Chapter 51 Their Grief Was Never for Me Marilyn felt bad for her and brought it up to David and Alice .
And David ? He just scoffed .
Finished Shes got a strong will .
Shes not gonna die that easy .
Honestly , I think shes faking it again , trying to get sympathy .
I know exactly what kind of person she is .
Marilyn , if youve got time to worry about her , why dont you go shovel the snow out front ? Alice just sighed .
Laurie really is too much .
Even if shes mad at us , she shouldnt go three days without food or water .
What if she messes up her health ? So yeah , Alice knew .
She knew Lauren hadnt eaten or drunk anything in days and she didnt do a damn thing about it Lauren had only gone to the kitchen because she was desperate for water .
Then she heard it every word .
A cold wave crawled up from her toes and swept over her like shed just stepped into a frozen grave .
Alice sobbed harder .
Laurie , when have we ever just let you suffer ? Dont lie like that .
You know its not true .
There it was They couldnt even remember the things theyd done to her .
Which only proved one thing theyd never really seen her as at person at all .
Her life meant less than Willows dog Not long after she got over her illness , Willows dog came down with something The whole Bennett family freaked out .
They rushed the dog to the emergency vet and dropped over fifteen grand trying to save it .
But the dog didnt make it When it died , they cried like the world had ended .
Full on hysterics .
They even held a funeral for the damn thing .
People who knew the truth would say , Oh , the Bennetts lost a dog .
But if youd walked in on that scene , you mightve thought someones parents had just passed .
And that wasnt the end of it ..
Willow turned around and blamed her .
Said Lauren had made the dog sick .
Swore up and down it caught something from her .
The dog was eighteen , It died of old age .
But instead of believing the vet , the Bennetts clung to Willows wild story .
To avenge the dog .
David made Lauren stand out in the freezing cold as punishment .
Alice ? She wore that same sorrowful expression she always did .
Full of pity .
But never lifted a finger .
Shed been underfed her whole life .
Her period didnt even start until she was seventeen , and even then it was barely there .
The day they made her stand outside in the freezing cold ? That just so happened to be the first day of her cycle .
The cold shocked her body so badly , it stopped altogether .
She passed out from the cold .
And like always , it was Marilyn who scrambled to take care of her .
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