The only way I can now reassure my sister is to tell her that they did not manage to do the worst thing, which I hasten to do. But Katya at the beginning does not believe me, she doubts, she decides that I am trying to deceive her. But I eventually manage to convince her of the veracity of my words by pointing to the obvious evidence.

She screams, cries, hits my chest, and I just sit there, holding her close to me and I hate the feeling of helplessness that I feel right now. I want to absorb all her pain, take it for myself, heal it. The thought...