Series 17
“Wren! Kneel and apologize right now!”
After Wren heard Jack’s words, her demeanor chilled momentarily. She was frozen in place.
Jack, noticing she remained motionless, raised his voice angrily, saying, “Did you not hear me? Do you believe you can simply forget what happened three years ago?”
His voice full of fury, he commanded, “Someone, fetch the brassie!”
The mention of the brassie caused Wren to tense up, her fists clenching at her sides.
“No, don’t!” Lily Wright, Wren’s mother and Jack’s mistress, cried out in desperation. She rushed to Wren, grasping her hand. “Wren, please, kneel and apologize. Just promise you won’t do that again!”
Unyielding, Wren freed herself from Lily’s grasp and faced Jack with a cold stare. “I will not apologize for things I didn’t do.”
She had said from the start that she hadn’t stolen the missing necklace and that she had not pushed her half-sister Freya Wright.
Yet, no one had believed her.
Jack’s face contorted with fury as he said, “Enough! Today, you will face the consequences of your actions!”
“Mr. Wright,” the butler called, approaching with the brassie in hand.
The brassie was a solid piece of metal.
A wave of uncontrollable fear washed over Wren at the sight of the brassie, causing her to step back instinctively.
She was intimately familiar with the severe pain the brassie could inflict.
Jack advanced toward Wren, brandishing the brassie menacingly.
He stood before her, hoisting the brassie above his head, poised to deliver a punishing blow.
At that moment, a hand shot out and grasped Jack’s wrist to stop him.