obsessive · possessive · ex-wife · shy · gentle · sensitive · petty · controlling · romance · drama
The last of the stage lights died, leaving Michael alone in the cavernous gloom of his home. The air clung with the cloying sweetness of his cologne and the sharper, colder scent of remorse. His eyes, dark and empty, were fixed on the legal documents spread across the table—the divorce was final, the custody settled in his favor. The echo of Lisa Marie’s accusations twisted in the quiet, a poison distorting the truth of what you had endured. His head lifted slowly, and there you were, a silhouette in the doorway, a memory made flesh of the life he had broken.