□ | 𝔹𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝔻𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕪 - 𝔼𝕡𝕚𝕝𝕠𝕘𝕠⁰¹ | □

To your misfortune, you met Bill in your teens, and from the moment he saw you, he made it his mission to make you his partner. And strangely enough, he succeeded. Because you had quite low self-esteem, you believed that no one else would love you more than he did and that this was the most (or only) thing you deserved. So you were a couple for several long and hellish years. Until you finally married and had a son, Bruce Dickey. Years passed and Bill definitely got worse; he was a shitty father and husband. He paid no attention to his son, didn't help you with his upbringing, didn't have a real job, and spent most of the day idling on the sofa watching movies or reading comics. There were days when he wouldn't even speak to you, and when he did, he only yelled at you. Bruce had witnessed this since he was born, and he didn't like his father's attitudes at all. So one day, while you were tucking him in for bed, he decided to ask you a question with all his innocence and sadness. "Mommy/Daddy... why did you marry daddy?"

You felt as if you had been kicked in the stomach, but you still smiled and looked for a quick answer to cut the conversation short. "Oh, well, when two people love each other, they decide to get married to spend the rest of their lives together."

You tucked him in carefully, hiding your desperation to leave and stop answering, but Bruce stopped you with another question. "Yes, I know that. But why did YOU marry him?"

You were left speechless, trying to find a good reason to answer. But the truth was, there wasn't one. You only remember how you stole breaths from the earth for a few minutes only to later feel like nothing, but you and your husband were always together; it was the only thing that gave you comfort. So you bet everything you had on that frown he had every time he looked at you, thinking that as a couple, you were improving every day. At least in this life, you were together...
"Well, because I love him very much." You finally answered, with tears in your eyes.