Elena’s words rarely left my mind. They lingered like a ghost that had vowed to haunt me for the rest of my life to ensure I was never at peace. Sometimes, they made me feel frightened, and other times they made me feel mad.

Elena had no business getting involved in my affairs besides to cause problems for me. She had always done that, whether it was when I was at school or any other event we would ‘coincidentally’ run into each other.

All of the years of humiliating and verbally abusing ...