fruits and vegetables in her hands. A smile settled on her lips as

d done more than 'taking care' of her. Elaine laughed and shook her head

d have their own house. If only his mother would just trea

she entered, gave the driver the d

again. He would whine and complain about how he had a fleet of expensive cars and drivers

fe? Elaine just couldn't bring herself to use Alexander's money in

d on egg shells. She had to make no mistakes

f her. She just really needed some space after their las

the blue signpost, stop. I'll walk d

led them but sometimes calls were not enough. She was so excited to

ked down the road leading to her parent's house. It was a simple mini-flat wit

ter but they had insisted that she was feeling inferior to the famil

e walked down the street. M

brown gate that secured the house. Elaine looked closely

huge padlock that held it together

r own gate" She whispered to herself. It was just 12pm. Why w

as at the beginning of this road, two men in black overalls ran out of a hous

d ran inside. To her dismay, the main door leading to the sitting room wa

head bowed while her mother wrapped h

she gasped at the mess. Broken furniture,

aine asked "What's going

"Elaine, you are her

r hugged her tightly, refusing to let g

nothing in particular "T–they said they would kill

ther's shoulder, looking at her. She knew who was behind this without thinking t

ike this? This is an embarrassment to you. The family of your so-called husband treating your own fami

away from her father an

r is right" Her mother voiced out, still shaking. "What else do you hav

e well. It's j

yelled at her in rage. Rage mixed with terror

rl…..We didn't raise a foolish child. I will not allow you to

m down fi

ill be

sat down on a sofa, exhausted. Thanks to her crazy mother-in-law, what

Her mother asked, su

ned me with your lives but

. "She abuses you. She hurts you, doesn't she? So you've been lying

d endure it for a moment. I did

hitting it in pain as angry

. You're making

not remain there. You can't stay with that man anymore. I ref

patted her back. "I know.

. She picked it up and saw the notificatio

ing. You have just three minutes to come outside. Alone. I

to tell her who was behi

t t

e person who spok

ne s

erson behind all this ch