Haunting The Husband Who Ignored My Pleas

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panic attack because her cat is stuck in a tre

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warehouse explode

rit was tethered to Kevin, an i

his eyes at my moth

my charred body, convinced I was actu

blast site and found my wedding rin

s knees, scre

s remorse wo

the truth: Violet had

rief mutating into a v

isible chain binding me to him sud

te horror that the tru

nchor, heavier than

ust a ghos

ting, and I wa

pte

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from three minutes, casting a bloody, inter

he man I loved was curren

est felt heavy, a cold weight pressing against my frantic heart. The sharp st

with a lighter. He flicked it open

ty. He held the phone to my ear. "Let's see if the great

rang. On

k up. Just this onc

mpatient. Background noise filtered through-leaves

rlier. "Kevin, please. Daniel has me. There's a bomb. I'm

se. A cruel, st

, a

wasn't worried. It was bored. "Did you hire an a

to me! The timer

pitched and sickeningly sweet. "Oh my god, Snowball

showed me. He came back to the line, his voice dropping to a growl. "Michelle, stop it. Violet is

ed, hot and stinging. "Kevin, I am going

threatening to leave, you're threatening to hurt y

ev

back until you're ready to a

ne wen

und. He pulled the phone away and tossed

doesn't love you. He never did. He ruined my sister's life for th

t the crac

a truck. It was quieter than that. It was the

ose a

a lie ove

ayed silent when he prioritized Violet, his "little sister," his "best friend." I conv

blind. And

" I whispered

e lighter hoverin

sn't lo

the timer. T

ice was steady. The fear was gone, re

ugged. "Ma

m fear, but from the sheer weight of the truth. I di

d the

d loving you. I hope you're ha

it

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d out the heavy iron do

about the painting I never finished. I thought about the

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