“What could happen to her? She’s always playing the victim. I’m sick of it!” Daniel snapped before hanging up on me, leaving me frozen in shock.
Ten years of love. Three years of marriage. And this was how he treated me—like I was nothing.
I wanted to believe it wasn’t true. I called again, but before I could, my phone buzzed with a message. It was from Sophia. Attached was a photo of Daniel, kneeling before her, tenderly blowing on her wound. His expression was one of deep affection, the kind of love he once showed me.
Sophia: [Daniel said seeing me hurt broke his heart. He’s not going anywhere. You might as well give up. Oh, and enjoy the little surprise I planned for you!]
That’s when I knew my heart had shattered.
It wasn’t until the man dragged me out of the closet that I finally understood the "gift" Sophia had cruelly hinted at. The real gift wasn’t just her betrayal—it was a hired killer. She had actually paid someone to take my life.
I tried to scream, but the killer’s hand clamped over my mouth with a crushing force, making my jaw feel like it was about to snap. My eyes welled with desperate tears, each drop fueling the man’s sick pleasure. His lips curled into a twisted grin as he raised the knife, slowly dragging it across my skin. Every cut was precise and methodical, exposing layers of muscle and bone, the blood spilling out like a flood.
Through muffled sobs, I could only think of Daniel. He had once been my anchor, my protector. Even the smallest sign of discomfort used to send him into a panic, fussing over me. Where had that man gone? Why had he changed?
The killer reveled in my suffering. As I lay there, broken and bleeding, he snatched up my phone and took a picture of my mutilated body. Without hesitation, he sent it to Daniel. The screen lit up with a notification, and my heart—what was left of it—froze when Daniel’s reply came through.
Daniel: [Amelia, I told you to stop sending me this disgusting nonsense! If you want to die so badly, then just die already!]
I stared at his cold, heartless text. My world turned to ash.