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"Does your head still hurt?"I asked Michael as I packed my luggage.
Michael nodded slightly,"A bit,but it's much better already."
"Seems like Lisa still has her demands."
"Stop chatting.Hurry up."Teacher David's son,Jack,leaned against the door frame,urging us.
After Teacher David kicked Michael and me out,he still wasn't at ease.He called his son over and had him watch us pack our things at the door.
"Do you still want to give it a try?"Michael asked me.
"Of course."I folded the bed sheet and stuffed it into the suitcase."Actually,it's not just about the money.I really want to know what exactly happened to Lisa that day,to make a little girl who was usually so weak and could only cry actually kill people."
"I want to know too."Michael pressed his temples with more force."Leave it to me to handle."
Michael stretched his body and walked towards the door.
"Finished packing..."
Before Jack could finish his words,Michael punched him.
So he was going to use this way to buy time.Was Michael a match for him?
But I didn't have time to hesitate.My hand touched an old TV on the cabinet.
Ten seconds later,I saw Tom following Jack's instructions,turning on the TV and putting a disc into it.
"I'm going to a classmate's house."Tom,looking down on these people,slung his schoolbag over his shoulder and left the house.
There were four little boys around the TV,about Jack's age.They were watching the disc,with their right hands rubbing in their crotches.
Lisa suddenly rushed in,holding a bag in her hand.The group of boys'eyes lit up,looking at Lisa like hungry wolves.
"Want to give it a try?"The 15-year-old Jack grinned lecherously.
Jack took out the disc,froze the TV screen on the New York news,turned the volume to the maximum,and then slowly walked towards Lisa.
The scene stopped here.I heard Jack swearing in the yard,"Damn it,you dare to hit me.You've got a lot of guts."
With a"bang",Michael was knocked to the ground by a punch from Jack.
My eyes quickly scanned every item in the room.I could roughly guess what happened next,but I needed to confirm it.
My hand touched the window again.The face of the young Mrs.Johnson was reflected on the window pasted with a circle of newspapers.She took a look inside the room and then pushed her husband in the wheelchair into the room.
The buttons of Lisa's clothes were all fastened wrongly.When she saw Mrs.Johnson come in,she rushed up and begged Mrs.Johnson,"Mom,please let me go."
"What kind of trouble are you making again?"Mrs.Johnson pushed her husband and walked around Lisa who was kneeling on the ground.
"Mom,Jack is not a human being..."
"I feed you and clothe you,just so you can come and scold the people in my family?"
"I'll earn money and pay you back in the future.I'll give you all the money I earn."Lisa knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Mrs.Johnson.
"Go back to your room and stay there.Your dad just got out of the hospital and needs to rest."Mrs.Johnson said angrily.
Lisa didn't leave and still begged bitterly.
"You're a thing that will get married sooner or later."Mr.Johnson,who seldom spoke,opened his mouth."Other people can touch you,but our family can't?Are you made of gold?"
Lisa suddenly looked up,looking at her adoptive father in disbelief.She stuttered and it took a long time to utter a"Dad".
The scene stopped.But the truth was almost within reach.My hand touched the doorknob again.Mrs.Johnson's hand suddenly overlapped with mine.I heard her muttering,"Go get your dad a piece of clothing.Why are you taking so long?"
The door was just pushed open a little.Mrs.Johnson suddenly sensed something was wrong.She hesitated for a while,then retracted her hand and turned around to leave the house.
The door,due to inertia,slowly opened.
I saw Jack pushing Lisa's head down.
The four little boys around were dumbfounded.
"Come on,all of you,together..."
With Jack's permission,the first little boy couldn't wait to pounce,and then the second,the third...
And on Mrs.Johnson's TV,there was still a DV recording.
Damn it,they're all beasts,the whole family.
The fight outside was still going on.Michael's headache seemed to have improved.He broke free from Jack's restraint and got up from the ground.
I picked up an iron shovel in the corner and closed my eyes.
"Dad,it was Jack and the others who gang-raped me.And it was him who asked me to steal money.You can't treat me like this just because I'm not your biological daughter."Lisa cried for a while,then suddenly stood up as if she remembered something."I'm going to call the police.I'm going to call the police!"
Mrs.Johnson picked up the iron shovel and smashed it on Lisa's back."You little slut,I'll let you call the police,let you call the police.How did I raise such a thing like you?I raised a wolf,a wolf."
"Let you taste my power."Jack picked up a brick in the yard and smashed it towards Michael's head.
An inexplicable force appeared in my hand.I swung the iron shovel and smashed it towards Jack.At the same time,in my mind,Lisa snatched the iron shovel from Mrs.Johnson's hand and smashed it on Mrs.Johnson's head again and again.Mr.Johnson,sitting in the wheelchair,couldn't move and could only curse Lisa while his whole body trembled.
Mrs.Johnson ran towards the door to ask for help,but in a panic,she couldn't open the door no matter what.Standing in the yard was the sister-in-law with a blank expression.Just like Mrs.Johnson herself just now,she hesitated for a moment and then walked away.
Mrs.Johnson died by the door.The next target was the adoptive father.An hour later,Tom,the younger brother,came back from his classmate's house.The iron shovel in Lisa's hand was swung again...
I closed my eyes and swung the iron shovel randomly downwards.
I heard the host's festive voice in my ear:"Dear viewers,in just a dozen seconds,a century is about to end.In just a dozen seconds,we are about to enter the next century.Let's count down together."
Lisa counted along with the host's passionate voice,"Five,four,three,two,one!"
At 12 o'clock,the fireworks in the sky of New York went off simultaneously.Lisa looked up at the sky.In the alternating light and darkness,I saw Lisa smile happily.
After the fireworks died down,Lisa dropped the iron shovel in her hand,changed into clean clothes,and walked step by step towards the tall building across the road.
