The eavesdrop

Victoria

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I looked around the deserted area for a while before walking to the big house a few meters away from me.

I knocked at the door twice until I heard a cold and deep voice from the room. "Come in,"

I held the knob of the door, twisted it, and walked into the room.

"What's wrong with you, Jerome?"I asked, and stared at the young man with a well trimmed beard who lay weak on the floor.

His head was bandaged with a stain of blood around it.

I walked close to him with a worried and concerned look.

"What's wrong with you?"I reached out to him but he slapped my hand away. I stared at him with a confused look.

"What do you want, Victoria? Why are you here?"

He groaned gently in pain as he sat up on the bed.

"Why are you asking me such a question? I came because of the work I gave you to execute,"I said, and he scoffed.

"What work?"he asked coldly, and I threw a glare at him.

"Don't play tricks on me. Why haven't I heard any news that she was raped, huh?"I asked in an angry