He Gave Me Up, Now He’s Crying
The third time Charles cheated on me, I broke down, grabbed a knife, and pressed it to my chest.
"If I die today, the Moon Goddess will punish you. This is what you get for cheating!"
That was what frightened him. The blade was silver. If it so much as touched my skin, the wound would never heal.
My mother rushed over to wrestle the knife away from me. "Zoe, no matter what happens, don't hurt yourself!"
"Leave me alone and let me die. He's out there chasing other women, so I'll die right in front of him!"
In the struggle, the knife went straight into my mother's chest. She clutched at it, and blood soaked red through her clothes.
She was barely breathing, and still she held on to my shirt. "