[Comprehensive British and American] Capernaum

The winter night came quickly, and Ronika soon exhausted her strength, dug a snow cave, and lay down to sleep by herself.

It was very cold, and a down jacket alone was not enough to keep warm. Ronika hugged the small schoolbag to her chest, found mineral water and a pack of bear biscuits from it, gnawed on the bear's head with trembling teeth, and slowly put the Swallow the flour slurry in your mouth.It's so cold, will you freeze to death if you sleep like this all night?

Probably not?Anyway, I can't die, I will pat the snow on my body tomorrow, is there another hero?

There are not even bears in the wild. After all, bears hibernate, but there are wolves.When the willows were on the top of the moon, she heard the strange laughter of the owls, and the howling of wolves in the distance.Ronika took out an art knife from her schoolbag without changing her expression.

Who am I?Ronika was thinking about this again. She had forgotten important things and lost important people.

"Ronika——" If there is an indistinct voice like the call of a ghost, it drifts far away with the wind in the woods, is it another ghost?

The voice didn't stop, calling the girl's name repeatedly, but the little girl didn't respond. It was the coldest time of the night, and half of her body could no longer move.The voice was getting closer and closer, and she finally heard it clearly. It was Papa John.

"Ronika!" His voice was full of anxiety. "Where are you?"

Do you want to answer?Ronika asked herself, she couldn't die, if John couldn't find her, she would probably go back, then after resurrection tomorrow, she could go on and wander the world from now on, just like she always did in the past, Alone against the whole world.Even if she agreed, even if she returned to Coleman's house, so what?

John was still shouting, his voice was a little hoarse: "Ronika! You hurry home!"

After pausing for half a minute, after he realized that he might have really lost this child, the man's expression under the moonlight was a little tired, and he said slowly: "I'm sorry."

He shouldn't be too scared to chase after the other party because the scene of the other party's death and resurrection is too weird.

There was a small sound, as if something had been knocked over, but it was like the noise made by a small mouse, but it rekindled the flame of hope in John's heart. He searched for the place where the sound came from, and sure enough, when he walked around a snowdrift, , Seeing the little girl with a hole in it, under the flashlight, he saw her bluish face and slowly closing eyes.

Mineral water bottles and bear biscuits were scattered all over the floor. John didn't care about it at all. He carried the child out of the snow, cold and stiff. In one day, he saw Ronika die in front of him twice.Something was constantly gnawing at his heart. He wrapped the child in his arms and wrapped the heavy coat around the girl, only showing a pale face.

Why hasn't she been resurrected yet?John waited blankly. For a while, his heart became more and more flustered. Is there a limit to the number of resurrections?Could Ronika never wake up again?However, the miracle that happened before finally happened again, a slight white light appeared on the stiff skin, the chest jumped suddenly, and began to rise and fall again, even the complexion of the face gradually became normal, no longer looking like a corpse.

Ronika opened her eyes in her warm embrace, listening to the man next to her ear murmuring, "Thank God, God, God bless."

She wasn't going to die, so what was Papa John worried about?

When John carried her back, Kate almost went crazy with her three children.She just left for a while, and when she came back to her senses, she found that John had gone home early, and said to her in a panic, "Ronika ran away from home and went to the forest."

When it was time for dinner, Ronika still didn't come back, but Esther took Max who didn't know where he was going home.Kate wanted to call the police and ask the search and rescue team, but John didn't know what he was worried about, so he said he would look for it first.During this trip, most of the night, she fidgeted in the room, picked up the phone several times, but put it down out of trust in her husband.

Finally, when dawn was approaching, John appeared in her sight with Ronika behind his back, and Kate, who had stood by the window all night, rushed out.

"The child is freezing, go and boil some hot water." John said to his wife.

Kate carefully examined the little girl's body in the bathroom, thank God, she didn't freeze any fingers and toes, which is simply a blessing.Putting the other three kids to bed, Kate served the duo the leftovers of hot corn chowder and fish steaks from the night and watched them devour them hungry.

