I'm kind of glad there was a timeskip, but I hope they fill in the blanks. That's a big jump to make. My guess is that the brother has turned evil, but more likely is just dead.
Another solid chapter, it was pretty unexpected and surprising for her to take down multiple enemies but it's pretty cool to see. Guess the 3 criminals that took her gave her some skills to survive.
I guess this author is actually a legit competent writer then. I mean, the most thats shown is the threat of rape, yet they did a better job at establishing a convincingly dark atmosphere than the one who throws a fully visualized and creepily sexualized rape scene in the reader's face