“She only served to lend us her womb,” his mother said while taking a slow sip of her wine.
“When she finishes eating the leftovers, have her clean the bathrooms.”
For twelve years, he believed that providing his mother with a home, a credit card, and every possible comfort would guarantee that his wife was well cared for while he traveled for work.
What he discovered under that tablecloth destroyed that belief in barely four short seconds.
And what he uncovered later, after reviewing months of forgotten security camera footage, was even worse.
He saw his pregnant wife scrubbing the floors on her knees every single day.
He discovered that they had fired the housekeeper just to force his wife to “earn the right to live there.”
He also found solid proof that nearly two hundred and fifty thousand dollars had been quietly siphoned from his credit card to his younger brother, who had been unemployed for years.
But the most terrifying discovery was an audio recording captured by a hidden microphone in the kitchen.
