Wife, Donor, Victim: A Twisted Marriage

han was supposed to be finalized. A tiny, fragile sli

nto the basement, his fac

announced. "Daddy's taking us

hat? I wond

inutes later. He had tw

ith us," he said

roken, acid-burned leg dangling uselessly. My throat had healed enough tha

ed of Ethan's wealth. I was placed in a chair on the deck, a gu

face for the first time in weeks. I tried to find a moment, an opportunity

d was just a faint smudge on the horizon. The se

, his laughter echoing in the still air. He would occasional

y stomach. Why had Ethan brough

allowed by an angry, bruised grey. The wind picked up, w

me out of nowhere,

d, shouting orders. The guests, a small group of Et

is arms wrapping around them protectively.

They ran to help with the life rafts,

broken thing in the midd

ng across the deck. It slammed into my chair, knocking me to the gr

ed by the roar of the wind and th

their desperate scramble for the life rafts. The pain was excruciating. My

steep, slippery slope. I was sliding, gravi

my fingers numb and weak, the only t

or long. This was it. This

d grabbed m

ome back

ce a mask of desperation. "H

ng lowered into the water. Geneva and Leo were in it, the

va screamed. "Leave

s eyes torn betw

pain, all the betrayal, all the cruelty. It all c

possession anymore. I wa

oing to

rength I didn't know I possessed, I pr

, his eyes wide

's over, Ethan," I whispered, my voice

en, I

ful. The world spun, a kaleidos

Geneva and Leo pulled him onto the life raft, sav

. I closed my eyes, and a single tear escape

was the end.

e near me. I clung to it, my body numb, my mind a blank slate. Hours l

ns asked. The first thing I did was buy a chea

I asked, my vo

"The divorce was finalized this

al divorce decree to Eth

e a bag, just the clothes on my back and

try I had once called home behind, I fi

ver. I w