Content Warning:
This chapter contains graphic descriptions of trauma, emotional abuse, sexual violence ( referenced), suicide, and mass poisoning. Themes of manipulation, revenge, and self-loathing are explored in detail. Reader discretion is strongly advised.
PS: The following chapter continues in a similar tone, with emotionally intense and potentially triggering content.
Hot…
It was hot… Not just the air, not just the room, but deep inside his chest, something burned like a wildfire spreading through, twisting his insides. And yet, even this scorching, suffocating heat couldn't mask the real pain in his heart.
He tasted metal at the back of his throat. But he swallowed. It wasn't time. A little more… he needed to wait a bit more…
He dropped his gaze to the plate full of food. His mind wandered to the last week…
To the time when he learned about the truth.
It was like any other day, he was busy preparing the meal when the front door rang.
