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d woman, Val

prison gates, blinking in the bright sunlight. I don't know

n prison. On a more reasonable note, I had. Eight years of confinement had

of me, when I had just left college and all I wanted was to fit into all those wedding dre

ed soon." I told mys

ut there was no one. No family members, no friends, no

ned my life with someone that I knew was the right

new. But he hadn't responded. Not a single word. I had tried to brush it off, thinking he was busy. H

was my only investment – the house and a large amount of money I entrusted

tale cigarettes and worn leather enveloped me. The driver, a gruff-looking

d given me a few bucks, enough to get me home. "Just d

to the road. We drove in silence for a few minutes, the only

day?" The driver's tone was

about his warm smile put me at ease. "I just got ou

ooked at the rearview mirror and his eyes narrowed, his j

I muttered and shook my head, the familiar sting of rejection settling in. I just le

x-con, a felon, a person to be feared and avoided. Maybe that was what I truly was – I ought to be fear

he silence between us growing thicker. Finally, I opened my eye

d him the fare, our fingers touching briefly. "Than

a vast, unforgiving place, and I was just a small, insignificant part of it. I to

town I had found worthy of being the place where I wou

I pushed open the creaky door. I had been away for so long, and I couldn't wait to see Simon, to feel his ar

the small space. The kitchen was spotless, the dining table empty. But the

im

new it all too well. I followed the sound to our bedroom, my legs t

ed down her back like a river of gold, and her skin was a radiant, porcelain doll-lik

im

stood there, frozen, as the scene unfolded before me. Simon's eyes fli

ck, how did

. How did I get i

rambling to untangle himself from the wom

Get out? "Wha

, he was pushing me out of the house I got by myself. W

me like a knife. "Get the hell out, Valerie," he sneered,

process what was happening. "I found you in bed with

you anymore. You've been gone for eight years, and I've found someone else.

t wasn't enough, Simon continued. "And your

that?" I

ney. I'm sorry actually. But you can't do anything. You're ho

felt like I was watching a movie but damn,

I can." And that was it. He shut t

felt like shit and my family hates me. Everyone saw me as a murderer, so

r man in bed with another woman and

. kill