I Stopped Crying, and He Started Regretting

"Anything you ask, I’ll do. If you still want me to marry the man you once chose for me, I will. Just… please, come for me. In a week, I’ll be ready.”

It wasn’t the first time I had pleaded with my stepfather to save me. The first was a year ago—when I discovered that my husband, Nathaniel, had been unfaithful.

With my own half-sister, Cassandra.

The latest blow came when they ordered me to go after the thief who stole Cassandra’s necklace. I obeyed, but I ended up on the ground—bruised, broken, and discarded like garbage. No one bothered to help. Even my biological father turned away.