The Surgeon's Ghost
In an abandoned warehouse, my mother was tied up in the middle of the open floor, her body covered in bloody slash marks.
She looked up at the woman before her, her face twisted in pain. "Adeline... I'm your mother-in-law. How could you do this to me?"
Adeline Malone paused mid-motion while touching up her makeup. A cold smirk curved her red lips, her beautiful face dripping with contempt.
"Then tell your selfish son to crawl out of hiding. Do that, and I'll let the rest of you go."