Ethan Sterling's fingertips held the last of the cigarette, the glowing tip fell to the ground, extinguished by Ethan's foot: "Ryan Sterling brought my mother's friend to the villa with the purpose of provoking her illness, and then he could use the police to kill her."
Seraphina Redgrave sat silently, listening intently.
"After my mother died, Ryan took advantage and married that woman into The Sterling Family, then chased my sister and me from the old mansion, forced us to live in Hibiscus Garden. I believe he actually hoped we, the descendants of the mentally ill, would simply disappear, erasing his unspeakable deeds from memory."
Ethan Sterling recounted the past slowly, then pointed towards the garden not far away: "You know what happened next; my sister died in the garden, right there."
Seraphina Redgrave looked up as if returning to the snow-covered garden.
So young, she ended her life amidst endless despair.
