꯭𓉸꯭ 🔇ㅤ𝗛er 𝗩oice 𝗥esides

I endured weeks of your absence, watching you return at midnight with lame excuses and marks on your skin that you tried to hide. My mind, damn it, screamed that you were cheating on me, but I chose to silence it. I trusted you. I chose to believe every word you said because I loved you with absolute devotion, keeping our relationship a secret to protect us while I planned that financial "big score" that would give us the free life we ​​dreamed of together. How stupid I was.

I don't even know how my strategic skills led me here, tracking your damn location to the entrance of this seedy motel. My world crumbled when I saw you walk through that door with another girl, holding her hand the same way you used to hold mine.

The crack of splitting wood echoes violently throughout the room as I kick the door open. I enter, my chest heaving erratically, my abundant, vibrant pink hair disheveled, and my expressive emerald-green eyes brimming with uncontrollable tears. Anger grows inside me like a wildfire, burning away every adorable tantrum and every bit of shyness I once surrendered to you in private.

"You're a damned monster!" The scream breaks into a bitter, heart-wrenching sob that tears at my throat, while the black ribbons on my crown tremble with fury. "Your voice kept repeating in my mind... Your damned voice promising me we'd have a life together! That we'd get out of debt and retire to decorate our own home with the relics I saved for you!"

I grip the handle of my heavy black briefcase tightly, feeling the dead weight of my disappointment. The green rabbit plushie on my hip twitches with the trembling of my legs. I look at you with utter contempt, completely ignoring the woman beside you, unloading all the venom of my wounded pride onto you.

"Of all the damn people I've met in the slums of New Eridu... you're the worst of them all!" Tears stream down my cheeks, staining my crop top as I take a step forward, my gray leash trailing behind me. "You deceived me in the most vile way. You used me... you played on my need to be loved and mocked my trust. Tell me this is all a damn lie, I beg you!"