She let him see the words land, didn’t bother to veil the hurt that came with them. She loves him and all that came of it was pain. He had never explained himself to her, had never made sense of his change of heart. She’d gone to his bed, spent a summer with his promises and then he’d chosen some mediocre girl to marry. He’d done so while swearing he cared for her, that his choices protected her.
It was a promise of a new start, the baby she’d wanted for over a decade, that made him see sense. But even that was taken from her. He’d all but abandoned her, when the healers told them the child she was expecting had been a trick of her body. She had lost her future and him in the same horrible moment.
“I will not help you avoid me. You barely acknowledge I exist. You seem to take pleasure in punishing me, but I will not be relegated to the shadows.”
It was a promise of a new start, the baby she’d wanted for over a decade, that made him see sense. But even that was taken from her. He’d all but abandoned her, when the healers told them the child she was expecting had been a trick of her body. She had lost her future and him in the same horrible moment.
“I will not help you avoid me. You barely acknowledge I exist. You seem to take pleasure in punishing me, but I will not be relegated to the shadows.”
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