-Madeleine-
I was crying my eyes out in my room while I sat on my knees, naked with my hands tied behind my, facing the door this time. My mother had placed herself in a chair watching me, having me repeat over and over that I was sorry and that I would never do it again. I would be obedient.
Every time I failed to say it fast enough or without stammering, she would go over to me and slap me, telling me what a failure I was. The necklace she had given me, which was my grandmother’s, she had taken from me, telling me I wasn’t worthy of it.
I was trembling, wracked with pain and fear, but I knew no one was coming to save me. Kate was likely already on the plane, and Chris might be locked up too. I was alone, trapped with my terrible mother, who was here to teach me a lesson in discipline
