Betrayed on Our Anniversary
he said quietly, “when a man clings too tightly to his obsessions, he damages only himself. What you see is not the truth, only the illusion shaped by your own demons.”
“Demons?”
Pierce’s pupils contracted as if the word had stabbed him.
Then he snapped.
He hurled the food box onto the floor.
Porcelain shattered, sharp cracks exploding across the room.
Soup, glass, and delicately prepared dishes scattered in a chaotic mess.
“My biggest demon,”
he roared, pointing at me with shaking fury,
“is her!”