Eight Years, A Cruel Joke

Eight Years, A Cruel Joke

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For eight years, I clung to Liam' s drunken promise, a joke he' d made at 14 that felt like a sacred vow. I transformed myself, chasing perfection for him, believing our 22nd birthday was finally our moment. But then, I overheard him plotting: our "promise" was a cruel lie, a scheme to get rid of me. He was in love with Sienna, planning a fake engagement and a rented baby to finally drive me away. My world shattered, reduced to nothing but the echoing laughter of his friends. Why was I always just an obstacle, a joke in his meticulously crafted life? I accepted an overseas scholarship, packed my bags, and burned every memory of him, ready to disappear. He publicly humiliated me, flaunting his engagement to Sienna at a charity gala. Then, when a planter fell, he shielded her, completely ignoring me as I lay bleeding on the floor. At my farewell party, he shoved me into a lake, leaving me to drown, just to protect Sienna. He chose her. Over his best friend. Over my life. My brother, Mark, came to my rescue, raging at Liam, but it was clear Liam felt no remorse. He claimed I was "unstable" and "obsessed," twisting every truth to fit his narrative. I left for New York, cutting all ties, determined to erase him from my life forever. Years later, Liam, broken and ruined by Sienna and her lover, Julian, desperately sought me out. He found me, happy and successful, with Alex-a man who truly valued me. I finally had the strength to tell him his apology meant nothing, that he was no longer my problem. The man who once dominated my every thought was now a pathetic stranger, utterly unimportant. I threw away his final, belated confession, a paper airplane of wasted love, into the New York sky. My journey from a broken girl to a celebrated architect, from chasing a false star to finding my own wings, was complete. I was finally free, soaring into a future he could never touch.

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For eight years, I clung to Liam' s drunken promise, a joke he' d made at 14 that felt like a sacred vow.

I transformed myself, chasing perfection for him, believing our 22nd birthday was finally our moment.

But then, I overheard him plotting: our "promise" was a cruel lie, a scheme to get rid of me.

He was in love with Sienna, planning a fake engagement and a rented baby to finally drive me away.

My world shattered, reduced to nothing but the echoing laughter of his friends.

Why was I always just an obstacle, a joke in his meticulously crafted life?

I accepted an overseas scholarship, packed my bags, and burned every memory of him, ready to disappear.

He publicly humiliated me, flaunting his engagement to Sienna at a charity gala.

Then, when a planter fell, he shielded her, completely ignoring me as I lay bleeding on the floor.

At my farewell party, he shoved me into a lake, leaving me to drown, just to protect Sienna.

He chose her. Over his best friend. Over my life.

My brother, Mark, came to my rescue, raging at Liam, but it was clear Liam felt no remorse.

He claimed I was "unstable" and "obsessed," twisting every truth to fit his narrative.

I left for New York, cutting all ties, determined to erase him from my life forever.

Years later, Liam, broken and ruined by Sienna and her lover, Julian, desperately sought me out.

He found me, happy and successful, with Alex-a man who truly valued me.

I finally had the strength to tell him his apology meant nothing, that he was no longer my problem.

The man who once dominated my every thought was now a pathetic stranger, utterly unimportant.

I threw away his final, belated confession, a paper airplane of wasted love, into the New York sky.

My journey from a broken girl to a celebrated architect, from chasing a false star to finding my own wings, was complete.

I was finally free, soaring into a future he could never touch.

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