the night it all ends

Millicent’s povIs that… moaning? I’m sure it is. The sound is insanely familiar, it can hardly be mistaken. As I step into the doorway, the first thing i notice is the sound. Not just… breathing, but heavy, with crazy rhythm, too intimate to belong to anyone other than two people who should never be sharing oxygen. I take one step into the doorway and my world ends. “What the fuck?” I whisper under my breath Brian, who’s my husband by the way, is inside me…no, not inside me, inside her, my best friend, Ria, skin to skin, tangled in the sheets I washed yesterday, the sheets that still smell faintly of my perfume. Gosh, the sight of them make me want to give into my knees but not yet. His hands are on her hips like they’ve always belonged there, her head is thrown back on my pillow. My pillow, the one I slept on just last night while waiting for Brian to come home.I freeze and my throat burns so hard it feels like I’m swallowing fire. I am. My hands won’t move because they can’t, n

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the divorce

Millicent’s povI’m sitting in the courthouse and the air tastes like metal, defeat, and old papers, it’s the kind of place where people come and never leave the same way, and today’s definitely my turn. I sit alone on the cold wooden bench, with my fingers twisted together so tight they look bloodless. Brian is late, which is somehow worse because, when he arrives, he does so in the exact way I feared he would, with Ria by his side. They walk in arms locked in on each other, her hair glossy, her dress is soft pink, like the innocence she lacks, she’s walks in with a smile on her face, aware that she had destroy the last ten years of my life. Brian looks well-rested and confident, the kind of confidence men get when they’ve already forgotten the woman who loved them, cared for them and even gave them a sweet little boy. He doesn’t even glance at me, but the sight of them together burns something in my stomach, something dark.I swallow it down, because I need to breathe, I need to s

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the downfall

Millicent’s povThe first misfortune of the day starts at 3:17 a.m., with the sound of my Josh crying and coughing so hard that it echoes inside the thin walls of my mom’s old crib. I hop out of bed before I’m even fully awake, my feet hitting the cold floor, and my heart beating faster than it should. My fear is losing him, that’s what would shatter me especially now that Brian has already cracked me open.When I reach josh, he’s curled up with his tiny hands on his chest, breathing too fast, his skin is moist, and his lips are pale. I’ve seen this too many times before.“Oh my sweet baby boy, look at mommy,” I whisper, lifting him gently, his body feels lighter than it should, like he’s fading. I hold him, rubbing his back gently until the coughing eases, then I grab the emergency inhaler and pray it’s enough to soothe him even though it never is. It worked, his breathing slowly goes back to normal, and I spoon him for the rest of the night. Pouring kisses on him, before passing out

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the eviction threat

Millicent’s povRecently, some days, life taps me lightly on the shoulders, but other days, it grabs me by the hair and drags me across concrete. This morning, it’s the latter. I’m opening the studio, or trying to at least, when a pure white city sedan pulls up right across the yard, the kind officials use when they want to ruin someone’s day with paperwork. A man in neat shirt nicely tucked into his jeans steps out, I wonder how he achieved that with such tummy like he eats for three people, his governmental badge is hooked just at the left side of his belt. His expression is obvious, he’s bored, and that’s the look of someone who’s already decided my life is an inconvenience.“Millicent Andrews?” he asks.“Yes,” I answer, holding Josh on my hips, he’s sleepy and clinging to my shirt. The man barely glances at him, he just lifts a bright red paper and slaps it against my studio door like he’s posting a notice on a public toilet.FINAL WARNING: DEMOLITION IN 7 DAYS.My mouth goes dry

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the billionaire’s shadow

Millicent’s povThe town has began talking, no, whispering and every whisper has the same name wrapped in fear, awe, and a little bit of spice and venom. Damon Hale.I hear it first from the baker two doors down, speaking in a hushed tone with her husband, like saying it too loud might summon the devil himself. Then from Mrs. Hernandez at the corner store, whose eyes widen like she’s repeating the name of a ghost, or an abomination. By noon, the entire main street knows who bought the block and by past noon, every rumor reaches me like blows to the under ribs.“He buys land, tears everything it down, and turns it into luxury hotels, not caring who he destroys.”“People say he’s ruined three small towns already. He’s moving fast and he isn’t stopping anytime soon. God help us.”“I heard he bankrupts anyone who resists even a little, running them to the ground without mercy.”“They call him the ‘shadow billionaire’ who strikes without warning.”“Someone once went against him and their s

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All Chapters of Dear Ex, See you never: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

the night it all ends

the divorce

the downfall

the eviction threat

the billionaire’s shadow