Total pages in book: 154
Estimated words: 142664 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 713(@200wpm)___ 571(@250wpm)___ 476(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 142664 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 713(@200wpm)___ 571(@250wpm)___ 476(@300wpm)
“Did you do all this? Was it you? The fleas, the arrest, everything?”
“No, that was my daughter. She’s been holding a grudge all these years; we just never noticed how deep it ran until now. She planned everything except for what landed you in here. You did that all on your own.”
“How? She hasn’t been around our house in years, so how did she plan all this?”
“You’d have to ask her, but I’m afraid you won’t get the chance because I don’t think she cares enough to come to see you. She’s too busy with her new life. I just thought I should come to warn you that her husband is very protective of her, so even if a low-class bitch like you found the money to hire someone to harm her, you’d fail.”
“You think you’ve won. You just wait until I get out of here.”
“I knew you were crazy, but I didn’t know you were stupid as well. You’re not getting out of here. Everything you did until now is being talked about all over town. All the money you stole, all the lies you told, it’s all coming out in the wash. And since you once threatened her life, Alyssa’s husband is willing to spend any amount of money to make sure you never see the light of day.”
“You bitch, I’ll never let you have a moment’s peace.”
“My peace doesn’t have anything to do with you. I’ve finally got my whole family back together while you are going to rot in jail. If by some miracle you get out of here, you’ll be an old woman by then. Anyway, that’s all I wanted to say. I have to get back to my life. By the way, I’ll be a better stepmother to your kid than you ever were to mine.”
I hit the phone against the glass and called her back, but she just kept walking. What did she mean by that? Had she turned my daughter against me? And why is Alyssa helping Mitzie after hating her for years? Why would my daughter trust them?
Does that mean that I’m really going to rot away in here? Corbin is going to leave me, and now Mitzie’s gone. Who is there to help me on the outside? I tried calling my Dad when they first brought me here, but he believed I had killed his wife and was being an ass.
My ex wouldn’t spit on me if I was on fire and there were no friends, no one, that was willing to come to my rescue. I felt even worse as I was led back to my cell than I did when I left. How had everything come to this?
What could I have done differently to avoid this outcome? I crawled onto the filthy prison cot and cried mournfully.
ALYSSA
I’m not sure how things would’ve gone had I not forced his hand, but in the end, Kevin chose to press charges against his wife. Not that he had a choice once the video went viral. Her family had rushed and had her committed to a mental health clinic, but I wasn’t satisfied with that.
This had started out as me trying to make her miserable for talking shit about me but had turned into something else entirely. I no longer cared about her petty bullshit; I was more interested in protecting that little boy from her and her crazy ass parents.
Kevin had been granted temporary primary custody until the case went to trial, and the way things were looking, according to his lawyers, he stood a very good chance of getting it permanently. Natalie was still yelling to anyone who would listen that I had stolen her life.
Her friends had abandoned camp at the first sign of trouble. There was a lot of chatter among the elite, with people taking sides, but I just ignored anyone who claimed I should’ve handled it differently and that it was a private matter and should’ve been kept between the family.
I put them in the abusive parent pile because the only ones who would say that shit would be the ones who saw nothing wrong with it. I called out most of them for their bullshit, and Garrett took care of the rest.
I guess that’s not the way they handle things around here, but I let them know that I wasn’t interested in being chummy with idiots, and Garrett wasn’t shy about telling them not to fuck with his wife. That got a whole lot of them to change their tune, but it was too late. Once they showed their true colors, there was no turning back.
Garrett was pissed because a lot of people he thought were upstanding sorts turned out to be abuse sympathizers, and now they’re blaming me for turning him against them, which doesn’t bother me in the least. I just let him know that none of them were allowed near me or I’ll beat their ass too, so he culled the herd.