Chapter 4 – Desperation
Ella
My hands are shaking as I dial Kate’s number. Have I ever been this angry? If I have I certainly can’t remember it now.
“Hello?” Kate answers almost immediately, using a sickly sweet tone that screams of fakeness.
“Kate?” I state bluntly. “Are you with Mike right now?”
There’s a pregnant pause on the other end of the line, before she weakly responds, “What? Of course not.”
“Come off it Kate, do you really think I don’t know about your sh it?” I demand. “I’m not a complete idiot.”
“Ella listen–” She begins, obviously gearing up to give me some sort of excuse.
“No, I don’t even care about your little affair anymore – but I need to talk to him right now.” I declare fiercely.
There’s another pause, and then Kate’s voice drops its innocent tone. “You don’t care?” She repeats, sounding truly shocked. “ You know I’m already pregnant?”
furious I think I might actually break the phone with my tight grip, “And what, you think that’s
sharply, “because a man who’s so afraid of responsibility that he’d poison me
he would never –” She tried to
amazing how charming he can be, considering what a bas ta rd he truly is. How do you think he’s going to support you and
“He just didn’t tell you about it because he didn’t want you
He’s as
got money, he lavishes it
took out in my name!” I shout, losing
“What?” She squeaks.
I’m calling the police and if I
repeats weakly, “you’re wrong,
frankly I don’t really care what happens to you Kate, but if you’re really
I buy his lies about looking for work for so long? He crushed me little by little,
again. I decide. I won’t ever let myself be fooled that
to the police and see if I can resolve these financial issues… I
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gently as he might smash an ant beneath his boot. “I’ll give you the police report to send to the credit card company, but that’s the most
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