Lily tried to back her mechanical wheelchair toward the far corner of the wide sunny room.
Victoria snapped her fingers and walked straight into the commercial kitchen nearby without another word.
She returned carrying a heavy metal ice bucket filled to the brim with frozen cubes.
The clinking sound of the solid ice was terrifying in the quiet room.
"You are going to learn your proper place today, little girl," Victoria hissed with hatred.
She placed the cold ice bucket down on the glass table directly beside Lily's chair.
Lily looked at the bucket, her small chest rising and falling in rapid, desperate panic.
"Please, Victoria, I just want to sit here and read my favorite book quietly," she begged.
"You will address me as Mom, or things will get much worse," Victoria ordered sharply.
Victoria leaned over the crying girl, her face inches away from Lily's frightened wet cheeks.
She grabbed a handful of frozen ice from the silver bucket with a cruel grin.
"Call me mom before I freeze you completely!" Victoria threatened, holding the ice against her.
Lily squeezed her eyes shut as the freezing cold water trickled down her fragile neck.
"You're not my mom!" Lily screamed frantically, her voice shaking with absolute, pure terror.
In a sudden fit of rage, Victoria grabbed Lily's small arms with immense, forceful pressure.
She harshly pulled the vulnerable girl completely out of her cushioned mechanical wheelchair onto the ground.
Lily fell hard to the polished hardwood floor, gasping loudly in total physical shock.
Her helpless legs crumpled beneath her frail frame as tears flooded down her red cheeks.
Victoria leaned over the child on the floor, holding the entire heavy ice bucket up high.
She dumped the contents directly over the defenseless young girl without an ounce of pity.
Freezing cold water and dozens of heavy ice cubes showered down over Lily's body.
The child shivered violently, sobbing hysterically as the icy water soaked her soft summer dress.
Victoria laughed softly, showing absolutely no remorse for the cruel harm she had caused.
"Now you will listen to me when I give an order," Victoria whispered with pure cruelty.