~ELENA

Mark found me the moment I stepped out of Joey's house.

It was as if my husband had been waiting for me, and as he walked towards me with a grin on his face, I knew that this was it.

The end.

There was no going back for me.

"Done hiding under another man's shadow?" he asked, and the sound of his voice made my skin crawl with revulsion.

I tried to move away from him, to turn around and run back to Joey, but my legs had given up on me. I remained frozen to the spot, unable to do ...