Chapter 48. Reduced to Nothing

Lisa sat on the couch as if there was just a very little space left on it. She held herself together and bowed her head. The television was on and there was a movie playing but she was not watching it. She was not even paying attention to it. It seemed she was in a different world entirely and the sound from the television was a background music she was entirely unconscious to.

Her hair was not well kept and looked as if a comb had not gone through it for weeks. Her clothes looked like they had just been hanged on her body. The age showed on her face and skin. Her lips were dry and she was getting lean by the day.

One would not believe she lives in such a big mansion and is the wife of Mr. Sinclair. She had been reduced to nothing. The last time she heard her own voice was few days ago when she had broken down in the bathroom and wept silently.

Hilda was now in charge of her house and she made the orders. No one paid attention to Lisa anymore, not even the maids an