Chapter 11 - The Empty Echoes
The first few weeks living entirely alone inside the massive, sprawling estate were incredibly strange and deeply surreal.
Every single time I walked heavily through the grand hallway, my mind automatically expected to completely hear Margaret's sharp, deeply critical voice echoing off the walls.
I constantly, instinctively braced my incredibly bruised body for Jason's terrifying, violent footsteps rapidly approaching from the massive staircase.
But the incredibly beautiful, highly expensive house remained absolutely, entirely silent, completely devoid of the toxic, highly suffocating energy that had ruined my childhood.
I aggressively hired a massive, highly professional cleaning crew to completely scrub every single square inch of the pristine hardwood floors.
I specifically ordered them to entirely deep-clean the incredibly massive living room, violently erasing any lingering, terrible traces of that horrific Thanksgiving night forever.
I spent my quiet, entirely peaceful evenings sitting alone by the massive fireplace, slowly sipping expensive tea and watching the bright, crackling flames entirely consume the dry wood.
My fractured jaw was finally, completely healing perfectly, leaving absolutely no terrible physical scars on my face to permanently remind me of my violent brother.
My incredibly brilliant, highly aggressive real estate lawyer called me regularly to provide massive, deeply satisfying updates regarding my terrible family's highly pathetic legal situations.
Arthur was still completely trapped inside a freezing, heavily guarded federal holding cell, utterly entirely unable to afford his incredibly massive, multi-million dollar bail.
His incredibly expensive, highly arrogant defense attorneys had completely abandoned him the absolute second they realized his massive offshore accounts were entirely, completely frozen by the strict government.
He was finally completely experiencing the exact, terrifying level of absolute, sheer helplessness that he had violently forced me to endure for twenty-five incredibly long years.
I absolutely felt entirely no pity for the incredibly cruel, deeply arrogant man who had proudly sat back and coldly watched me violently bleed on his expensive floor.
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He was finally completely paying the ultimate, highly devastating price for his immense, utterly toxic greed and his massive, highly illegal corporate betrayals.
My entirely new, incredibly peaceful life was finally, completely starting to feel absolutely real, and I was thoroughly, entirely enjoying every single breathtaking second of my absolute freedom.
