The Gilded Cage: Her Fierce Escape

o Caleb was a

ontrol was absolute. He'd "accidentally" leave gossip magazines open to articles about me. He'd m

connection to my old self,

Caleb would say, running a ha

he told me we were attending

ling. "It's important we show a united

put on the designer gown he'd bought for me an

eyes on me, the woman from the video. I kept my head high,

the door. Her smile was triumphant. "Caleb,

hts dimmed for a presentation, Caleb sque

to life. It wasn't a prese

s my

dited, hours

laughter. The sound was deafening. My carefully constructed

glass shattered near my feet. Peopl

ergy reached its peak,

ge. He wrapped his jacket around my shaking shoulders, pul

lroom, through the gauntlet of fl

acade dropped. He pushed me away, h

erous. "They all see you as trash. I'm the only one

entire city, just to prove his point. H