Chapter Sixteen: Gathering Clouds

Alpha Cuan

How well do you know Neerah?

Oh, she is my neighbor's only daughter! They have lived here for more than ten years. I guess I know her more than a little.

Was she always given to mood Swings?

I remember once. she got kicked out. Poor girl was only sixteen. I took her in for a couple of days before her mother's boyfriend left. She wouldnt look at us or speak for nearly one week.

Was she alright afterwards?

My daughter brought her child over for a few hours and she took a liking to the baby. She would speak to the baby girl when she thought that no one was looking.

After the baby is gone?

Oh she went home. A couple of days later, she was smiling and hyper as usual. She thanked me for my help, that's all.

Was she always so strange?

I know this will sound spooky but sometimes, when her mother was shouting all over the house, she would scream at the top of her lungs saying things like ‘I beat you? I beat you? You beat me you fucking monster!’

So, she blames her for the beatin