Reaching for the Light
Valerie now saw Richard in a whole new light. He was a total psycho, even worse than a beast.
If he could treat his own wife like that, what did his kids even mean to him? They were just tools in Richard's hands, pawns for his twisted need to control everything.
To Richard, Sylvia was nothing more than a way to keep the kids in check. And the kids were his leverage to tame Sylvia and make her bend