My Savior, My Obsession

d herself in a steri

tal. A pris

many propertie

ands were permanently damaged.

er mental state fragile, the tra

alone, a

dressed impeccably, a stark con

, Ava," Chloe said, her

d to a buc

cleaning. And be thorough

cleaning supplie

reality. Servit

d have moved mountains for her, when

r woman to command

into the thin fabric of her borrowed c

dy aching from the night of the fir

rty water from the

upposed to use for Chloe's bath billow

surfaced,

ago, on a chill

ll apartment then, b

filled with bubbles and h

he washed her hair, his laugh

spered, kissing her wet shoulder

so full of love, that it

eyes shut, figh

as that

transform int

was a chasm of pain, a constant re

a cruel ghost, haunti

bathroom, wrapped

va's work with

quate," Chl

rds the tub Ava

Chloe "tripped", he

a, conveniently placed on

onto Chlo

a theatrical,

at on purpose, y

tunned. "No, I

oe shrieked, clutching her a

he bathroom, his f

ony, and Ava standing nearby,

Ethan demanded,

wailed, tears welling in her eyes

to defend herself,

" he roar

s expression full of concern

ay, Chloe?

ce at Ava, his judg

Chloe's arm, his tou

d," he murmured to Chl

is, you

ent was swi

side to the old, e

autumn night,

," he c

filled with stagna

ged, shivering already.

" He shoved her

ng into the frigid

It was bone-chilling, seeping into her,

oat in the shallow end, t

s crossed. Chloe was beside him, a smug look o

you've learned your lesson," Ethan

freeze," Chloe said

ore she hurt you," Ethan replied, hi

ker of the man she once loved

violently in

were turn

ith a familiar, d

him, for a moment, a

t out o

e one from before, th

esperate, fleeting

f concern on his fac

loser to Ethan, placi

ll a bit shaken.

ce hardened

pression softening. "Of co

d her back towards the house, leav

ttered, replaced by a despair so prof

nged. He woul

han's men pulled a barely c

igh fever, her body

d, a grim-faced man

d her perf

severe hypothermia," the doct

than, who stood

. Any more of this, and..." The doctor

a weak constitution. It was h

r an injection, pr

stions. He knew w

revealed nothing of the true, underlying

, his expressi

ything? Regret

uld only feel the cold sp

rolling through her phone, a

was lying weakly on a thin mattres

social me

anket around Chloe who was artfully posed in a plus

f me after a little accident. So grateful for hi

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directed affection was an

her tormentor, while Ava, his true vic

le. Ava saw a cruel charade

a constant, bi