Divorce to Destiny: Reclaiming My CEO Husband by Anney GW

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166 Higher Power

(Ashlyn)

I sit on the edge of my narrow bed, the cold, sterile walls of the small, with nothing more than a bed, a table, and a chair. facility pressing in on me. The room is

It's a far cry from the luxury I was used to, but it's fitting. I don't deserve anything better. Not after everything I've done.

The silence here is deafening in its way, but it gives me time to think, to reflect on everything that's led me to this point.

I've spent countless hours replaying the past in my mind, dissecting every action, every decision, every

hurtful word.

I've talked to my psychiatrist and, more importantly, listened.

And I've come to realize just how wrong I was. How wrong Judy is.

About everything.

there's something out there bigger than all of us, it was easy to accept responsibility. Easy for

think about Winona and Jayden, there's a knot of guilt that tightens in my chest, a heavy weight that

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thought I was entitled to, that

but that was a lie. All I can ever remember is being told he was to be my husband. I never thought any different. I let myself believe

is, I was selfish, I wanted to win, to have everything I was groomed to believe was mine. I saw Winona as the obstacle in my

manipulated, I lied, I hurt people-people

a lonely teenager. I hated her making me actually grow to like her. Judy said it was all a ploy. Winona never really liked me,

accept the pain I've caused. I may be in here for many years. Even

to be without. But if he'd died that day, by my hand, what would I do then? I'd still have to survive. I'd have to learn to live without

my shackles. To end it all. I didn't care how. Starve myself or something faster if

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But Judy has her pawns here too and I have a phone to send her messages and read hers. She's still on about the same old things. I play along,

have me killed if I go against her. I want to

was in the chapel and something profoundly life changing happened. And I knew. I knew I had to live and be

been awakened to something in life that's

matter how much I tried to break her, she kept fighting,

the first time in my life, I'm forced to confront who I really am. I can't hide behind my wealth, my family name, or my looks. None of that means anything here. All that's left is the truth-the truth of what

redemption, about what it means to truly atone for your sins. I've never been religious, never cared much for the idea of a higher power or divine judgment. But in this place, surrounded by the ghosts of my past, I've had proof there is something more- something