I raced out of the mansion before they could see me.

I wiped my tears, sobbing in the street as each word burned into my memory. I crumbled to the ground, watching cars speed past me.

How did I not realize it? Atlas left me after saying ‘I do’

When he returned, he was cold, disgusting, and different. His touch made my skin crawl and his perfume choked me.

He wasn’t wearing our necklace. He pushed me and he touched me in all the wrong places.

All the places and ways my Atlas never would. My atlas looked at me like I was his entire world while Ryle…

Ryle looked...