Chapter 87  After sealing the deal with her signature, Nicole had gotten everything she wanted, leaving Grandma as nothing more than an old pewn with no value left  I could see where this was headed, so I jumped in front of Grandma, my face tight with worry, trying to stop Nicole from going any  further.  “Nicole, just stop! Get out of here. Leave us alone!”  Even though I was practically shouting. I felt invisible. They couldn’t see or hear me at all.  Grandma’s health was fragile, she couldn’t handle any shocks right now. Desperate for answers, she clutched Nicole’s hand. “What do you mean? What’s happened to my girl? Why can’t I see her?”  “Exactly what it sounds like, Amanda’s been gone for a while.”  andma’s face went rigid, her eyes wide and vacant, as she whispered, “What, what did you say?”  Her voice was barely a whisper, and I felt like she might crumble any second.  I leaned in to cover her ears, “Grandma, don’t listen to her. Not a single word.”  I knew the truth lurking ahead was more than she could handle. My heart was aching for someone to come and break thi  moment.  awful  Marian, who usually hung out with Grandma, had vanished into the kitchen ages ago and hadn’t come back, and the other staff were nowhere to be seen. This was all part of Nicole’s twisted plan,  Nicole smirked. “I told you, your precious granddaughter is dead! I didn’t just take her finger. I did a lot worse.”  While Grandma stood there, lost, Nicole snatched the leather–bound book from the shrine. “Do you know what this is made of?” “Nicole, shut up!” I lunged at her, rage boiling over, wanting to end her madness,  I knew I couldn’t physically harm her, but my body moved on its own. I wanted to stop her, to end this horror Maybe my intense anger suddenly stirred a fierce gust, whipping through the windows and into the room The candle’s flame on the shrine flickered wildly, and the incense smoke danced crazily in the wind.  A book on the desk fluttered its pages, the rustle echoing throughout the mom. I screamed, my voice blending becoming a ferocious beast  Nicole’s words were swallowed by the sudden storm.  Just moments ago, the weather had been calm, making this abrupt windstorm feel eerily strange.  with the howling wind,  Grandma, leaning heavily on her cane, wobbled in the wind. She fixed Nicole with a fierce glare. “What did you say?”  Nicole snapped back to reality, clearly unbothered by anything supernatural. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have done such horrible things to her own sister  “This? It’s a book bound in your granddaughter’s skin. You’ve been poring over every day. Didn’t it feel familiar?”  Grandma’s wrinkled face froze as it she couldn’t believe her ears, and she questioned Nicole, “What did you say this is?”  Nicole ran her fingers over the book’s cover. “See? It’s so smooth. No animal skin could match its softness. It’s as smooth as silk. It’s just a pity Amanda was impaled through her waist before she died, so her skin has some big holes. It’s not perfect. Otherwise it could’ve been skinned perfectly, creating something truly artistic!”  Grandma refused to believe it. Her fingers clenched tightly in her palm, and the veins on her hand stood out.