My Hellish Wife: A Second Chance

red in thirty years. I opened my eyes. Not to the sterile white walls of a hospital r

remembered. It was strong, the skin smooth. I sat up, a jolt running th

e day my life spiraled int

screen lighting up

and her panicked voice told me she had made a terrible mistake. Sh

secret lover,

loved. I didn't hesitate. I sold my car, emptied my savings, and took out a high

for the next three decades, s

tion on the wood. This time, I didn't feel love

ctural designs, calling my passion a boring hobby. The way she controlled every doll

ng silences that lasted for weeks. She called it my punishment for not being ambi

st, was our daughter, Lily. I had cherished her, given her everything Oliv

ed her mind. They twisted my sacrifices in

he car she wanted. When I presented it to her, she didn't even look at me. She looked

she turned to Mark, her eyes lighting up.

called

. It was the moment my world finally shattered. She looke

onted Olivia about Mark. "Mom was never happy with you. You held her captive. Mar

ng stoppe

d again. Insist

all, rented room, my final moments filled with the bitter taste of

" I heard her say over th

ng on the screen. Olivia Hayes. My beaut

this

sacrifice. No bailing her o

er button. I remembered her face, twisted in a sneer as

ot be the hero. I wo

contacts, my thumb stopping on a name I hadn't called i

ing, Head of I

all button. The

rling sp

have reason to believe there's been a significant misappropriation of fun

st life-the amount, the likely transacti

dow. The city lights twinkled below, the same

rst time, I felt th

via. I ignored it. Then a

I could lose my job! I could go to jail! Pl

ely, my life. I had to sell my promising architectural firm to pay off the debts she continued to rack

ambitions were a joke. Mark, who never worked a real day

her

. We're getting married. We can get throug

age, she never once said it with any meaning. It was a

anted me to sign over the deed to our house so she could use it as collateral for one of Mark' s failed b

es without replying.

ocked Mar

ep was taken. This life would be mine. Olivia and Mark could have ea

to undo, and a new life to