Stronger Than My Mistakes
I hadn't even gotten steady before she hit me again, knocking me back to the ground.
"You home-wrecking tramp!" she screamed, her voice shrill and shaking with fury. "You deserve to be taught a lesson!"
My face throbbed, the taste of blood sharp on my tongue.
Then the kicks and punches started raining down—her fists, her heels, all of it landing on me again and again.
"I'll end this today!" Iris snarled. "I'll beat you until you stop ruining other people's marriages!"
I curled in on myself, gasping for air, too beaten down to fight back.