Violet
"Watch how you talk to me. You're my wife!"
Paul shouted down at me as I fell to the ground.
Fear hit me hard.
This wasn't the man I'd married.
"Look what you made me do, baby."
Paul crouched in front of me.
I stared at him.
Look what I made him do?
"It's time to come home."
His voice became calmer.
Too calm.
"We'll eat dinner. Then we'll forget all this happened. Stella can f**k off. Her and her bastard."
My stomach twisted.
"You and I can have a baby. Start our family."
My phone started ringing again in his hand.
I swallowed.
I needed that phone.
Or I needed to get inside my car.
Anything.
I just needed to get away from him.
"We're gonna change your number," Paul continued.
"Then we'll sell our house. Start new."
He ran his hand down my cheek.
I wanted to
