THE Stepsister WRATH

2 DAYS LATER. 10:00 AM. HALE MANSION*

Olivia was called back.

"For house work" - Victoria’s order.

No nurse. No friend. Just a servant.

Uniform: old grey dress. Scarf on her head.

Work: mopping floors, washing dishes, washing clothes.

Victoria said clearly: "If you even look toward Ethan’s room, I’ll cut out your tongue."

Olivia stayed silent. Head down, working.

: 11:00 AM. ENTRY - AMELIA*

A sports car stopped at the gate. Pink.

A girl got out. 22 years old.

Short clothes. Expensive shoes. Iphone 16 Pro Max in hand.

Amelia Hale. Victoria’s real daughter. Ethan’s step-sister.

Came back after studying in the US. After 3 years.

She walked straight in. All servants lined up.

Amelia saw Olivia. Mopping the floor.

Hair tied. Slap marks still on her cheek.

"Eww." Amelia wrinkled her nose. "Who’s this? New maid?"

Victoria: "Yes dear. Her name is Olivia. She’s a thief."

Amelia laughed. "A thief? Wow. I’ll fix her."

11:30 AM. FIRST CRUELTY - THE WORK*

Amelia sat in the living room. Feet up.

"You!" She called Olivia with her finger.

"There’s juice spilled. Lick it."

Olivia looked. An orange juice glass had fallen.

"A... ma’am?" Olivia looked at Victoria.

Victoria: "DO WHAT SHE SAID!"

Olivia knelt down. Started cleaning with a cloth.

Amelia pressed her foot on Olivia’s hand.

"Clean harder. It’s still sticky."

Olivia screamed. "Ahh!"

Amelia: "Shut up. Thieves don’t get to scream."

: 1:00 PM. SECOND CRUELTY - FOOD*

Lunch time. Everyone was eating.

Olivia stood in the kitchen. Hungry. Hadn’t eaten properly in 2 days.

Amelia came. Took leftover food on a plate.

Threw it on the floor.

"Eat like a dog."

Olivia closed her eyes. Held back tears.

She sat down. Started eating with her hands.

Amelia made a video. "Look guys. New maid at Hale mansion."

Posted it to her story.

: 3:00 PM. THIRD CRUELTY - CLOTHES*

Amelia’s room. Clothes scattered everywhere.

"Wash all this. By hand." Amelia ordered.

"The machine is broken."

Olivia looked. 20 outfits. Designer clothes.

In cold water.

3 hours later her fingers were red. Blisters formed.

Amelia came. Picked up a shirt. Still wet.

_SLAP_

"Are you blind?! Didn’t wash properly!"

Olivia fell down. "I’m sorry..."

Amelia: "Sorry? Thieves don’t get sorry."

She threw a bucket of cold water on Olivia.

"Work while wet. Maybe it’ll knock some sense into you."

5:00 PM. FOURTH CRUELTY - ETHAN’S NAME*

Olivia was washing dishes.

Suddenly a voice came from upstairs. Ethan’s voice. Weak.

"...Olivia..."

Olivia’s heart shook. She looked up.

Amelia ran down the stairs.

"You said his name, didn’t you?"

She grabbed Olivia’s hair. Dragged her to the lawn.

Sun. Heat.

Amelia pushed Olivia onto the grass.

"There. Ethan. Ethan." Saying that, she threw dirt in Olivia’s mouth.

"Eat. You love Ethan so much, right?"

Olivia: "Coughing... water..."

Amelia kicked her waist with her foot.

"Get up. And say it 100 times. I’m a thief."

Olivia: "I... am a thief..."

Amelia: "LOUDER!"

Olivia: "I AM A THIEF!!!"

Her voice was shaking.

: 6:30 PM. FIFTH CRUELTY - THE MISTAKE*

It was a small mistake.

Olivia was cleaning Amelia’s room.

Amelia’s perfume bottle was on the table. $5000 one.

Olivia was wiping. Her hand touched it.

The bottle fell. _CRASH_

Amelia came running.

"MY PERFUME!!!"

She saw the broken glass.

_SLAP SLAP SLAP_

Three slaps in a row.

"THAT WAS 5000 DOLLARS!!! That’s 10 years of your salary!!!"

Olivia fell to the floor. Blood from her ear.

"Sorry... it was an accident..."

Amelia grabbed her hair and slammed her head against the wall. _BANG_

Olivia screamed.

7:00 PM. VICTORIA’S PRAISE*

Victoria came. Saw everything.

She hugged Amelia. "Good job my daughter.

Girls like this need to be taught a lesson like this."

Amelia: "Mom, kick her out. She smells bad."

Victoria: "No. She’ll be punished.

Tonight she’ll stay locked in the storage room. No food."

A servant dragged Olivia and locked her in the storage room.

Dark. Rats. Cold.

Olivia sat on the floor and cried.

: 12:00 AM. THE LIMIT OF CRUELTY*

Midnight. The door opened.

Amelia came in with a glass of ice.

She dumped all the ice on Olivia.

"Get up. Take a bath."

Olivia was shivering. "I... have a fever..."

Amelia: "EXCUSES?! GET UP!"

She threw another bucket of water.

Then put a pot of hot water on her feet.

"AHHHH!!!" Olivia screamed.

Amelia laughed. "It hurts, huh? When someone steals, this is what happens."

As she left she said: "Wake up at 5 AM. Or I’ll beat you more."

Door closed.

5:00 AM. BROKEN*

Olivia’s body was burning with fever.

Feet burned. Cheeks swollen. Lips cracked.

But she had to get up. Or she’d get beaten.

She limped out. Started work in the kitchen.

Amelia came down. Eating breakfast.

She saw Olivia. She looked terrible.

"Tsk. Broke down so fast?"

She picked up a cup of hot tea.

And deliberately poured it on Olivia’s hand.

"CCCCHHH!!!"

Olivia screamed. Her hand went red.

Amelia: "Oh sorry. Didn’t see."

Then she whispered in her ear: "Crying for Ethan?

He’s never going to get better. And you? You’re going to die here."

Saying that, she walked away laughing.

Olivia collapsed right there. Unconscious.

A servant came and splashed water on her face.

Victoria watched from a distance. Smiled.

"This is what I call punishment."