My husband's twin, my ruin
Through the tears blinding my eyes, I watched the two figures sprint down the alley, disappearing around the corner with my portfolio case tightly in their grip.
It was gone. Everything.
I sat on the dirty concrete, my chest heaving with dry, broken sobs. I lifted my hands; the palms were raw, oozing a thin line of blood where the stones had sliced through the skin.
I pulled back my cream sleeve, staring at the purple fingerprint bruises David had left five days ago, now paired with fresh, bleeding scrapes.
I was completely ruined. Stranded in a sketchy alley, bleeding, with no career, no husband who loved me, and nowhere left to run.