Quietness filled the car as the guard drove back to the mansion, tuning out the world had made her keep her body calm and avoid it from sinking into shock or pain. It was better that she did this and kept at it, rather than crying loudly in the car. Rather than screaming at him and getting hurt more.
She could see the guards keep a strong façade on their faces as they occasionally locked eyes with each other, she could see how they were quick to keep their eyes away from her. Quick to avoid giving her the look of remorse as they knew it would mean a settlement of their big boss lashing out.
To think once upon a time, she had looked at him and thought of him as the one that would spend her entire life with because of how he would treat her. She wondered if she had done anything to make him look at her differently, wondered if she had made a big mistake that he had seen it as a warranty to dig her grave and decide when to put her in.
