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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