My Baby's Blood, Your Hell
They brought me a chair.
"You two," he said, voice like ice, "kneel to my wife. Don't stop until I say so. Every time you slap yourself, say 'Mrs. Zane, I was wrong.'"
Steven and Peggy dropped fast, scrambling like they were about to beg for their lives.
"Mrs. Zane, I was wrong," they chanted over and over, voices shaking.
By the end, Steven was shaking, barely able to keep himself upright. "Mr. Zane... is that enough?"