Chapter 3: The Recording
Chapter 3: The Recording
Serena lunged toward him.
Damian stepped aside effortlessly.
"You said my mother was lying."
"So let's hear your own words."
He pressed play.
The recording had started several minutes before the livestream.
Serena's cheerful voice echoed through the garden.
"Smile for the camera."
"Everyone loves watching spoiled rich families."
Then Evelyn's frightened voice.
"Please don't cut my hair."
Serena laughed.
"Who's going to believe you?"
"You're old."
"People think old women imagine things."
Another voice.
Evelyn crying.
Then Serena again.
"Damian only keeps you here because he feels guilty."
"Once we're married, you're going into a nursing home."
Damian's hands tightened around the phone.
The final words were the worst.
"Make sure you cry."
"The viewers send bigger donations when old people cry."
The recording ended.
No one spoke.
The livestream comments changed completely.
"Call the police."
"Someone save that woman."
"I've recorded everything."
"This is abuse."
Serena backed away, shaking.
"I... I was joking."
Damian looked at her with complete disbelief.
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"My mother was bleeding."
"You called that a joke?"
