Naturally, Shirley hadn't noticed his reluctance.
Later, when the contract expired and Dr. Jennings was repaying the money, she even deliberately waived a third of his debt.
She had thought that would be the end of it and they would be even. She never expected him to hold such a deep grudge, much less imprison her and use those exact same methods to torture her for years.
"I thought that by letting him repay the money and forgiving part of his debt, I had done more than enough. Who knew he would harbor resentment all this time? He even felt I was humiliating him, and later went so far as to lock me up.
"If I had known he was that kind of person, I wouldn't have lent him a single cent back then. I should have just let him drown in his own troubles!" The more Shirley spoke, the angrier she became, eventually slamming her hand hard against the bed.
