A Family Torn Apart Novels & Stories

Then she shifted and faced me. “My family is tearing apart. Everything is slipping out of my hands.” I was confused at first. What did she mean? Tearing apart how? “Did you do something at home?” I asked in confusion. “I know I can be terrible sometimes, but this is not about me,” she sniffed, “it has nothing to do with me. I have fought to keep things together but it seems I have been wasting my time.” “What exactly is happening?” I asked. “Oh God! I cannot believe this. My parents are getting divorced!”

The ache of being sidelined and disregarded in the family dynamics gnawed at his core, leaving him consumed by an overwhelming sense of agony and loneliness. The memories of happier times, when familial warmth had enveloped him, now felt like distant echoes in a cold, unforgiving present. Ejay's heart weighed heavy with the burden of shattered relationships and the haunting realization that his actions had irreversibly shattered the family unity he had once taken for granted.

she blurted out raggedly. "Why don't you ever listen?! What exactly have I been caught with that you can't trust me anymore?! I have tried to make you see reasons with me but you are so adamant about leaving this Mafia fucking organization talk! It's sickening me to the bones........." Tessa peeped through the opening in the door and watched with great sadness, when have her parents started yelling at each other for God knows what? They have always been the happiest family she knows but now she stared in confusion and tears in her eyes as her family is slowly falling apart.

"They've both started new families now. They won't spare any thought for you. You have to rely on yourself. This apartment is your safety net, understand?" I hadn't back then. I had simply assumed that Mom and Dad were too busy—busy with their jobs and busy adapting to their new lives—and that was why they couldn't spare time for me. I'd thought that as long as I was obedient enough and got good enough grades, they'd turn around one day and spare me a glance. But now I finally understood. The family I'd longed for had already broken in half the day they signed the divorce papers. They had their own families and their own children now. The love I'd been wanting was never going to belong to me

Kylo moved fast. In just three days, he'd completely bankrupted the Cullen family. The Cullens had always been a third-tier family with an unstable foundation. It had taken them ten years to climb to their current position. But bringing them down was child's play. "I heard the Cullen estate caught fire in the middle of the night. All their documents burned. Nora's parents died in the fire, and she herself barely survived. But her entire body is covered in burns. She's hardly recognizable anymore.

In his absence however, so much had happened that he sometimes felt like they were complete strangers to him. That day, as he drove his father to the airport in utter silence, he tried to wrap his head around everything that Nafisa and his mother had told him about, both separately and as a unit. It was strange to look at his father now, with everything they had told him. Two attempted divorces, a not-so-conspicuously hidden affair and a legal case of domestic violence later, his parent's marriage was in shambles. The once happy family had been torn apart by the harshness of reality. And even after all these years, the impact of their falling-out could still be felt. "When do you leave for K

Her grandfather had told him what the rest of the family had been planning. __FLASHBACK START__ “How dare you fucking plot against my wife and daughter,” Tyrone growled. “Son please, she is not good enough for you and that child is worthless. That child will cause all sorts of destruction. They are tearing this family apart.” His mother states. “The only ones tearing this family apart are you and your followers. If you go through with this then I will break all ties with this family and you will never see me again.” Tyrone says.

Heavy fat tears fell from my eyes. We had such a beautiful family yet everything fell off at some point and no one could tell us what happened. Everywhere in the house showed our family had been a happy one, my parents had been in love. Mom didn’t abandon me like I had thought growing up. Something huge happened that led to their separation. “What happened to our family, dad?”

her tongue looped in her mouth as she tried to continue, “ that is why I said I wanted to- wanted to defend my mom an-d I have to defend myself if ever I get a – a violent hu-sband.” Sarah broke down. She covered her face with trembling hands and tears of fear and helplessness drowned down her cheeks. Instantly, Devlin’s arm came across her shaking shoulders and as he had feared, she completely shattered down into pieces, crying over a fear, a trauma deeply rooted inside her, a fear hidden for too long and a wound left open for too long.

The family she had devoted her life to had chosen their own agenda over her wellbeing, leaving her to pick up the pieces of her shattered existence. Overwhelmed by the weight of her loss and the depth of her betrayal, Barbara clutched the divorce papers to her chest, her body shaking with the force of her anguish. She had to get out of this place, away from the cold, calculating gazes of her family and the painful reminder of the life she had lost.