The Five-Year Scam
Afraid I wouldn't believe her, she opened video after video: Connor being whipped until the ground beneath him turned red… dragged into the stables and forced to sleep beside damp manure… hauled onto his feet before dawn and worked until he collapsed face-first into the dirt.
Two weeks had turned him into something barely human, skin stretched tight over bone, eyes sunken and empty, almost like a skeleton.
However, watching him in agony didn't give me any satisfaction, only emptiness. No amount of torture could return the five years they had stolen from me.
"Send me the videos," I said.
"Of course!" She sent everything instantly, mistaking my calm for forgiveness, believing I wanted to savor