CH 28

Chapter 28

The guards grabbed her and dragged her away. Bam! Soon the door closed.

Even though the door was closed, Cesare continued to surround me. The scent of his body could be felt through his clothes. It smelled like the smell of a forest on a rainy day. Are you using perfume? This is the smell that I wanted to keep sniffing. I buried my face in his clothes and sniffed.

“Well, I was wrong.”

The crying voice of the child who was kneeling was heard.

“What did you do wrong?”

“I messed up with the boss and deceived the lord… I was wrong… Please help me…”

The child grabbed Cesare’s legs and burst into tears. “Ouch!”

The child let out a shriek and bent down. I thought for a moment that Cesare had hit the child and raised my head in amazement. But Cesare only placed his hand lightly on the child’s shoulder. It was as if he had touched a wound that had already been there. The child was even more startled by his own scream and was at loss for what to do.

“Sorry, I’m sorry.”

“How did this wound come to?”

At Cesare’s words, the child began to tremble severely.

“I just fell down the stairs.”

“Is that right?”

Even with his words, the child was visibly anxious. It was obviously a lie. Could Cesare have noticed? I looked up at him anxiously. Cesare asked the child with a calm face.

“What is your real name?”

“Yes Yes?”

“Your real name.”

“Pe, it’s Peter…”

The child spoke in a voice as low as the sound of a mosquito.

“Peter, that’s a good name.”

Cesare said with a smile. The child laughed awkwardly.

“Yes, Peter. I have one question.”

“What is it?”

“Is Isabelle hitting you?”

At Cesare’s question, the child was stunned.

“Ah, ah, no! just sometimes…”

“Sometimes?”

“Only when I don’t listen…”

Even as he said that, Peter seemed unsure. The child defended the boss even though he was already full of bruises.

“Peter, I’m going to help you.”

Peter looked at him in surprise at Cesare’s words.

“So you have to be honest. Can you do that?”

“Yes Yes. I-I can.”

“When was the last time? What else did you do wrong?”

“Yesterday… my sister ate late.”

Peter answered more and more honestly after.