CHAPTER SIXTY ONE: PAIN

“I found them. They’re here.” I called out to Alannah with a muffled voice, it smells horrible in there and I had to cover my nose and mouth. I sprinted to where Nanny McPhee was.

“McPhee. Mcphee!” I called as I slid over to where my Nanny McPhee was tied up, what I’d seen shook me to my bones. She was in a pool of blood and when I looked behind her to see where the blood was coming from it was from her wrist. “No. No.” I said silently.

“Connor?” Alannah called behind me and her footsteps followed. “What is Wrong?” I looked behind me and Alannah froze in her steps, she knew exactly what had gone wrong. Squatting beside me and trying to hold me like a little baby, I finally broke down. I let it all out.

“He killed her. He killed her too.” I said amidst tears. “He fucking killed her.” I said again, I’d wanted to say something else but nothing seem to be coming out of my mouth. “She was all I had.” I said again and buried my face in Alannah’s embrace as I remember how Nanny McPhee had s