Chapter 1

My dad, Sebastian Miller, was a total "saint."

When I was a kid, he made me give some bread to a homeless man down the street.

The man grabbed me and groped me under my clothes. I ran home, sobbing hysterically.

But Sebastian just shrugged it off. "So what if he touched you a little? He didn't mean any harm. He just likes kids."

"We live in a civilized country. What could he possibly do to you?"

When I was ten, Sebastian threw his back out. A neighbor came over, asking him to help move some heavy furniture.

I felt bad for my dad, so I told the neighbor the truth about his back and politely declined on his behalf.

When Sebastian found out, he locked me in my room and beat me with a belt for a whole day.

"You ruined my perfect reputation!"

"Saying that makes the neighbors think I'm just making up excuses to avoid helping them!"

Later, a young thug named Mark Vance moved in next door.

Sebastian forced me to cook meals for him and clean his filthy apartment.

On my eighteenth birthday, I overheard my dad talking to the other neighbors.

"I’m planning to have Kate marry Mark. With his background, he’ll probably never find a wife otherwise."

I confronted him immediately, but Sebastian pointed a finger at me and screamed.

"You need to make sacrifices! I'm trying to build good karma for you!"

"I've raised you for eighteen years! How long are you going to be a parasite?!"

He locked me in a room with that thug.

During the struggle, Mark drove a paring knife straight into my heart.

When I opened my eyes again, I was back to the day the thug first moved in next door.