Chapter 6 - The Pattern of Abuse
Phyllis reached out with trembling hands, trying to grab the phone from Marcus’s grip. "Marcus, turn that off! You're misinterpreting things! I was trying to give her physical therapy! She was being lazy!"
"Physical therapy?!" Marcus roared, stepping out of her reach. "I saw you pour cold water on her cast three weeks ago! I saw you hide her pain medication in the top cabinet where she couldn't reach it! I saw you tell her that if she complained to me, you'd make sure I divorced her!"
Clara gasped quietly from the floor, tears falling silently down her cheeks. She had kept those threats a secret for weeks out of fear of breaking up Marcus’s family.
"Marcus, please..." Phyllis wept, switching instantly from aggression to fake, pathetic tears. "I'm your mother! I raised you! How can you take her word—and some stupid video—over your own blood?!"
"Because my blood is standing right here acting like a monster," Marcus said, his voice echoing off the high ceilings of the kitchen.
He tapped three buttons on his phone screen.
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"I just sent the entire footage drive to the police department," Marcus stated coldly. "And to my lawyer."
👉 What shocking revelation about Clara’s car accident came to light when the police arrived at the estate?
