Broken But Back: My Sweet Vengeance

Broken But Back: My Sweet Vengeance

Culprit

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My life was a carefully built sanctuary, a thriving business, a loving home with the man I adored, Mark, and my best friend, Jessica, by my side. Then, a phone call, sharp and unwelcome, shattered it all-a memory from a past life I wasn't supposed to recall. In that nightmare, Mark and Jessica weren't my allies; they were parasites. They drained my company, forged my signature, cooked the books, leaving me with a mountain of debt. My parents, heartbroken, wasted away. I was left with nothing but betrayal, ultimately sold to a loan shark, my legs brutally broken, my life extinguished in a dark, cold basement. How could the two people I trusted most harbor such bottomless greed, such a complete lack of soul? Why would they meticulously plot to destroy the very person who had given them everything? But I remember it all now, every cruel word, every calculating glance. This time, I' m back, and the debt won' t be mine.

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My life was a carefully built sanctuary, a thriving business, a loving home with the man I adored, Mark, and my best friend, Jessica, by my side.

Then, a phone call, sharp and unwelcome, shattered it all-a memory from a past life I wasn't supposed to recall.

In that nightmare, Mark and Jessica weren't my allies; they were parasites. They drained my company, forged my signature, cooked the books, leaving me with a mountain of debt. My parents, heartbroken, wasted away. I was left with nothing but betrayal, ultimately sold to a loan shark, my legs brutally broken, my life extinguished in a dark, cold basement.

How could the two people I trusted most harbor such bottomless greed, such a complete lack of soul? Why would they meticulously plot to destroy the very person who had given them everything?

But I remember it all now, every cruel word, every calculating glance. This time, I' m back, and the debt won' t be mine.

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