After that terrible day, it was back to normal. The mother got over her ring since the father will buy her a new one. The father quickly forgot his horrible morning with batch of beer cans at night.

The next two weeks, Ghost Girl studied her parents routines and habits. It was quite shocking to Ghost Girl! Ghost Girl was very distant from her parents, when she was at home they usually ignored each other. The mother doesn't cook and most of time eat takeouts or microwavable food. When she was at school, Ghost Girl don't know what they do.

And watching for the past two weeks, it was shocking. The mother usually called cleaning services when the father was away. The person who came were usually one man. Then the mother and the man had sex in the bedroom!

The father heavily watched porn in the middle of the night on the weekends in his 'man cave' in the basement. He was a heavy drinker, drinking bottles and cans of alcohol. He considered himself connoisseur of alcohol. You can tell from his massive collection of fine bottles and different kinds of brand. But really, he's just an alcoholic. He's also a big sports fan, collecting all kinds of memorabilia.

And over the past two weeks, they started cleaning out her room! Selling her games and laptop, stealing her personal stash of cash, and burning her clothes!

Ghost Girl had enough. She thought a few ideas on how to get it done.

Saturday night, the father was in his man cave. HIs usual routine was watching porn and his sports channel playing loudly on the flat screen.

SLAM

The father heard a loud slamming sound upstairs. He got up from his chair went up the starcase. He saw nothing suspicious but once he tried to turn the doornob, it's stuck.

Then he heard sounds of broken glass!

The father ran downstairs and bottles upon bottles are falling from it shelf!

From his desk, a lighter lifted in the air and was lighted. Then it was tossed towards the liquor on the ground. A fire was started and spreading! The father was scared out of his wits! He had no fire extinguisher and left his phone in his room, so he wasn't disturbed!

There were no windows and no bathroom to get water, his first instinct was to get out of here.

Back to the door, it was still jamed! The door wasn't wooden, but a steel door. The father banged on the door and stomped on it. "Lucy! WAKE THE FUCK UP! FIRE! FIRE!"

The fire was spreading to carpet, rug, couch, and anything else flammable. The smoke was filling up the basement and getting very hot.

***

The mother was slumbering until she felt the room was heating up and then smelled smoke. She jolted up and realized something was burning!

It was dark and cloudy, when the mother tried to make the first step on top of the staircase. Something stabbed her in the foot! "Ahhh!"

She slipped her hand on the handrail and felled on the stairs, but while tumbling down on the stairs, she felt her whole body was stabbed!

The mother groaned on the floor, still breathing. She felt her whole body was in pain. She pulled her hand in front of her and saw a couple of nails in them! Nails on her arms, legs, feet, back! A few nails entered her neck!

She was bleeding profusely! Her mind was getting a little hazy and felt something on her head. Due to curiosity, she reached the top of her head and felt something. Ah... it's another nail. In her head...

The mother slowly turned her head and saw a bunch of nails sticking up on each step of the staircase. Who put them there?

Before she closed her eyes for the final time, she saw a shadowy silhouette.

***

Ghost Girl witnessed the death of her parents. After their death, two black pearls appeared in front of her. She assumed they are souls, that she can used to get powers. She put it in her shoulder bag, but it wouldn't matter. The deed was done, her parents are killed and her home was burning down.

Ghost Girl was standing in the front lawn and can hear the fire trucks coming.

"Okay, I'm ready!" Ghost Girl lifted her head towards the sky and and spread her arms.

...

...

Her parents are gone, the caused of her death! She was satisfied. She didn't think she had worldly attachments! Maybe... But it's trivial matters!

"Okay now! I'm ready to move on!" Ghost Girl yelled to the sky.

...

"Fuck."

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"I need to talk to Chala."