Beyond Betrayal: Her Game Begins

ila folder. My hands were shaking as I walked down the same sterile hallway. I thought if

oe was there, peeling an apple for him, her movements graceful and practiced. The sunligh

nnounced, my voice

e placed the half-peeled apple on the tray and stood up, po

lone," David said to me, h

olding up the folder. "I just wanted to show

Look, David. This is our marriage license. See? David Th

way with the back of his hand. "That doe

disbelief. "Why would I fa

her voice dripping with false sympathy. "David is a

d on her. "You stay out of this. T

rage washed over me. All the pain and confusion of

, my hand connecting with he

hand flying to her face. The sound

apping around his legs. He rushed to Chloe' s side, ignoring me completely. He pul

fury. "What is wrong with you? Get out. And

broken laugh. "She' s the one who should be a

e for me when I woke up from a car crash. You were not. W

my throat. "David, we are married! We promised to love each other, in sicknes

ds, but that you became obsessed with him. He said you couldn' t accept that he loved me." H

she said was a dagger, twisting the beautiful history

!" I screamed. "

er. You were always... clinging. I needed space. I fou

and rewriting it with Chloe as the heroine and me as the villain. Th

felt heavy and cold on my finger. With trembling hands, I pulle

I said, my voice barely a whisper. I

look at it. He j

is stranger wearing my husband' s face, holding another woman in

, I heard the faint clatter of the gold ring as I let it fall f