Twenty- two

Martha

Lucian shook his head in disbelief and glared at me with blazing eyes. “Unbelievable. Instead of you being more invested in our daughter’s life, you’re wasting your time, trying to monitor mine?! How selfish can you be? Do you know what she’s out there doing? But because of your dumb obsession with me, you’re not focusing on the important issues,” he scolded me, scowling at the same time, like the thought of him cheating was suddenly acceptable.

My mouth opened and shut, trying to speak once more, but for the umpteenth time, I just blanked out completely. His words, although false and accusatory, even when I didn’t do anything wrong, made me feel so small, that I want to crawl back inside my shell and never come out again.

It was at that moment that I realized that Lucian had the upper hand after all. He still had a hold over me, even though I have already emotionally detached from him.

I watched his mouth move and the angry gestures he made with it, but I couldn’t hear anythin