Cath came into the garden and stopped. She looked up to the house, like I was doing.

“Do you see that window? I pointed at the window. “It’s the girl’s room, she had probably heard some noise and I guess that she maybe screamed or caught the attention of the attacker. She ran over to her brother, put him in the closet and that way prevented that her brother getting killed. God, what a smart girl, she is only six or something like that, unbelievable.”

Chapter 5

My secret

I turned my back to the house and looked at the parents. They had both been shot in the head. Lying facedown in the mud. As if they where put there and then executed from a short range. I could see what the officer meant when he told me that they where executed. I looked around and saw a table near the swimming pool. There were two wine glasses on the table and an empty bottle next to it. I looked more closely at the scene and I noticed that there were only three chairs. I stepped closer to the table and noticed that the fourth chair was lying on the ground in pieces. They sure put up a fight, I looked closer at the chair and there was some blood on the end of one of the pieces that once was an arm.

“Cath, I found some blood here.” She came closer and handed me my kit.

I opened my kit and started to process the evidence. A minute later Cath started doing the same thing. We worked in absolute silence. Suddenly I heard her soft voice calling my name.

“Sara, I’m sorry. I never saw you with kids, or ever heard you talk about kids. I guess I just assumed that you don’t have an interest in kids. I was wrong, I’m not the one to judge you.” Cath admitted.

I nodded, not really sure what to say. Maybe I wasn’t so great with kids but I could learn.

“I want them someday, I guess.”

“What?” Cath asked not sure whether she heard it right.

“I want kids someday, I guess, just not right now. And not on my own.” Cath looked at me with a frown, she probably never even imagined me with kids. I smiled at her and she smiled back.