After the Drone Lift, He Begs Me Back
"I was thinking, if the drones were disconnected and I fell right to my death, would you mourn for me? Then I got my answer. You would not. You'd only get a more durable toy next time for your fun. That's all I am to you, a fragile toy."
All the color disappeared from Joseph's face. "No, Jess, I…"
"Let me finish," I interrupted. "You ruined all the hopes I held for love and my trust in humanity. You trampled all over me and stomped on me all to please another woman. All to prove that you could control everything. And now you ask for mercy? Yet you showed me none."
My eyes never left his. He opened his mouth, but nothing came out.