A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

For several days Emily's parents were yielded prisoners. They were fed once a day by Tina's thugs, but the portions were just enough to keep them barely alive. Moreover, the house was as cold as the North Pole. If it wasn't for those dirty blankets that they found in the house, they would surely freeze to death.

Every day was miserable, since it was just starving and freezing all day. It was too much to bear for anyone and death was hiding at the next door.

At the same time, Emily was returning to Haicheng City. When she was finally at home, on the table in the kitchen she found a DVD she had never seen before. So, she took the DVD and played the video on her computer. When the video started, she felt a cold thrill on her back, her face was completely terrified.

The monitor showed two people sitting down on the floor. They were wearing some dirty rag; their hairs were scruffy and untied; their arms, legs, and face brought signs of starvation and pain. It was a terrible scene. The camera moved around the house, with no one speaking. The place was at least as filthy and messy as them: the walls and roof were covered with musk, the wooden carpet was devoured by woodworms, and the whole room filled with a thin mist. They were probably freezing, in fact they shrank in the corner shivering, sometimes hugging each other. They looked miserable and pathetic...

Even though the video was not of best quality, Emily soon recognized those two as her parents!

She panicked, and her mind wasn't still anymore. Then she saw that at the bottom there was a phone number. She dialed and waited for an answer.

Soon enough, a woman's voice picked up the phone,"Is there Emily? I guess you have seen the video."

That voice was familiar. Emily gritted her teeth and trembled with rage and pain. She shouted out word by word,"Tina, why do you have my parents? If you have any problem, then it is just between you and me. Leave them out of this story!"

Tears fell down her face. She couldn't believe that her parents were dying. They were all her world. If they would die in this way, right now, she would never be the same again. Her poor heart wouldn't survive as well.

Tina felt the terror in Emily's voice. She laughed delightedly,"Yes. I have them. Emily, mark my words. Your parents are rubbish like you are! They gave you birth and for this they need to pay! That's all you deserve, to be treated like rubbish!"

"Tina!" Emily squeezed the phone as she wanted to broke it in pieces. She said nervously,"What the hell do you want? ..."

"Oh, there are a lot of things that I want." Tina sounded calm and happy,"But let's talk about what do you want. For instance, do you want to save them? I can give you a chance to have your parents back, but I assure you that if you tell anything to Jacob or the police, I will end their sufferings. You do not want to see your parents dead, right, Emily?"

Emily took a slow and long deep breath and said,"I promise you. But you stop torturing them now; otherwise, I will kill you with my hands."

heart. She continued to say,"Twelve o' clock tomorrow; on the western suburbs.

"Fine, I'll come."

up the phone. She suddenly burst out laughing

Mark was sitting by her side. He looked relieved, as if her sister's happiness was all that mattered

excited, brother." Tina smiled and hugged him around the neck. She kissed him on his cheek,"Mark, you are always so good to

it been since they were

it." His eyes were sweet and his tone sounded lovely while he was with Tina. He said,"I took an appointment for

pushed Mark away, as her happiness was replaced by a gloomy face,"Are you sure he can fix my scar? Otherwise, do not make me

it. Let's give him a chance, shall we?" Mark knew that it is not easy to erase completely a scar, but he

not disappoint me Mark, or this time

whatever you want, as long as

..."

Emily's parents were living in the hell designed by Tina. They bore tortures that no human being should never witness without even knowing the reason. All they wanted was someone to save them out of this hell. The next day, it

gazing at each other, they ran as fast as they could through the door

not run longer. After a few meters, they were caught and threw to the ground. The two poor souls shouted

to run away? I suppose you don't want to live any minute longer!"

smelly and dirty beggars. He could not help stepping backward and telling to his companion,"Maybe that's enough. You do

them inside the backseat

do you think Miss Tina needs these two for? She just threw them in that shabby, but actually she never did anything

of crazy. Sometimes I can't

the beater,"she is just a woman. How can you be scared by a woman? You are

Miss Tina reminds

guards kept gossiping in the car, while Emily's parents stretched out their ears trying to grasp something about