EX-HUSBAND, I’M GOING TO RUIN YOU!

ANNA’S POV “You were never enough for him.” She had the guts to text me The words flashed across my screen; the sender was anonymous, but I already knew who it was. Her. His mistress. “Ughhh…” My stomach churned violently, and I barely made it to the kitchen sink. It felt like I would throw up my insides because my stomach completely emptied itself. My vision blurred as tears threatened to fall from my eyes; my legs trembled, weak beneath me. But I gripped the sink with all the strength I had left and steadied myself before I entered the brink of collapse completely. I wanted to scream, to smash the phone, but instead I forced myself to take shaky breaths. The tears I had been fighting won, and they fell onto the glowing screen where the vile message stared back at me. And then, there it was—right next to my phone, cold and waiting for my signature—the divorce papers. My vision swung between the cruel message on the phone and the final blow in front of me. I mo

Not sure where I was going, all I knew was that I bolted out of his office bawling my eyes out while Kayla watched me run past her. I sped away from the building, tears blinded me as I gripped the steering wheel. My whole body trembled from the weight of what just happened- his cold words, how he threw me out like some wet dog, the humiliation. How did we get here? How did I let it get this bad? The anger in my chest tightened, and merged with the hurt until I could barely breathe. I wiped my tears, my heart raced faster than the engine as I flew through the streets. Maybe if I drove fast enough, I could outrun the pain. But then it happened-lights, and a deafening crash, the world spunned in an instant as my car somersaulted, I didn’t even see the ambulance. The impact jolted me violently forward, the glass shattered on my face as I slammed my head on the dashboard and the car came back down in a heavy thud. And everything turned pitch black, if this was death, this

Two days in the hospital felt like a lifetime. They wanted me to stay longer, but what was the point? My life was already a mess, so lying around doing nothing just added to the emptiness. It took a lot of restraint for me not to ask to be put in a mental institution, because I knew pretty well that I was losing my damn mind. I had nowhere to go, really. No one else I could turn to... except her. My sister, Brooklyn. I barely knew if she’d want to see me; could I blame her? after what I did to her. But here I was, standing on her doorstep and pressing the bell more than I should have. The door swung open, and Brooklyn’s voice shot through, laced with irritation. “Hold up, quit pressing my damn bell like—“ She stopped dead; her eyes widened as she looked me over, the mess I’d become. Her mouth opened, but no words came out. She just stared at me, shocked and silent. “Brooks…hey.” My voice wavered. “Ca-can I come in?” Brooklyn’s face shifted; her irritation melted into worry as

“Ugh…” Tara gasped as she held her face in shock while her cheek stung from Brooks poisonous slap.“Did you just—I will tear your hair out!” she screeched and charged towards Brooks like a feral cat.Brooks had been charged up all morning; she’d been ready to handle Tara from the second we got here. And it showed. Tara’s fingers clawed at Brooks hair, but that was all she could manage. Brooks, on the other hand, delivered a series of blows that sent Tara stumbling back with each hit.I watched; a slow satisfaction bubbled inside of me as I took in the scene before I finally moved to separate them. Tugging Tara back by the shoulder, I managed to wedge myself between them.“This is all because of you!” Tara huffed, blowing strands of hair out of her face, her gaze sharpening as she shifted her attention to me. “All because you can’t just accept the fact that I’m better than you; aren’t you tired of ruining his life?”Brooks struggled against my grip; her eyes blazed as she pointed a fin