They had been living in luxury for 5 years when he realized Bethany had begun to fall in love with him. Her beauty drew him in, but he wasn't in love with her.
Sarah grew up to be an exact replica of her mother, and she was so attractive that she was often mistaken for a doll. Mr. Marcus was furious because he could brag about being her father in public, but the knowledge that he could never have a kid, no matter how ugly, made him hate Sarah.
After 5 years, things went awful, and he took it out on Bethany, blaming her for misfortunes, and he would have transferred it to Sarah if Bethany hadn't been shielding her the whole time. When Mr. Marcus saw how far he had depreciated, he just wanted to die. He wished he had left Bethany alone on the stairs that day. "If it were the last thing
