money we couldn't take her to the hospital. We have taken care of him as best we can but sometimes he gets out of control and runs away from the house when we are all asleep. "We've been looking for him since morning, sir. We really thank you because the police have brought him home. I'm really grateful." Dad tried to act as best as possible, he even kept saying thank you with teary eyes.

Mother smiled but her arm gripped Eli tightly, Eli winced in pain but he knew that it was impossible for him to dodge it. Eli regretted why he let the police take him home when at that time he really had the opportunity to escape from the clutches of cruel people like his family.

"Okay then, we hope that in the future there will be no more cases like this and hopefully the girl can get treatment, or can we help take her to the hospital?" suggested one of the police trying to offer help.

"N...no need sir, I'm currently trying to find the costs. "Thank you for the offer, but just leave this task to me and my wife!"

"Okay then, if we'll excuse ourselves, good afternoon!" said the police as they drove away in their patrol car, leaving Eli with his parents who were still frozen on the side of the road.

***“Braakkk… !” the sound of objects hitting Eli's body, Eli couldn't dodge an inch after his father dragged him into the house and took him to his room.***

***“Stupid child… damn… want to embarrass me, huh? It's better if you just die!" shouted the man furiously, his hands continuing to search for objects that he could use as weapons to torture Eli.***

***"Father father... mercy...!" Eli screamed in pain, hoping that this time his father would punish him a little less. The mother who saw it just smiled with satisfaction while smoking a cigarette.***

***"Damn it... you die... insolent child!" The man was really crazy, not yet satisfied with throwing objects at Eli's body in the room, now with his big hands he was beating Eli mercilessly.***

***Eli howled in pain, his head and nose were bleeding and his body was covered in very bad cuts and bruises. Eli screamed for help, hoping that someone good would hear his screams.***

***"Please...help me...forgive me father...Eli is sorry..." Eli's face was covered in mixed blood and tears. The man continued to pull his hair until strands of Eli's hair filled his hand.***

***"What else ? Dad beat Eli again?” asked Tod, who had just come home and immediately sat on a chair at the dining table while sipping a beer from a can.***

***"That kid dared to go out in the middle of the night and come home with the police, you know? "I thought that maybe the police would arrest father, mother and you because of that damn child's actions!" said mother irritably, she kept smoking cigarettes.***

***"Hahaha... I really feel sorry for him..."***

***"Praangg..." the sound of broken glass interrupted their conversation.***

***"Insolent child... watch out, I'll kill you!" Father shouted from inside Eli's room. Mother and Tod immediately ran as fast as they could to see the situation.***

***Mother and Tod were shocked to see father alone in the room, slumped on the floor, his head covered in blood and broken glass, he was wincing in pain. Tod saw Eli running from behind the badly damaged window, he was annoyed and immediately went after Eli, leaving his father and mother behind.***

***"Tod, where are you going?" the mother shouted hysterically seeing her husband's condition,***

***"I want to find that child!"***

***"Search for him until you find him, drag him back to this house!" mother shouted.***

***Eli ran as fast as he could to a place where neither his mother nor Tod would find him. Eli cried, his tears had not yet dried. He was forced to do it, hitting the old devil's head with a beer bottle in the corner of his room, he really didn't want to die in their hands.***

***People on the street looked at Eli, some sympathized with his sad condition and some tried to offer help when he ran along the side of the road to escape Tod's pursuit.*** 

***Eli refused, he just cried while wiping the blood that was still flowing down his face. Eli sat on the edge of the sidewalk, feeling like his body was very tired. His breath came out irregularly, a moment later Eli could feel water droplets falling onto his body. Eli raised his face upwards, looking at the sky which was starting to darken. The clouds were moving faster as if they were attacking each other, creating a big friction in the sky.***

***Eli looked sad, he was silent for a few moments waiting for the rain to fall to wipe away the blood and tears on his face. Eli was no longer crying, he was just silent and didn't move at all until the rain really came down hard.*** 

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