"I wanted to run away. I tried to escape from the clutch of that bastard to no avail. He got everyone believing that he was the best husband and also best father to me and Vincent."
"I was like a caged canary. I could only watch as he kept bringing more and more women into the mansion and fucked them. Sometimes he forced me to watch," Dorothea's voice started getting shaky as she tried to remember all the horrible things Vaughn did to her back then. "So I thought all I could do was to raise Vincent to be a good man. Since I've failed as a wife, I would at least not fail as a mother."
"And you think you didn't fail as a mother after abandoning and abusing me?" Vernon interrupted. "You need to get your mind checked, Dorothea. Crazy bitch."
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Again, Dorothea wasn't fazed by his provocation, much to Vernon's annoyance.
