The sunlight was dazzling that day, yet the Hilbert family home was ominously gloomy. The adults in the family sat solemnly in the living room, conversing in hushed tones about matters that completely eluded him. His mother then rose abruptly, seizing a knife. Her movements were too quick for anyone, even his father, to stop. Before they could react, she had already cut open the belly of the pregnant woman.
Huahua distinctly remembered that the child extracted from the belly was still squirming.
After that day, although the pregnant woman survived, his father was no longer seen at home.
The maid taking care of him and his younger brother, Jacob, gossiped with other servants - saying their father had moved out due to his loathing for their mother's treatment of his dearly loved woman.
