Chapter 16

The piercing scream left my mind blank.

On the phone screen, I saw myself being abused by Henry night after night, the man mercilessly beating and kicking me. Every time I tried to fight back, he would hurl insults at me.

My heart pounded in my throat as I quickly shut off the phone, unable to bear another second.

When did Henry even record this?

Glancing briefly at the security guard standing at the door, I hurried back to the bedroom, throwing everything within reach onto the floor.

Chaos surrounded me.

Ignoring the pain in my ankle, I scanned every corner of the bedroom. Behind the picture frames, near the power outlets, even behind the vases—hidden cameras of all sizes, capturing every angle, emitted faint red lights.

Furious, I yanked out all the cameras, horrified at the thought of when these had been installed. How long had people been watching me suffer, with these videos eventually making their way to Tanya?

Rage flooded through me as I stomped on the cameras, desperately tr