Kill Me for Insurance

each memory was a dagger stabbing my he

le. I could no longer hold back my tears, which streamed down my face in a t

yself to calm down and began to

a mask of kindness, but no matter what,

I also had to make Rocco and his so-ca

ht surfaced, a shiver

s were his meticulousness a

alities I used to boast about in my "perfect husband" had now be

me disappear quietly in this hospital, leaving no

suspended in plaster casts

act befor

ut alarming him, to make him tempor

me time, I could slowly

. I deliberately moved my fingers and fluttered my ey

ith joy, "The patient in Bed 20 is

hat I was out of danger. They told me that my fractured legs had been successfully oper

ver a

make Rocco either give up or delay his

rtly after, rushi

emotion as he pulled me into an embrace. "Zoey,

hat disgusted me with every breath, laced with an invisible threat

as the tears of relief after su

ll over now. Surviving great trials brings grea

ly, his words

eat fortune. I had to stay rational and clear-

have I been out for a long time? You must have been

Dear, I'm the one who should apologize. I should have stayed with you

le as ever, and his touch on m

a blade slicing through me, leaving me bloodi

after, having rushed ove

white hair had appeared at their temples. My mother, who had always taken

t and heartache, and I forced myself

s car accident had already terrified them enough. If I told them that Rocco wanted to k

s words to go on. There

nature, he wouldn't have

im to reveal his true colors, little by little, an

need a wheelchair after being discharged, had to fi

ist and scrolled through it, s

apped on the profile picture