THE DEVIL WEARS MY RING

ughed when my step mother flinched when she stepped on the t

, but because I had nothing else to do. Thinking about it now, i realized th

But in this house, pain was the onl

e through the hal

ther raised you to be this stupid a

ch. at least

re peeling due to a combination of different detergent and bleach I use in cleaning , bu

dying would hurt more th

hooked the sharp steel edge of the bucket I was using in cleaning, all the dirty water I have in the bucket poured on the tiles I have been scrubbing and mopping since I woke up making me slip from and falling with a heavy ad embarrassing thud on the wet floor. "Damn!!" I spewed out of frustration, unable to stand up immediately. I whimpered in pain and anger "I get it now" Everything in t

t what happens when your heart doesn't

al kind, the one that bubbles from somewhere deep inside and catches you by surprise. I think I left that version of myself behind the day my mother died. I was just

nds gentle. She had a soft voice and kind eyes. I remember the way she used

been okay si

ar I had no right. "You keep living in the past, you'll never have a future, " she snapped at m

sterday. Thank God. The water hasn't reached them yet. I grab a

t wet, I wouldn't

my perpet

mal is when I'm with Renzo. He's my only escape from this place, even if only for a f

this pothole, his words are the only thing that hold me here. He

moment, I

asts. Trust me

art against me was almost supernatural. It took her just a few months after marry

ent from some dark realm, appoi

be it's

m, probably to sip her wine and scroll through pictures o

e out of habit than purpose. The mess is ha

ing. Not

ually speak to my father in a calm tone unless she wants something-or unless

Greta says. "We'll tell her the n

me

s quietly aga

ild, Greta. We should have told her weeks ago. The a

ree

ngem

She'll be someone else's problem then. The family is wealthy,

re she adds, "It's not like

ath ca

owerful... a

er, the bruises, the si

ying to ge

t by yellin

marrying