Don't fool me, Ex. I'll never marry you (again).
However, he forgot one thing: when you press something too hard, it will not break—it will explode.
I stood up, drank the rest of my tea, and walked out toward the life I had called home all this time. I no longer walk with fear. I walk with purpose. And for the first time in years, I feel free. Not free because of Mike, but free because I have determined the end of this story. And this story will not end with his victory. This story will end in total destruction, and I am the one holding the detonator.