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?”
particular piece of news. I clench my hands into fists, feeling so furious I think I might actually break the phone with my tight grip, “And what, you think
he know you’re pregnant?” I ask sharply, “because a man who’s so afraid of responsibility that he’d poison me for years
he would never –” She tried to
a bas ta rd he
objects, “He just didn’t tell you about it because he didn’t want
He’s as much a stock
money, he lavishes it on me all the
out in my
“What?” She squeaks.
just found out – he’s completely bankrupted me. I’m calling the police and if I were you, I’d check your own credit
repeats weakly, “you’re wrong, it’s
can’t help it. “And frankly I don’t really care what happens to you Kate, but if you’re
I buy his lies about looking for work for so long? He crushed me little by little, all the while pretending to be so nice, and
ever let myself
what’s left of my life. I have to go to the police and see if I can resolve
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do about this.” The police officer breaks this news to me about as gently as he might smash an ant beneath his boot. “I’ll give you the police report to
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