They thought I’d finally broken. They thought I’d crawl back, grateful for scraps, begging for a key to the house they’d already moved into like colonizers with matching luggage. They didn’t know the paperwork was finished, the signatures dry, the power quietly shifted. I watched them toast to their victory, every clink of glass a countdown to ilusi… Continues…
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