Chapter 68: Darkness Revealed
(Scarlet's POV)
The living room was pitch black. Only the harsh, blue glare of the laptop screen cut through the darkness. The flash drive Ethan Easton gave me contained surveillance footage from the Sterling estate. Five files. My mother was in every single one.
In the video, my mother was scrubbing the floor. She wore nothing but a maid's apron and a leather dog collar around her neck. Richard Sterling held the chain. He yanked it, forcing her back, violating her from behind right there in the open living room.
Chloe descended the stairs in the background. She didn't even blink. She walked past my mother like she was a piece of furniture.
The timestamp read 3:00 PM. I was in class then.
Richard forced my mother's face toward the camera. She tried
