Chapter 5

“I see.”Keith’s expression didn’t change,but his eyes did darken.“Did he hurt you?”

“Not him.His mother,Marguerite.”Julia shuddered.“She was an emotionally abusive woman.Got in my personal space.Had to control everything.Didn’t believe the pandemic was real,that it was a way to scare people when there was no real threat.She focused her attention on me,calling me fat,ugly and what did I have to offer her precious son when I was the one bringing in money at one point.And Clancy…he never stood up for me.He even said that I shouldn’t speak so badly about his mother as she means well.A lot of the time I barely said a word.He never said that it was weird she called every day and they would talk for nearly two hours.He claimed Marguerite was lonely,even though his father was living with her.”