“What did you see?” Isabella asked with a shaky breath.
“I saw Charles, with your mother tied down to the sofa and I saw him... beating your mother!”
A wave of cold air rushed through Isabella’s entire body, as she refused to believe the story told to her by Laura.
“No! this can’t be true! You are lying. My mother would never tolerate such thing!”
Laura looked up at Isabella with tear filled eyes, signifying to her that everything that was being told was horrific yet true.
“I am sorry but it is true! Even my eyes couldn’t believe what I had seen.”
“Didn’t you do anything to stop him?” Emerald rose the question that was disturbing her. she didn’t want to believe that her mother stood back and simply watched the woman get abused.
“I wanted to and I did step ahead on your mother’s por
