Haunting The Husband Who Ignored My Pleas

Haunting The Husband Who Ignored My Pleas

Gavin

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The bomb strapped to my chest had less than a minute on the timer. I called my husband, begging him to save me. "Kevin, please. This is real. I'm going to die." But Kevin just sighed, his voice dripping with annoyance. "Stop the drama, Michelle. Violet is having a panic attack because her cat is stuck in a tree. I don't have time for your jealousy games." He hung up. Moments later, the warehouse exploded, and I was gone. But I didn't cross over. My spirit was tethered to Kevin, an invisible spectator to his life. I watched him roll his eyes at my mother's frantic calls. I watched him perform the autopsy on my charred body, convinced I was actually hiding in a hotel to punish him. It wasn't until he returned to the blast site and found my wedding ring in the ash that he finally broke. He fell to his knees, screaming my name. I thought his remorse would free me. But then he discovered the truth: Violet had orchestrated my murder. He cornered her, his grief mutating into a violent, obsidian hatred. I tried to drift away, but the invisible chain binding me to him suddenly tightened, crushing my soul. I realized with absolute horror that the truth hadn't set me free. His hatred was an anchor, heavier than his love ever was. I wasn't just a ghost anymore. I was his haunting, and I was never leaving.

Chapter 1

The bomb strapped to my chest had less than a minute on the timer.

I called my husband, begging him to save me.

"Kevin, please. This is real. I'm going to die."

But Kevin just sighed, his voice dripping with annoyance.

"Stop the drama, Michelle. Violet is having a panic attack because her cat is stuck in a tree. I don't have time for your jealousy games."

He hung up.

Moments later, the warehouse exploded, and I was gone.

But I didn't cross over. My spirit was tethered to Kevin, an invisible spectator to his life.

I watched him roll his eyes at my mother's frantic calls.

I watched him perform the autopsy on my charred body, convinced I was actually hiding in a hotel to punish him.

It wasn't until he returned to the blast site and found my wedding ring in the ash that he finally broke.

He fell to his knees, screaming my name.

I thought his remorse would free me.

But then he discovered the truth: Violet had orchestrated my murder.

He cornered her, his grief mutating into a violent, obsidian hatred.

I tried to drift away, but the invisible chain binding me to him suddenly tightened, crushing my soul.

I realized with absolute horror that the truth hadn't set me free.

His hatred was an anchor, heavier than his love ever was.

I wasn't just a ghost anymore.

I was his haunting, and I was never leaving.

Chapter 1

Michelle POV

The digital timer's red numbers counted down from three minutes, casting a bloody, intermittent glow across the gasoline-soaked floor.

I was going to die, and the man I loved was currently panicking over a cat.

My hands were zip-tied behind a rusty metal chair. The bomb strapped to my chest felt heavy, a cold weight pressing against my frantic heart. The sharp stench of fumes stung my eyes, making them water, but I didn't blink. I couldn't.

Daniel stood in the shadows, toying with a lighter. He flicked it open. Flame. Closed. Click. Open. Flame.

"Call him," Daniel said, his voice stripped of any humanity. He held the phone to my ear. "Let's see if the great Kevin Reed cares enough to save his pathetic girlfriend."

The phone rang. Once. Twice.

*Please, Kevin. Pick up. Just this once, pick me over her.*

"What is it, Michelle?" Kevin's voice was sharp. Impatient. Background noise filtered through-leaves rustling, and a girl's soft, theatrical whimpering.

"Kevin," I choked out. My throat was raw from screaming earlier. "Kevin, please. Daniel has me. There's a bomb. I'm at the old textile warehouse on 4th. You have to help me."

There was a pause. A cruel, stretching silence.

Then, a sigh.

"Is this the new script?" Kevin asked. His tone wasn't worried. It was bored. "Did you hire an actor this time? Daniel? Who is that, your cousin?"

"No! Kevin, listen to me! The timer is at two minutes!"

"Kevin!" Violet's voice cut through the line, high-pitched and sickeningly sweet. "Oh my god, Snowball is slipping! The branch is breaking! I can't watch!"

"I'm coming, Vi! Hold on!" Kevin shouted away from the phone, his voice thick with a panic he never showed me. He came back to the line, his voice dropping to a growl. "Michelle, stop it. Violet is having a panic attack because her cat is stuck in a tree. I don't have time for your jealousy games."

"A cat?" I whispered. Tears finally spilled, hot and stinging. "Kevin, I am going to die. This is real. Please believe me."

"You always say that," he snapped. "If you're not threatening to leave, you're threatening to hurt yourself. Now you're inventing kidnappers. Grow up."

"Kevin-"

"I'm hanging up. Don't call back until you're ready to apologize for interrupting us."

The line went dead.

Daniel laughed. It was a dry, hacking sound. He pulled the phone away and tossed it onto the concrete. The screen cracked.

"Told you," Daniel said. He looked at the timer. One minute. "He doesn't love you. He never did. He ruined my sister's life for that Violet girl, and he's ruining yours too. Consider this a mercy."

I looked at the cracked phone.

The realization didn't hit me with the force of a truck. It was quieter than that. It was the sound of a door clicking shut in an empty house.

He chose a cat.

He chose a lie over my life.

For three years, I had swallowed my pride. I had apologized when I was right. I had stayed silent when he prioritized Violet, his "little sister," his "best friend." I convinced myself that if I just loved him enough, if I was patient enough, he would see me.

But he was blind. And I was stupid.

"You're right," I whispered to the darkness.

Daniel paused, the lighter hovering mid-air. "What?"

"He doesn't love me."

I looked at the timer. Thirty seconds.

"Can I send one text?" I asked. My voice was steady. The fear was gone, replaced by a cold, numbing acceptance.

Daniel shrugged. "Make it fast."

He handed me the phone. My fingers trembled, not from fear, but from the sheer weight of the truth. I didn't type a plea for help. I didn't type a location.

I typed the truth.

*I regret every second I wasted loving you. I hope you're happy with her. Goodbye, Kevin.*

I hit send.

"Done," I said.

Daniel turned and walked out the heavy iron door. He didn't look back.

I closed my eyes. I thought about my parents. I thought about the painting I never finished. I thought about the coldness in Kevin's eyes the last time he looked at me.

The beeping accelerated.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

Then, a roar of white heat swallowed the world.

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