Replaced Bride, Vengeful Heart
lmost immediate
ed with his family, the language he reverted to when he lost all semblance
voice cold and steady. "I don' t und
roared, switching to heavily accented Eng
m off. "Nine a.m. At the courth
d silence on the other end o
m back to confirm. The call wouldn
e felt cornered, he would block me. In the past, I would have panicked. I would have called from a different number,
ved him
xhaustion from seven years of loving a man w
arming, intense, and brilliant, with a fire in his eyes that promised to burn down the world. Back then, he was
reated me like a goddess, lik
peeches, crafted his strategies, networked with donors. We went from a tiny apart
I loved disappeared, replaced by a cold, ruthless polit
home, Ally-cat," he' d said. "My father' s health is failin
e spotlight so he could shine brighter. Because I loved him,
s grew into a chasm. I knew something was wrong, but I held on, telling myse
his supposed "one that got away," moved back to the city. The
re endless, vicious, and draining. We gre