Chapter 7
Two months later, I was discharged
from the hospital.
My voice was still hoarse, barely more than a rasp, but I could walk again. Breathe on my own. See the light of
day.
My child wasn’t so lucky.
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I stood in front of the tiny gravestone, clutching a bouquet of white lilies. The sky was overcast, the wind biting
cold against my skin. I knelt, tracing
the name etched into stone with
trembling fingers.
“Don’t worry, baby,” I whispered
silently. “Mommy will make them pay.
All of them.”
Behind me, Declan wrapped his arms. around me from behind, pressing
his face into my shoulder. His voice
cracked with emotion.
“Honey, you’re finally out. Let’s start fresh… forget the past, okay? Let’s just live well together.”
His breath ghosted over my ear, and
my body recoiled instinctively.
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The scars across my body still itched
like hell. The kind of itch that crawled
beneath the skin–memories that
refused to heal.
I pulled out of his embrace and turned
to face him.
Then I began unbuttoning my blouse.
He blinked in confusion. “Lena, your body’s still healing. You don’t need to
“”
The fabric slipped off my shoulders, revealing the patchwork of angry, raised scars that marred my skin.
“Look at me,” I said flatly, pointing to my neck. “Listen to my voice.”
“It’s ruined. Hoarse. Like nails on
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a chalkboard. My body? Hideous. Disgusting. The nurses flinched when they changed my bandages—and you
couldn’t even look.”
His face paled.
“But I live in this body. I see these marks every day. Hear the rasp in my voice every time I speak. How the hell
am I supposed to forget?”
Declan sank to his knees and sobbed
like a broken man. His fists slammed
the cold marble beneath him.
“Lena, I was wrong. I was blind. I didn’t see the truth–I didn’t see you. Please, give me another chance. I won’t fail you again.”
I looked down at him with empty
eyes.
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“Then give me freedom, Declan.
Divorce me.”
He scrambled forward, blood trickling
from his forehead as he knocked it
against the ground.
“No, no, please–don’t say that! I can’t lose you. I can’t live without you. We’ve been together for so many years, I-” his voice cracked- “I love you. I’ll never stop.”
His tears meant nothing to me anymore. I had drowned in my own long enough.
“You left me to rot, while you held
her.”
This time, it wasn’t me begging to
stay.
traight into his eyes and said
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I stared straight into his eyes and said clearly, “You want forgiveness? Then avenge me with your own hands.”
His breath hitched. I leaned closer.
“You nearly beat me to death for her.
Now do the same—for me.”
“Yes! Yes, I’ll do anything,” he said
without hesitation. “You’re the one I
love. I swear it.”
“Then prove it.”
The next day, Nancy was tied to a chair, ropes biting into her wrists. Her
face was already red and swollen from
the slaps Declan had delivered.
She was crying, trembling, blood dripping from the corner of her
mouth.
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“Declan, please, I’m pregnant…
please stop. I was wrong, I was stupid.
I swear I’ll leave after I have the
baby…”
She turned to me, desperate now. Her
voice cracked.
“Lena, please–please make him stop. I didn’t mean for any of this to happen. I swear—”
The same woman who once smirked
as she flaunted her belly in videos
meant to provoke me now cowered like a stray mutt. All her smugness had evaporated.
But I knew better.
This was just another performance. A scene for my benefit. The moment
I turned my back, Declan would be
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feeding her grapes in that villa like nothing ever happened.
Sure enough, Declan turned to me,
panting from the effort of hurting her.
“Darling, the baby… it’s innocent. You’re kind, I know you are. Maybe we shouldn’t go too far, for the baby’s sake…”
My gaze turned ice–cold.
“What’s wrong? Feeling sorry for her now? Wasn’t feeling so guilty when you carved my life apart for her.”
Declan flinched. “No! I’ll keep going. I’ll hit her until you feel better, I swear
He raised his hand again, but before he could land another blow, his knees buckled, and he collapsed to the floor.
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His limbs trembled. He couldn’t move.
“W–What’s happening?” he stuttered, panic rising in his eyes.
I walked to him slowly, holding a folded document in my hand. “Relax. Just a little something to drain your strength for a while.”
I dropped the papers in front of him. “Here. Sign it.”
He stared. “What’s this?”
“Divorce papers.”
“Are you out of your mind?” he shouted, struggling against his useless limbs. “Why are you doing this again? I did everything you wanted! I punished her! I took your side! Isn’t that what you wanted?”
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“After she gives birth, you can raise the baby. Isn’t that enough? Didn’t we
agree that once I avenged you, things would go back to how they were?”
He was losing control, veins bulging
in his neck, his voice hoarse from
screaming.
“I’ll treat you better. I swear to God, I
will!”
I stared at him without a flicker of
emotion.
He had turned my heart into ruins, and from those ruins, I built walls no
one could scale.
“You won’t sign?” I said coldly. “Then you can forget about the child, too.”
His eyes widened with horror.
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And that’s when he finally realized—
He never had the power in this
relationship.
I did.
