DEVIL IN A SILHOUETTE

2: Shatt

through my veins, loc

?" The words escaped my l

think." Jessica pleaded, her blonde

in his hand, utterly unfazed. He looked like he was ju

liced through the thick air, each word sharp a

The pleading mask dissolved, replaced by

know this marriage is a prison yard. Richard asked you

ll on her clothes. The audacity of this bitch, d

y chest. "I swear to God, you bastards will regret this. I swear it." T

turned and stormed out, my heels striking the tile floor wi

ering wheel. My best friend. My husband. The betrayal was a physical ache, a fr

pulled out a worn brown envelope. From it, I slid an old photograp

is happening to me, Papa? I need you here with me. I can't take this anymore... it's

lve solidified. I swear, I will make th

t on my fa

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each other, the air thick with tensio

harp enough to cut a glass. "But no, you brought me here, to your bedroo

out a loud, d

ipping his whiskey with infuriating calm. " S

ed over Jessica's fac

r husband, that means I can't get anything from her fortune any

ry smile tugged a

get a piece of her fortune." he said,

asked,her voice

d slowly closed the

f," he said,his voice

widened in g

you don't

coldly. "It's exactly

m the table and dialed a

r," a voic

's car", Richard

ve no traces behind", he h

im a strange ap

new you wer

", he shrugged. A dark hunger flickered in h

r for me" he growled th

iggle escap

re, d

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he cold, empty streets. I had no destination, just the need to move. My kn

s were a drumbe

l of it was,

nt him a free pass to fuck my best friend-my ex-best fri

a brutal, blinding light erupted from a side street

it, and drove on. I

g, aiming directly for me. My heart hammered against my ribs, a fra

as to

orld e

rew me forward like a ragdoll. My head cracked against the steering wheel w

llet of violence. I felt the hard, cold bite of twisted iron,

ught the blackness creeping into the edges of my vision. I co

othing. Ju