As soon as the voice in the recording started playing, Vivian recognized her own voice, and even her struggling movements slowed for a split second.
Lucas wrenched her out of the water in one motion, water splashing across the floor. "Is this what you call 'I don't dare'?"
Vivian hung her head and coughed violently, water dripping from her chin onto the ground. She did not dare meet his eyes at all. How could this have happened? Had not Ms. Margaret been sent away by Kyle long ago? How did he get that recording? The surveillance footage had clearly been destroyed. How did it end up in his hands?
Before she could sort out her jumbled thoughts, Lucas seized her chin so hard she felt her bones might shatter. "Vivian, for everything you did to Emma, I will make you pay back tenfold, a hundr
