When Love Turns into Betrayal
He was me before I became, before I let myself become what I am now.
My therapist here says I have narcissistic personality disorder. Says I've probably had it my whole life, learned it from my father, perfected it into an art form. She says people like me don't feel empathy the way normal people do. That we see relationships as transactions, people as objects to be used.
She's not wrong.
I taste something bitter in my mouth. Keep reading.
But with you, Violet, God help me, with you it was different. At least at first. You made me want to be better. Made me feel things I didn't think I was capable of feeling. And that terrified me more than anything.