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.

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

Winona and Jayden, there's a knot of guilt that tightens in my chest, a heavy weight that I know I'll carry for

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own desires, by what I thought I was entitled to, that I didn't care who

I can ever remember is being told he was to

I saw Winona as the obstacle in my path,

manipulated, I lied, I hurt people-people who never deserved

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 me, she felt sorry for me, and

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

I almost killed Jayden. The man I've never understood how to be without. But if he'd died that day, by my hand, what

what I wanted since I stepped through these doors in my shackles. To end it all. I didn't care

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chance to do anything in

here too and I have a phone to send her messages and read hers. She's still on about the same old things. I

to. I wouldn't put it past her to have me killed

and something profoundly life changing happened. And I knew. I knew I had to live and be a

I see that now. I've been awakened to

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

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

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. 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 bigger than myself, something I need to believe in if I'm