"Ronika, we need to talk tomorrow." Kate said seriously. "Me, you, and your dad."

The little girl nodded, but she didn't expect that before going to sleep, John walked in with a cup of hot chocolate and said to her, "I finally got it for you. Mom usually doesn't let you drink sweets at night, but you were scared today... ..." Although, he felt that he was the one who was scared.

Ronika took the cup away without hesitation, her washed hair was half dry and still a little wet, and her whole little face looked even more pitiful.John sat beside his bed, pondered for a long time, and then slowly said: "When you die, will it hurt?"

Ronika nodded. It hurts. Even if she can be revived, it will hurt if a knife is pierced into the heart, and it will hurt if she is frozen to death in the snow.Countless nights, when the ghost killed her in various ways, she felt pain, but she just couldn't tell anyone about it.After all, only children who are truly loved by others will always act like a baby and cry out for pain.

John had complicated eyes. He took a deep look at the little girl and said in a low voice, "Ronika, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

To be honest, although it was a bit weird that this child would be resurrected, she had never hurt anyone since she came to the house. Even if she found him scared, she just picked up her schoolbag and left by herself.As Sister Abigail said, Ronika is a good child. Although she may not be very affectionate with you, she is not as versatile as Esther, who loves to cling to him like a baby, but this child's kindness and tolerance, through her pair of You can see it in the dark blue eyes.

Even Kate, who has many doubts about Esther, is not picky about Ronika, only occasionally saying that this child is too worry-free and polite, and she doesn't feel like a family.

"Since you have come to our house." John promised earnestly, "You are one of us, and I am your father, Ronika, don't let yourself die, it will hurt, protect yourself, okay? ?”

Ronika nodded again and shrank back into the bed.

"Don't leave suddenly again, remember?" John asked again, he sighed softly, and said: "I can guess that you have experienced many things, and I will not ask you unless you I want to say it, but Ronika, I hope that when you encounter something in the future, you don’t always think about solving it yourself, you can come to me.”

May I?is that useful?Ronika's eyes were a little puzzled. John knew that he could not force her anymore today, so he took the cup away from her hand and urged her to brush her teeth again.After Ronika finally lay down, he bent over and twisted the corner of the quilt, said "good night", and turned off the light for her.

Half asleep and half awake, Ronika felt something cold against her neck. She opened her eyes, and Esther was crawling on the head of the bed in a strange posture, holding the art work she found out of her bag. Knife, her eyes are like cold and cruel predators in the dark.

But Ronika was not afraid, she just tilted her head and looked at each other.

"You just can't die, can you?" Esther said viciously.

Ronika understood everything when she heard the words, so she laughed, and as her thinking gradually became clearer, she could still see Esther's face and ghost overlapping together, as if they were the same thing, It's just that she saw through the soul essence of the other party.

This kind of smile is provocative in front of Esther. She wanted to slide the art knife, but saw Ronika raise her eyebrows slightly, turn over suddenly, relying on surprise, hold her hand, and put the knife between the two , the girls applied their own strength, but the knife was firmly fixed in the center.

Ronika mouthed: "I can't die, what about you? As long as I kill you every day, you will be killed by me one day, but unfortunately you won't be resurrected."

Esther's eyes twisted even more.

"Stay away from them!" Ronika threatened coldly, "If you dare to touch this family, I will kill you."

Esther understood the mouth shape, and finally she let go of her hand, letting Ronika take the knife away, and the night passed like this.The little girl rested her blade on her head, thinking about all kinds of ghosts, and fell asleep.

The next day, Kate learns that Abigail is missing, and Esther is pointing it out, as if Ronika did it, both overtly and secretly.Max looked terrified, and she and Danny were threatened by the devil and had to run to tell their mother that they were afraid of Ronika.

"She smashed the pigeon to death." "She said she would kill us and Esther." "She said before that Sister Abigail treated her badly and wanted to kill her." The words of the two children let Kate's heart was shaken. She didn't dislike Ronika, but she didn't say she wanted to adopt the child at the beginning, she didn't agree.

Look, what kind of devil she brings back!

