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.

not just the talks and the thinking, there's a higher power at play here. Now I know there's something out there bigger than all of us, it was

a knot of guilt that tightens in my chest, a heavy weight that I know I'll carry for the rest of my

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I thought I was entitled to,

for our future, but that was a lie. All I can ever remember is being told he was to be

I was groomed to believe was mine. I saw Winona as the obstacle in my path, and I didn't care what I had to do

lied, I hurt people-people who never deserved

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

consequences of my actions and accept the pain I've caused. I may be in here for many years. Even if I get

that day, by my hand, what would I

since I stepped through these doors in my shackles. To end it all. I

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barely any chance to do anything

have a phone to send her messages and read hers. She's still on about the same

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

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

way. I see that now. I've been awakened to something

her a lot. No matter how much I tried to break her, she kept fighting, kept standing up for herself, for Jayden,

place, and for 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

I'm not deserving of forgiveness. But it's not forgiveness I'm looking for. I want to change. I spend a lot of time thinking about redemption, about what it means to truly atone for your sins.