Those two slaps shattered Wendy Kendall's long-held dreams and tore the facade of her marriage to shreds.
The day after Harrison Alcott's mother arrived, she dragged Wendy Kendall out of bed before five in the morning. She piled her own clothes and her two sons' clothes in the bathroom, demanding Wendy wash them by hand.
She wasn't allowed to use the washing machine. It wasted electricity.
When Wendy Kendall tried to resist, Harrison Alcott's mother slapped her across the face again.
Unable to get her phone, with no way to call the police or contact Caleb Rivers, Wendy Kendall could only endure it for the time being.
When Caleb Rivers woke up and knocked on the door at six, Wendy Kendall had already been forced to work for over an hour.
Seeing his sister—whom he and Mr. Kendall had always cherished and protected—being treated this way, Caleb Rivers was overcome with rage and wanted to charge in and attack them.
But he was stopped by Harrison Alcott and his brother.
