His Gilded Cage: A Husband's Escape

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with cruel amusement, forcing me, her husband, to

ubtext was clear: "Show him ho

my father's mounting medical bills the chain

something ins

ed, then louder

declared, "Vanessa,

neered, "You always come crawling back. You

e times, I had failed, bu

d divorce agreement,

d flung it in my face, hissing, "Have you

ed, "Get on your knees, Ethan. Craw

ken, I knelt, the marble cold be

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screaming, "Vanessa!

echoed through the wood, "A

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myself on the glass, and f

d and breaking my ankle, but I cra

a sleek black s

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f freedom washed over me, a f

line in my hand, and whispered,