The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 538

Monica and Wade sat frozen, still reeling from Citrine's story. For years, they had believed their little sister had been living a good life, never imagining the kind of abuse she had suffered in that old house.

With grim faces, they pulled up Twitter.

The moment they saw the trending clarification, both of them went pale. Tears welled up in their eyes.

CICI: My piano teacher was Dick. Privately, he was a pedophile who liked to hit people. I was only ten, confused and scared. I just knew that if I didn't obey, I'd get beaten. What's so wrong with not wanting to be hurt?

To tug at people's hearts even more, Citrine had added a crying emoji at the end. Hands shaking, Monica and Wade clicked on the video.

It opened with a brutal scene: Citrine being beaten. Previous versions had blurred

out the abuser's face, but now, for the first time, Monica and Wade saw him clearly.

It was Dick.

They fought the urge to storm out and kill him, forcing themselves to keep watching.

"Stupid brat, give me your hand."

"If you don't, I'll beat you to death."

"Hurry up."

stared Dick down, her eyes icy. "I don't want to learn

his belt tighter, his face twisted with rage as he whipped it across her

full of disgust. "You're disgusting. Get

her to the floor, and focused his blows on the parts of her body hidden by

back

I'll do whatever you say. Please stop

walked over and placed her hand on Dick's

and Wade knew all too well

sat alone on stage,

truth, forgot their questions. All they wanted now was to comfort

so sorry for being so harsh just

the victim here. We shouldn't have accused you. We chased the story for

be sad. Bad people always get what they

Don't worry-someone like that will never get away with

...

the guests

Dick. Talk about living up to the

President Carmichael's piano teacher was Dick.

have doubted

used his connections