Esther hid in the dark and smiled softly. Of course she couldn't kill Ronika, but she could make her feel nowhere.

"I don't agree." This time, John was surprisingly straightforward, facing Kate's unbelievable expression, he said seriously: "It was you who said Esther was weird, but now you want to throw Ronika back to the orphanage It's you too, what do you think of the children?"

"If you think that Ronika killed Sister Abigail, then you should contact the police." John said calmly, "And we really should figure out what happened recently."

For example, whoever killed Ronika, he was immersed in the fear and grief of losing his adopted daughter before, but now facing three children targeting Ronika at the same time, a fool would feel that something is wrong.Especially the voice in my heart thought so too, and the object of that voice's suspicion was Esther.

Evidence is needed, and Esther's background needs to be found out... There is no sense of security... So, does this family have no sense of defense?

Oh, wait, you are starting to complain about yourself. Could it be that you have schizophrenia because of too many design drafts?John stroked his dwindling hair, and supported Kate to continue to call the relevant departments to get Esther's identity information.

"Thank you, Dad." Ronika sneaked into John's studio when everyone was lying leisurely on the sofa after a meal, pulled the man's clothes, looked up and said to him: "Thank you You believe me."

John was drawing his working draft, and when he saw this, he pulled away the chair next to him and let the little girl sit on it.He smiled, his eyes were gentle and calm, and under the bright yellow light, it made people feel warm in their hearts, "Ronika." He said, "Although I am not your biological father, I don't even know why I was in the orphanage. You, but I always feel that I know you."

"Since you have come to our home and become part of our family, we are family. Kate... your mother has been through some difficult things and she needs time to adjust and help from the family, and I I did some wrong things." John looked at the line draft, lowered his eyes and said: "But the so-called family is not what you say, but what you do, where is your heart. You come to the house so Jiu, what kind of person you are, even Sister Abigail knows, don't we know?"

"You are a good boy."

"We have never met before, and we have no chance to become father and daughter."

"This is God's arrangement. It's unfortunate and regrettable, but fortunately we brought you home. From now on, you, Kate, Danny, Max and I, and maybe Esther, we are family , so stop being afraid and worrying.”

John put down the pen in his hand and asked: "So, can you tell me, who tried to kill you with the knife? I put the knife away, it belonged to the kitchen. I also sent it to the police station, please be familiar with it. Check your fingerprints with your friends, even if you don’t tell me, I will know soon.”

Ronika was surprised that Papa John was so calm and sharp?I always feel that this John is not the same person as the one I met before, as if another personality in him has awakened?And this kind of behavior style, I always feel that I have seen it before.

John touched the little girl's head and said, "It's fine if you don't say anything, but I want to ask you one thing."

Ronika nodded seriously, saying that she would definitely do it.

"Look at Max and Danny for me, don't let your younger siblings get hurt, okay?" Papa John said, as the head of the family, he will definitely rule out the danger, no matter who the other party is.

However, the devil will not be restrained because of people's vigilance, it will only become more crazy.

A few days later, when John went out to get a fingerprint report, and Ronika was called by the school teacher to rehearse the show, even though Kate was at home, something happened to Danny, and his cabin was set on fire. While he was inside, he fell straight from the wooden house and was sent to the hospital for treatment. His life and death are unknown.

Kate, who saw her son dying in the hospital, finally became hysterical. The doctors had to inject her with tranquilizers to prevent her from hurting herself.

Esther showed a weird smile, and threw the empty medicine bottle in the trash can.She knew that Kate had to take antidepressant drugs every day, so she got the medicine that would cause a nervous breakdown from some sources. The two pills were almost exactly the same, especially Kate's mental state could not be distinguished at all.She got up one night and secretly replaced half a bottle of medicine, and now, stimulated by Danny's injury, the mistress of the house finally collapsed.

Although John still refused to leave Kate, and that damn Ronika hugged Max everywhere, and even refused to leave Danny's hospital bed because of self-blame.Things weren't going well for her, but she still had a way, didn't she?

John, after all, was hers.