His expression crumples, regret etched in every line of his face. “Margaux, I’m so sorry. I was trying to protect you.”
“Protectme? You violated my privacy in the worst way imaginable! You’re a fuckingstalker!”
Tears stream down my face. I can barely see him through the haze of my rage and hurt. “Get away from me!” I shriek, pointing at the door. “Get away from me and don’t come back!”
“Margaux…” he tries again, his voice pleading.
“Get away!” I scream again, my voice cracking, unwilling to meet his gaze.
He stares at me for a moment, his face a picture of devastation, before he finally turns and leaves. If heartbreak was a face, it would be his. The sound of his footsteps as he walks away feels deafening.
But I don’t have time to pity him.
He nosed around in my personal business.What the fuck was he trying to do?
He said he was trying to protect me, but now I feel a million times worse.
In his own way, Timmy loved me, but now he’s gone.
He used to do horrible things to me.
Hell, he fractured my skull after all.
But at least he didn’t pretend to be my protector—my family—and then betray me.
Well, fuck, I guess in a sense he did that too!
Jesus christ! I can’t seem to escape these horrible men!
They say they’re looking out for me, but they’re just fucking me over left and right!
How dare Dex go through all my private information, digging into police and therapy files and god knows what else.
I can’t believe this. I’m never ever going to trust another man ever again, maybe another human.
I’ve had enough. This is all too much.
Because I can’t take this pain. This betrayal.
I just want silence. I just want peace.
And it doesn’t seem like I’m going to get that. It seems like it’s not my destiny.
Instead, there’s just pain and suffering.
And Timmy will just come back for me anyway.
He’s a psycho with a history of stalking his exes. I’ve read up on his behavior, and it’s unlikely to stop.
I sink onto the sidewalk, my body wracked with sobs. A few passersby look at me awkwardly and hurry along.
My mind is a tornado of emotions—anger, betrayal, sadness, confusion.
How could Dex do this to me?How could someone I trusted so implicitly, someone who was supposed to be my safe place, violate me like this?
Timmy was awful, but at least his betrayals were blatant.
This… this is insidious.