Tag: ex-boyfriend

  • The Haircut

    I never knew a haircut could leave me completely traumatized.  I had had high expectations and now I was just hoping to not have a complete meltdown.  As I started my car, I started to hyperventilate.  How could I even go on with my life if I had problems going to the hairdresser?  I thought I had been…

  • Spinning

    The sun spins around me as I try to make it through another day.  I knew Eddie wouldn’t wait through another day of me daydreaming about what our life could be, but I knew this wasn’t my life.  The constant emails and meetings were driving me insane for eight hours a day.  Eddie was a workaholic where I didn’t think about work the moment I stepped out of the staff door…

  • What He Wants

    “Jake uses everyone to get exactly what he wants.  But in a way where nobody notices.” I started pulling my clothes out of the closet and stuffing the ones I wore the most into my suitcase.  My throat tightened and my eyes started to burn and I forced myself not to cry.  “He has always done that.  For as long as I have known him.  Don’t…

  • Into the Field

    “Keep an open mind,” I said pulling Mike toward the wide-open field.  “And keep your eyes shut.”  I turned to face him to make sure he was following my directions.  He had no idea the surprise I had in store for him.  I squeezed his hand as we got closer to reassure him everything was going to be all right. …

  • No Idea

    “He has no idea of what he is doing here.  You can’t let Zeke stay here when that’s all he is doing here,” I told Madison.  I pulled her arm toward Zeke.  “You have to get him to leave.  Now.”  “Why would I ask him to leave?  I want him to stay,” Madison slurred as…

  • A New Day

    “Start a new day.  Start a new day.  Start a new day.”  I repeated my mantra as I headed toward the front door of my apartment.  Leaving the apartment was difficult, but since I had started facing my fears and repeating my mantra, things had started to get slightly easier.  I had never been alone before and wasn’t entirely sure…

  • Only Desire

    My only desire was to get out of town as soon as possible.  I needed a fresh start and with my history in Phoenix, I knew nothing here would change.  The reach of my ex-boyfriend was as wide as he was rich.  Growing up in a middle-class family, I had never had access to private planes and the nicest…

  • Killer

    “That’s the problem.  He was already dead,” I said out loud.  “That’s the problem.  He was already dead.”  I stared at the cell phone in my hand as I repeated what I was going to say when I finally got the courage to call 911.  My ex-boyfriend was lying on my kitchen floor with a knife in his chest.  My…