Chapter 8 8
Chapter 8
From that day on, it felt like I had regained my vitality.
It seemed like I had found a reason to keep going.
So, I took the initiative to make peace with Shane.
I apologized to him.
Just like before.
At first, Shane didn’t want to forgive me.
But he couldn’t resist my persistence and eventually started talking to me again.
“Caitlin, I hope there won’t be a next time.”
“If there is, you can get out of this house and never come back.”
I nodded and agreed.
The happiest person was Irene.
Because she could have her fun again.
This time, I didn’t resist Irene like I used to.
Instead, I pleased and complied with her.
Soon, Irene was completely taken by my flattery.
She thought she was quite something.
Even someone like me, a mentally unstable woman, could be handled by her.
She treated me like her lackey.
She started taking me to various places.
But she told Shane she was taking me out shopping, introducing me to friends.
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In reality, she forced me to drink, showing her friends what it looked like when someone had a mental breakdown.
Irene warned me.
“Caitlin, if you dare tell your brother about any of this and ruin my marriage, I won’t let you get away with it.”
She sneered, waving her phone.
“I’ll send those videos and photos of you drinking to your brother and
I smiled at her obsequiously.
“Sister Irene, you’re overthinking it. How could I betray you?”
She leaned back on the sofa, satisfied.
your dad.”
“Exactly. With the way your brother treats you, how could you not hate him?”
Irene thought I hated my brother, which was why I sided with her.
Those photos and videos on her phone.
They were all taken when she forced me to drink, making me wear revealing clothes.
To curry favor with her family’s clients.
Touching and kissing were common.
But we never went all the way.
Not because she was kind, but because she was afraid I’d have an episode in bed.
And scare off her clients.
I let out a long breath of relief. For the first time in years, I was grateful for my mental
illness.
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