Stronger Than My Mistakes
I made you CEO because I wanted you to have a dream to chase, so you could stand tall next to me.
"But you treated me as if I was just a stepping stone, as if you could just lie to me and toss me aside."
My voice turned sharp, cutting through the silence. "I could lift you up to the top. And I can throw you straight back down."
I tilted my head, smiled coldly. "Actually, no. That's not right."
"I didn't lift you to heaven. I was your heaven."
The words broke whatever fight Richard and Iris had left.
Iris sat frozen, her face as pale as death as she whispered over and over, "It's over… it's all over…"