Wife, Donor, Victim: A Twisted Marriage

ry morning, the doctor would come, his face a mask of professional detachment, and

n bed, staring at the ceiling, when I heard a commot

miniature ATV. Geneva was cheering them on, her laughter bri

g a bruised purple-grey. The wind p

omething to Geneva, and they started heading back to

didn't co

the windows, and the wind howled like a hungry wolf. I

out here. In th

r survival kicked in. I had

movement, but I ignored it. The rain soaked me to the skin, plastering my thin hospital gown

ed and fell, again and again, my body a mass of trembling agony. But I kept

vast expanse of the estate grounds, a dista

grey and pink, I finally reached the house. I collapse

table, drinking coffee. Ethan was explaining something on a laptop to her, his

d... a weak body like hers wouldn't stand a chance. By the time anyone f

ed into a fist. The rage was a fire in

oor open and s

aces a comical picture

aith-like figure, covered in mud and bloo

y up the stairs to my room. I had to get my things. My real passport, the

given me. The clothes, the jewelry, the life he had built for m

o leave, Leo bur

leaving?" he asked, a flicker of s

ushing past him

an to my dresser and snatched a small, velvet-wrapped object. It was a

he shrieked, his voice filled w

" I whispered, m

too weak, too slow. He dodged me

ight going out of me. "Give it

laughed.

ng in my chest. He led me on a torturous chase down the

staircase, turning to look at me, h

low, old woma

heatrical gesture, he threw th

te porcelain exploding into a thousand tiny pieces

y was torn f

e of my last connection to my mother

ushe

ght, he shoved

my body weak and exhauste

arms flailing, a screa

blur of motion and pain as I fell

act a fresh explosion of agony. I felt bones snap, heard a

my mouth, war

ess. I tried to crawl towards the shattered remains of my music b

impassive. "You shouldn't have tried to leave," he said, his voic

e pulling me under. I couldn't even ma

ess, I saw Ethan and Geneva a

of concern on his face. I heard him

Leo. And Leo, his face lighting up wi

m us!" he announced. "She said she hat

placed by an icy rage. He slowly lowered the p

nd hard as chips

errifying smile spreading across his face.

ecurity team. "Lock her in the basem