"You're responsible for the attack...."
"Is it not enough to get the city in a state of emergency?
Perhaps the addition of an armed bank robbery."
"Are you mad?!" Annie screamed hysterically, her body shaking with fear.
"Do you know what you've done? This is enough for a lifetime in jail."
"Yes, if they find out.
But they won't because I'm not saying anything, and neither will you.
Right?"
Looking at me, Annie's body trembled, the shock of what she was becoming embroiled in consuming her.
The woman's mouth opened, struggling to find an answer, but then there was a knock on the door and she froze.
"Ma, can I come in?" the voice of one of her maids sounded.
Annie looked at me and then, as her eyes moved to the door, she made a dash.
Though the room was quite big, her distance to the door was not more than seven steps, but as she took the third step, her vision transformed.
Her daughters naked, bloody, chained and kept in the stables with farm animals.