- 8.
Even though I was crystal clear, Mark still
waited outside the flower shop.
I thought about closing the shop until this was
over.
But soon, Mark had to go back to the States.
After Amy got blacklisted, she was broke. She
missed the good life.
So, she snapped and put everything with
Mark online.
Including the intimate photos and videos.
Mark’s “loving husband” image was ruined.
Everyone hated him.
Even though he was rich, he couldn’t fix this.
The company’s reputation crashed.
The remaining partners backed out and
demanded compensation.
Mark was overwhelmed. He was apologizing
online and begging the partners to give him
another chance.
Finally, he had to declare bankruptcy.
Years of hard work, gone.
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He was back where he started.
But it didn’t matter to me.
I heard about Mark again on the news.
Mark blamed Amy for everything and tracked
her down.
He pretended to be a delivery guy to trick her.
When Amy opened the door, Mark kicked her
and slapped her.
Amy yelled, “You’re such a pig! Why are you
hitting me?”
Mark lost it.
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He lifted her up and threw her onto the
balcony, just to scare her.
But he lost his grip and she fell.
Mark was shocked…
Amy died instantly. Mark turned himself in.
The story went viral.
“From Investment Genius to Murderer: How
Did It Happen?”
“Lust Is a Knife: Don’t Be Like Mark!”
The news was everywhere.
My former brother–in–law contacted me. He
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said Mark was depressed in jail and wanted
to die. He asked if I’d visit him.
I shook my head. “We’re divorced. It wouldn’t
be right.”
He got angry. “You were married. Even if
you’ve moved on, you don’t have to be so
cold.”
“He regrets what he did. He did it for you,
because he loved you!”
I laughed. “What are you talking about? He’s
a grown man. If he loved me, he wouldn’t
have cheated on me in the car, in the office,
everywhere.”
“Shut up!” He yelled.
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I said, “You don’t know how it was. You don’t
know what he put me through.”
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I stopped following the story.
After a while, Mike proposed.
We decided to get married in the summer.
Before the wedding, I got an anonymous
package from the States.
It was an album of photos of Mark and me.
And a journal I wrote to Mark.
He was always traveling, and I missed him.
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So, I wrote down my thoughts in a journal.
Mark must have kept it all these years.
It was too late.
Mark didn’t get the death penalty. They said
he had mental problems.
He was in a psychotic state when he killed
Amy.
But because he was famous, he got thirteen
years.
Ten years later, he got out early for good
behavior.
We were in Iceland, on vacation with my
family.
He sent me a message.
“I’m out.”
I replied, “Congrats.”
Then I blocked his number.
Looking at my husband and kids, I felt at
peace.
