SAVING ANGEL

da'

Take me to hell with you, you're s

allway and split something inside me. I told myself I was imagining it. That th

o look him in the eye and demand answers, because

s away. We'd planned a future together, stitched it up with quiet promi

d and pushed the door open. The sight that met me sent the bottle clattering

y eyes before I could stop them. I'd prepared myself to stand firm,

me like a threat and a plea a

oof until life pulled us in different directio

ck for a life I could manage without long-distance heartbreak. I came back hoping m

'd worked for but never received: attenti

didn't need them, but because I knew the pri

n. I thought, for a wild seco

n as a minor character; she'd laughed when I stumbled through a line. All the little

rs, trying to make sense of the betrayal. Ethan, who had promised m

acting lessons, auditioning endlessly and fighting for scraps of r

art. But last night, everything shattered. They told me the roles had been changed. My "big break" ha

was enough just to be featured in such a star-studded project, even i

e - the lead role I was supposed to own. I swallowed that insult too, forced it down and told myself it wasn't wort

ths locked and their bodies shamelessly entangled as

in again, kissing her. Their wet mouths moved against each other, making obscene sounds that churned

just for me. And I, the rightful lead, had be

even the second. I had forgiven him before, but seeing him with her, with Ver

To them, I was nothing but the living scar of the union that "ruined" her mother's perfect marriage.

le rising in my throat, "you two could

top even afte

lass vase I had gifted Ethan on his birthday months ago, perched there. Without hesitation, I grabbed it

rough the room angrily. He finally tore himself a

into a bitter laugh. "If I hadn't done this, you

ploded across my cheek. Ethan's palm had

unrelenting down my face. Every ounce of self-control I'd mustered cr

hy? Why this?" My voice cracked, heavy with desperation as I searched his

- all of me!. Even when money was tight, I gave him all I had, all I could have even used to set myself up, even

d for my sacrifices? Tears streamed hot down my cheeks as I

ed as I turned toward Vera, who sat proudly on the bed, no