Chapter 4: Linda’s Panic
Chapter 4: Linda’s Panic
Linda had always been the mastermind behind Ryan’s cover-ups, but sitting in the holding cell, her control was slipping. She used her one phone call to reach her expensive family attorney, demanding immediate release.
But while she was screaming into the receiver, my father was back at the apartment, accompanied by a police escort, packing my belongings. While clearing out the nightstand, an officer noticed a loose floorboard beneath the bed. Prying it up, they found a small, locked metal box.
Inside was the undeniable proof: Linda’s meticulous, handwritten ledgers. She had documented every time I tried to leave, the dosages of sedatives she had slipped into my soup to keep me weak, and her twisted plans to claim full custody of the baby once I was deemed "unfit." She hadn't just enabled the abuse; she had orchestrated it.
