Ashtray in hand, Murata burst into the room where Hebe had been bound a moment ago only to find that she was gone. He immediately roared, “You f*cking b***h! Where are you hiding?! Show yourself right now or I’ll beat you to death when I find you!”
Huddled in my embrace, Hebe said to me under her breath, “Ben, now you know how scared of him I am. After locking me up, he beat me on a frequent basis. He really wanted to beat me to death!”
I stroked Hebe’s cheek and then stole out of the wardrobe where we were hiding with the intention to sneak up on Murata, knock him out and then flee with Hebe.
However, I failed to notice that there was a mirror in the room where Murata was. When I sneaked up on him, he saw the reflection of me in the mirror.
Murata was more familiar with the furnishing
