TERRIBLE MISTAKE

The words choked on my chest, and all I could do was stand still and watch the man before me with wide eyes. “Jennifer? Ethan’s friend?” I breathed, my mind still unable to believe what I’ve heard. “Yes, her,” The old master gasped, his voice still low in fear. “But she…she—why would she do that?” I stammered. Still finding it impossible to believe that Jenifer could be as evil as that. I thought she saw the old master like her very own grandfather. She even called him—grandfather. “Why would she try to kill you grandfather? She has no reason to,” I pressed, wanting to know what would prompt a woman like Jennfier to do evil to the old master. The old master laughed. The tone of his laugh rumbled across the air, sending a cool chill in my skin that made me shiver. His voice was calm, low and sorrowful. “I also thought that too. Why would the same girl I took under my wings twelve years ago after her parents' death do that? The same child I fed and treated like my own—the little girl I a