Cindy looked at her face in the mirror and cried bitterly. Seeing this, her parents and younger brother turned to Shaun’s family, demanding compensation.
Shaun had been arrested by then. His parents begged Cindy for forgiveness, promising to take care of her in the future. They still had some money, but it was all under Elizabeth’s
control.
Before Shaun had gone on his stabbing spree, he’d transferred the money to her.
Cindy wanted to undergo facial reconstruction surgery, so she believed Elizabeth’s promises.
However, her brother, Charles Chase, wasn’t happy with this decision. He’d yelled at her, saying that she cared only about her appearance while ignoring their family’s struggles.
Elizabeth took advantage of the situation and argued that Cindy was the one who had suffered the most in this situation and that she was an adult capable of making her own decisions. Besides, she said that if Cindy refused to forgive Shaun, then she would not give
them any money.
Cindy had no choice but to do what she said.
To her shock, Elizabeth just brought her back to her hometown and locked her up. All of their money went to Cindy’s family in exchange for a 20–year prison sentence for Shaun.
I wanted to sue Cindy as well, but knowing that Elizabeth had locked her away, I figured that she wouldn’t be let off so easily. With them tormenting each other, I felt at ease.
It was three years later when I heard from Cindy again.
One of our classmates, Ryan Duran, mentioned her during a school reunion.
“You’re lucky you didn’t marry Shaun back then, Rainey. Cindy is in a terrible state now. Her legs were broken, and she was tortured so much that she looked like she was 50! I couldn’t even recognize her when I saw her!”
Curious, I asked, “Is that so? How is she now? I heard she was taken back to Shaun’s hometown.”
“Yeah, she was. She’s working as a dishwasher now. When she saw me that day, she cried so much I felt bad for her, so I introduced her to the job.
