A Husband's Ultimate Retribution

a second, just a second, I saw a flicker of confusio

ce low and menacing so only I could h

getic smile. "My husband... he' s been under a lo

side. He put a protective arm around h

e whispered, loud enough for those nearby to hear

us, playing the role of the brave prote

led through

a, having to d

werful woman, so g

an artist. They'

olent mogul and her unhinged, pathetic husband. My grie

burned in my gut,

into my jacket pocket and pulled out a folded piece of paper. I

oy," I pointed a trembling finger at Liam, "is not her protégé. He is her kept

fted was shattering. The elite guests looked from me to a now-flustere

She had lost control of the story, and she hated it. She l

"If you say one more word, I swear to God, I will put Emily and Josh on a plane to

ete, horrifying detachment from reality. She was thr

augh escap

me compliant. It was my weakness, my soft spot, the reason I endured every humiliation. I washed Liam' s cloth

One day, the cat disappeared. Liam said it must have run away. A week later, I found its small body in the trash bin behind the ga

course. "It was just a cat,

tayed. The reason I had allowed my life to become a living

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