Chapter 8
Once Evelyn realized what was happening, she hurried over to stop the video, but the bodyguards seemed to expect it and quickly stood in her way, not letting her through.
She could hear the people around her laughing and whispering, and it made her head feel like it was going to burst.
“That woman looks really familiar.”
“I couldn’t tell exactly, but she kind of looks like that lawyer, Ms. Finchum, I think?”
“Maybe it’s her sister? Weren’t there rumors that she was assaulted or something?”
“You actually believe that? Look how much she’s enjoying it. If the younger one is like that, I doubt the older sister is any better.”
As the video was about to end, Samantha finally noticed and told someone to turn it off.
She let out a small cough and glanced at Evelyn, looking completely calm, like she had nothing to do with any of it.
“There is no need to get upset, Ms. Finchum. The case is a done deal
now
“Besides, Josie did something like this. My client hasn’t even made a fuss. So really, you shouldn’t take it so personally.”
Blinded by rage, Evelyn snapped. She had no idea where her energy came
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from, but she charged forward, grabbed Samantha, and slapped her as hard as she could.
Samantha stumbled back into Theodore’s arms. When Theodore saw the e’s arms. When Theodore saw the red mark on her face, his expression turned ice–cold.
He glared at Evelyn like he wanted to attack her.
“Evelyn, have you lost your mind?!”
Her hands were still trembling, and even though she hadn’t fully cooled down, she gave a cold, mocking laugh at his words.
“When they played my sister’s private video earlier, where were you?
Dead?
“And now that Samantha gets hit once, your eyes suddenly work again?
“Theodore, don’t forget what we agreed on.”
Maybe it was the first time he had seen Evelyn lose control like that. Theodore’s sharp expression softened a bit, and he negotiated with her in the posture of a superior.
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“I can make sure no one talks about today. Our agreement still stands.
“But if you don’t hold up your side, the next video we show will be of your mom.”
Evelyn could taste the blood in her mouth, but she swallowed it down again and again. She tried her hardest to stay strong, but tears started falling anyway.
She stopped struggling, her voice light but steady.
“Theodore, I won’t ever forget what you did today.
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As she walked away with her head held high, Theodore felt an unexpected tightness in his chest. But the second Samantha cried in his arms, whatever emotion he had left vanished completely.
Just as Evelyn exited the hall, some people suddenly grabbed her, pulled a sack over her head, and dragged her into a dark alley nearby. Even though she kept saying she was a lawyer and what they were doing was illegal, they didn’t seem to care at all.
They pinned her down quickly, pulled out their phones, and started recording. Then, one of them stepped forward and slapped her across the face, hard.
Evelyn’s head was spinning from the blows, and before she could make sense of anything, more slaps landed on her face. She had no idea how long it went on. By the time it ended, her face was puffed up, stinging badly, and she didn’t even have the strength to cry.
Just before she blacked out, she saw the group sending a video and a
voice note to someone.
“Mr. Bensen, we’ve finished all one hundred slaps.”
“Alright, I heard you.”
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The man’s cold voice on the phone felt like the final blow, echoing in her ears like a slap that struck her soul.
After they were gone, Evelyn’s legs gave out and she fell to the ground.
For a second, she couldn’t tell what hurt more, her body or her heart.
