Chapter 5

Soon, the full video was sent to me. The moment I opened it, hatred hit me like a tidal wave.

Why was he there?

In the footage, Valerie kicked open my mom's hospital room door, her words laced with pure poison.

"Who does your daughter think she is? She's just a freeloader, mooching off us. Why won't she just get lost?" Valerie spat.

She kept shrieking, "And you, you old hag, just looking at you pisses me off. Why don't you just die already?"

My mom's face flushed with anger, her lips quivering, but she couldn't get a single word…