When they get to the restaurant, Ashley starts to act like she is having the time of her life. She sits at the table with the menu, but she keeps looking over it to catch a glimpse of Angus. Angus keeps tapping his feet on the ground and also looking at his wristwatch. She finally drops the menu on the table and pushes a strand of her hair behind her ear. "So what are you going to order, Angus?" "I don't know, a glass of water is just fine by me." He gives a small shrug, he really doesn't care for this "dinner." "Nonsense." She frowns. "I'm paying, it's my treat, and I don't want you to forget it in a rush." She picks up her menu again and starts to go through the food. "Oh, I see." She mumbles. "Did you see dish two? It's steaks, I know you like steaks." "Whatever, Ashley, let's just get this over with." Even though he has so much lack of enthusiasm, she barely cares. She raises her hand and asks for the waiter to bring them two dishes of the same food. As they wait for t

It feels like everything that has been holding Greg shatters to the ground, even the gun almost slips out of his grip. Angus sees the confusion on his face and he lets out a hearty laugh, even giving his knee a smart. "It looks like you don't like this plan of mine, Greg." Angus mocks. "What do you say?" "How about I shoot you, wouldn't that be better?" Greg scoffs. "But you will be fucked, can't you see?" Angus taunts. "Maybe I would be dead, maybe I would be left with an injury, but you will be going to jail and the whole world will know what you did." It's the truth, Greg can't even pretend that Angus is lying right now. He is boiling with so much rage, that he just wants to beat the hell out of Angus. He wants to leave him with a broken jaw so that his mouth will have to be wired shut. Even though those thoughts are just sweet fantasies in his head, he can't help but keep calm. Angus won't hesitate to go on with his threat. So, against his will, he is forced to listen to A

Christian calls a taxi for them and within a few minutes, a yellow car pulls up. He gets the door for her and both of them get into the taxi. She is pretty heavy-headed because of that one drink that she had, she doesn't have to pretend that she is drunk. Christian is very gentle and protective, he places his hand on her knee as the driver drives away. She keeps her eyes on the lights that are shining from the street light, her head is resting against his shoulder. "King George Street," Christian tells the driver. "That's going to cost you eighty." The driver looks back at them through the mirror. "Yeah, hurry," Christian says. She feels that he looks at her face, she can tell even though her eyes are shut. After driving for a few minutes, the cab comes to a stop. He touches the side of her face with her hand as calmly as he can. "Joanna? We are here." She raises her head and tries to open her eyes. He pays the driver and helps her out of the car, they are standing right

The next few days send Ashley straight into the newspapers' front page and she is also on the television. "Narcissist wealthy man abuses his middle-class wife. How long can the rich oppress the poor?" Of course, everyone gets angry, they want justice for poor Ashley who got her beautiful face smashed into the mirror. Thankfully, the doctors and modern-day medicine were able to save her face. It's all over the place, every talk show is talking about it, and feminists are fighting for her too. Ashley turns into a celebrity overnight. Top lawyers are working for her for free and also, and one of the best dermatologists has taken care of her face. The result is a beautiful skin that looks like that of a newborn baby. Quinton has been found and arrested. His family lawyers and hers have come to a settlement at the end of their marriage. He is going to pay her some more money, but prison is inevitable for him. Ashley has been discharged from the hospital and her face has healed pre

Matilda feels anger turning everything in her into liquid, she has never felt rage flowing like this in her. Everything she has ever saved her work in, everything she has ever worked for, they now lay destroyed in the tub. She tries to save them, but that is when she notices that Greg has taken his time to crush them before dunking them into the water. She lets out a scream of frustration. She has a meeting in a few minutes and all she has prepared for, it's all gone. She wants to cry, but tears aren't coming, she doesn't even know how to describe the emotions that she is feeling right now. She feels her hands still shaking when she grabs the only device that wasn't destroyed, her phone. She checks all the documents and he has to wipe them clean. Her emails are blank, Greg has destroyed her life completely. She feels numb and clueless. She could walk right into the road and a car would crush her to death, but she won't even notice. I'm her confusion, the best thing she can do