Chapter 22

One day, my best friend, Rebecca Cooper, called me. "Alice! Did you hear? That bitch, Maisy, finally got what she deserved! I heard she's been locked up in the Sharp residence's basement, and now she looks like something straight out of a horror movie. "Also, I heard that Daniel went to see Bradley. And after that, he never came back home. His wife didn't even dare to call the cops. Word is, Bradley locked him up too, and he's probably had his legs broken. "Honestly, Bradley should just throw the whole family in there. Isn't Daniel always going on about how they're one big happy family? They're all rotten anyway. Bradley might have done something right for once, but his sins outweigh any good he's done." As I listened to Rebecca mention those people, I couldn't help but feel a sense of melancholy. Whether it was Maisy or Daniel, they had long ceased to be family in my heart, so I no longer cared about anything related to them. Maybe they'd forgotten all the hurt they'd caused, but