Bella recoiled, her scowl deepening. "Compensate for what?" she spat with loathing. "You tortured us, both of us, every single day. To pay your debts, I even had to mortgage the house. But you? You never stopped gambling, never stopped drowning yourself in alcohol. You nearly killed her that night!"
An involuntary tremor wracked Bella's body as a wave of horrifying memories washed over her. The night Lionel's drunken rage escalated into a brutal assault on Selena, leaving Bella with no choice but to call the police to save her mother.
"I'll never forgive you for what you did to her," Bella stated sternly. "Now, get the hell out of my sight."
Lionel's eyes flashed with anger, but Bella stood her ground, her gaze unwavering. "My wife's surgery had just finished. I won't leave."
"Wife?" Bella scoffed, rolling her eyes. "She won't be your wife for long. She'll divorce you soon."
