were filled with a sickening tenderness as he

to the table. He picked up the spicy dish and, with

ross my chest. The searing pain was

hurts

smile, a flicker of cruel satisfaction. Then she p

loe. She certainly did

filled with an undisgui

urpose. She' s just jealo

nd down, his lip

in the mirror. Can you

rying to push him away, bu

g, he picked up a piece of meat from anothe

er me. I recoiled wildly, tears

be a vegetarian for

In a moment of pure desperation, I dropped to my knees

' t want to

at was forced past my lips. I gagged, trying to spit it out, but

ollapsed to the ground, completely exha

nds on a napkin, then tossed t

it just fine,

ffany' s waist, leaning

I avenge

t as if it had been gouged out, l

orgotten?" I whis

, but it was gone in an instant, r

ntion that curse

ms and left the room, leaving me

face, and I unconscio

re was a

as so happy. She always came with me to my prenatal check-ups. Then, one day,

the baby first! Please!" She died in that col

he loved most in the world. From th

every single day and, in a twisted act of cruelty, demanded that I

ld... I hurt more

iting scriptures, hoping to cleanse my sins, hopin

ed me back to the present. M

gentle voice came

n' t forget

first kind thing I

I' ll be waiting f

ords a lifeline. It was the last h

athroom and empty my stomach, a

ace twisted in disgust. "Cheap women a

floor, my body swaying

e to my

t Mark that hadn't changed. He was a