God'S Unbreakable Love by Holly C. Robins

Author:Holly C. Robins [Robins, Holly C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781512778335
Publisher: WestBow Press
Published: 2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

I’m Done

The next day I told him that I was divorcing him, something I should have done long before.

His face turned red and his eyes narrowed. “So we’re going to do this again, are we?” He followed me to each room as I ran around collecting the things I wanted to take. “No one else will want you. No one will ever love you the way I do.”

I threw a handful of items on the floor. “You know what, Jake? I am so sick of hearing that. You’ve beaten me to a pulp with that lie for years. I think it’s something control addicts came up with to keep their victims from leaving. You didn’t want me to realize that I was too good for you.”

I headed upstairs to start packing, but Jake stomped up behind me. I threw a suitcase on the bed and began pulling clothes from the closet. “So, please, tell me, because I’m curious what it is that you guys look for when you search out your prey. Do you look for the weak and vulnerable? I mean, knowing my background, I must’ve seemed like an easy target. I’m sure there must’ve been times you felt robbed of a challenge because I made it way too easy for you.” I stopped packing and turned to face Jake. “I might’ve come into this marriage with a lot of issues, but so did you.” I slapped my chest. “The difference is that I knew what mine were. You still haven’t come to terms with the fact that your past left you feeling powerless, and that’s made you a drunk and a bully. Jake, you don’t even know what love is and can’t see that you need help.”

I returned to the task of packing while ignoring his attempts to intimidate me and talk me out of leaving. I didn’t want to argue anymore. I was done talking. It had all been said a million times before. Danni and I finished packing up and left with no goodbyes. We were able to find a little house, but money was going to be tight.

I returned to help Jake clean our old house after he moved out. When we were finished, we walked around for one last check.

He turned to me, and I was surprised to see tears in his eyes. “I can’t believe this is it,” he said. “All those years down the drain as if they never happened.”

Years I’m going to try very hard to forget,” I said.

“They weren’t all bad, were they?”

“No, there were a few good times, but unfortunately it was those times that kept me hanging around. I can’t tell you how many nights Danni and I would hear your car door slam and we would bolt up the stairs to hide or pretend we were asleep. We were afraid of you.”

He looked shocked and hurt. “I’m sorry, I really am. Will you ever be able to forgive me?”

“I think I will, in time. I certainly hope so for my sake.

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