After she stretched out her hand and touched the door handle in front of her, Joanne suddenly froze, causing Ben, who was standing next to her, to almost jump.
For some reason, as she looked at the door in front of her, a weird feeling emerged from within Joanne's chest, but even so, after what seemed like an eternity, Joanne suddenly opened the door before freezing.
The moment Joanne opened the door, and the three people outside could see the insides of the room, Ben suddenly began running away as fast as he could, causing Kiara, who was standing nearby with a smile on her face, to faintly frown.
But even so, right now, Joanne did not have any time to pay any attention to Ben's actions, as she couldn't take her eyes from the scene in front of her.
As she looked at her husband, or rather what remained of him, Joanne couldn't help but suddenly gag, as she then tried her best to suppress the vomit that threatened to pour out of her mouth.
Right now, the body of Joanne's husband was spread out through the room, his skin had been ripped off his flesh and placed in the center of the room, right below his head, which had been impaled by a knife, next to that stood another knife, which impaled a bloody heart, which had a bite taken out of it.
At the same time, what remained of the man's torso stood in a corner of the room with no skin and a large hole in his chest, through which his organs had been clearly taken out.
Throughout the rest of the room, everything from limbs, fingers without any sort of nails, as they had been taken off, as well as internal organs lay thrown about.
"What do you say, mother, do you like my gift? Father and I worked hard to create it for you two," asked Kiara as she looked at her mother with an innocent smile on her face.
But even though Kiara looked and sounded the same as always, as soon as she heard those words, Joanne suddenly puked on the floor, causing Kiara's expression to change.
"Mother, don't you like my gift?" asked Kiara as she looked at her mother with a weird expression on her face, as the smile she previously had disappeared.
The moment Kiara said this, Joanne, who had been puking up until now, suddenly froze.
"Ahhhh..."
But before Joanne could say anything else, she suddenly let out a high-pitched scream, as Kiara's small leg suddenly smashed into her knee, sending her to the floor.
As she looked at her mother, who was still screaming, Kiara couldn't help but faintly frown before dragging the latter into the room.
...
Looking at her mother, who was clutching her leg whilst screaming, Kiara suddenly lowered herself to her the level of her mother.
"Mother, did you enjoy the gift I've prepared for you?" asked Kiara, whispering straight into Joanne's ear as she hugged the screaming woman.
Hearing this, it seemed as though Joanne's pain had disappeared, causing her to raise her head and stare into the eyes of her daughter, which were staring at her with an utterly insane look in them.
"Um, mommy loves Kiara's gift," said Joanne, causing Kiara's eyes to suddenly light up with happiness.
"I knew that mother would like my gift," mumbled Kiara with a genuinely happy look on her face as she suddenly ripped out one of her mother's nails, causing blood to spurt out.
But even though this was happening, as she looked at the happy expression on the face of her daughter, Joanna did not let out a single scream.
Slowly but surely, time passed, and as Joanne lost her nails, Kiara continued, as she then used the kitchen knife at her disposal to cut off the fingers of her mother one by one, with a look of pure ecstasy on her face.
But unlike her father, who had survived for a long amount of time, after she cut off all the latter's fingers, Kiara looked at her mother, who was becoming weaker and weaker.
"Mother, do you like Kiara's gift?" asked Kiara once again as she stared at the face of her mother, which was becoming paler and paler at a rapid pace.
A moment later, without saying anything, Joanne nodded, causing Kiara's eyes to once again light up.
"I knew it, mommy loves Kiara the most... Kiara also loves mommy very much," mumbled Kiara, reverting her address from 'mother' to 'mommy'.
Even though she was nearly dead, as she heard the words of her daughter, and saw the sincere look on the latter's face, Joanne couldn't help but breathe one final sigh of relief.
...
As she stared at the heart in her hands, which she had carefully carved out of her mother's chest, saliva couldn't help but fall out of Kiara's mouth, causing her to suddenly take a bit.
Feeling the juicy meat quickly melt in her mouth, Kiara couldn't help but let out a satisfied sigh.
"As expected, mommy's heart is really full of love," mumbled Kiara before quickly devouring the heart, as if she had been starving for years.
A moment later, with her face still full of blood, Kiara raised her head and stared at the heart that had been impaled in the middle of the room.
But after a moment of hesitation, Kiara shook her head in disgust.
Unlike her mother, who really loved her, whilst Kiara gave him his gift, her father called her 'crazy' and 'insane'.
Even worse, he even tried to reject the gift, which made Kiara feel furious.
This also showed in his heart, which was not tasty in the slightest, and made Kiara feel disgusted.
...
As she looked at the figure in front of her, Kiara, who was drenched in blood, couldn't help but suddenly run forward into the latter's embrace.
"Kiara, did you do what big sister asked you to?" asked the figure as she looked at the little girl in front of her with a smile on her face.