Family on Their Knees Heart Turned to Ice novel Chapter 1202

Martin, who had reflexively stepped forward to intervene, froze dead in his tracks at Lillian's furious command. His feet felt rooted to the ground. His heart was firmly lodged in his throat.

He had been with Sabrina for years; he could read her expressions perfectly. It was blatantly obvious she had done everything Eleanor accused her of. And when Eleanor listed the horrors—the hitting, the pinching, the boiling water—Martin believed her.

He didn't just blindly trust the words of a mentally fragile woman; he believed her because he knew Sabrina's nature well enough to know she was fully capable of such cruelty. This woman was truly unhinged!

Eleanor was already broken. Why go to such extreme lengths to torment her?

Martin had long lost his romantic affection for Eleanor, avoiding her out of the suffocating guilt of having ruined her life. But he had always assumed his own mother would care for Eleanor at home with meticulous attention, treating her like a real daughter. When Sabrina later suggested the psychiatric center, he thought Eleanor would be fine there. He transferred his responsibility, easing his guilt.

He never imagined that Sabrina, who had spoken so sweetly of getting Eleanor professional help, was personally making weekly trips just to torture her.

It was an absolute sin.

Regardless of their history, Eleanor was still the mother of his three children. Even if Sabrina couldn't bear the sight of her and wanted her locked away, leaving her to her own devices in the facility should have been enough. Why go out of her way to abuse her?

Unable to defend her stomach, Sabrina scrambled to protect her head with her arms. Trapped beneath Lillian's weight, she endured a brutal, one-sided beating. Even with her arms up, Lillian was seeing red. Her mind flashed with agonizing, imagined scenes of Sabrina torturing her helpless mother, completely erasing any shred of mercy she might have possessed.

Fighting for her mother's honor, Lillian held absolutely nothing back.

Her fists flew like hammers, striking Sabrina's body, head, and face. Within moments, Sabrina's face was swollen like a balloon, and blood pooled in her mouth, but Lillian showed absolutely no sign of stopping.