CHAPTER 189

DOMINO EFFECT

"My mother took the blame. She called the police and said she had killed her husband because he was abusing the daughters. Dinah showed up and stayed with us for a few days. While my mother was detained, Dinah assured us that she would soon be released, claiming self-defense, but it was a bureaucratic process that would take a few days. However, before she could be released, she did what Scot told her to do. They found her hanged in her cell on the day she was supposed to be set free.

Lara continued with her therapy. Each day she seemed stronger, at least physically she was doing better, and she hadn't mentioned leaving or drinking for days.

During the time Scot was living on the streets, ever since he left our father's house, since he ran away, he began to dwell in the streets. Every day in a different place, in an abandoned house. He started drinking and associating with drug users. He became dependent on both drugs and alcohol. And as absurd as it may sound, despite m