Woe is She

|3| 3 years later

|Claire|

Roman's body rolled over taking some cover off my body. I stand up and quietly look at the clock. 2:40 am. I grab the clothes from under our bed and place them on. Taking the wedding ring off and placing it in the night stand.

I walk to the hallway where pria is waiting for me. "Thank you" I tell her as she gives me cash and other things.

Roman didn't rape me. He didn't force me to marry him or suck his dick from time to time. That doesn't mean I don't want to smother him with a pillow everytime I see him asleep and helpless.

"You can't tell anyone I did this for you. Please Claire." She begs as I nod hug her. I kiss her face and thank her. "I will never tell a soul as long as I am alive, pria. Thanks to you" I smiled at her as she opened the window for me to go through.

I go to the airport and book the next flight out of Florence. I looked down and the photo and addresses pria gave me. I stare at the passports made for both Sebastien and I.

All I had to do was get him and we could go. The world could be ours for the taking. The thought made me smile. A life of happiness without regrets.

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I stare at the little yellow house in main. The grass looks so green and there's children's toys out front. According to the papers that pria gave me, Gianna is at her ice skating rink with their daughter teaching other kids how to skate. Just another way to hide who she really is. I almost want to scoff at the thought.

I knock on the door but there's no answer. Sebastien should be here? Should I walk out back? I don't have a lot of time.

Against my better judgment I walk around the house and open the gate. Walking to the back door it's already open so I walk in.

"Sebastien?" I call out but there is no answer. I walk around and look down a hallway that only has one light on. I hear laughing but it sounds like a child's laugh? That can't be Solei because she's with Gianna.

As I begin to turn around to leave Sebastien walks out of the bathroom with another kid? She almost looked exactly like Solei. I smile at the sight of him but his once bright laughter stops and he stares at me. "What the fuck are you doing here?" I lean my head back at the sudden harsh tone.

"I came for you?" I say confused but he keeps a blank stare. As I step closer he backs up. "Un fucking-believable. You crazy ass bitch. Claire you've got to go. Seriously." He begs me but I laugh like it's a joke. My chest feels heavy.

"Seb I came for you? So that we can finally be together without the pressures of others."

"Claire, I'm married. I have a wife and two kids. Why would I trade what I have for you?"

"The last time we saw each other we kissed."

"And it was a mistake. I only did that to show that there was nothing between us. Which there isn't- because I don't love you." Sebastien grunts and places his daughter on his shoulder. He covers her ears.

"Why are you doing this?"

"Why am I doing what? Claire, I'm trying to save your life and mine." So that's it- he's scared of Gianna? Well I'm not. I take out the passports and show him

"We don't have to worry about her. She can't hurt us if we leave now."

"What the fuck? Claire, I love Gianna. She's the only woman I will ever love. I have done a lot of things in the past that I regret but I intend on spending my entire life making up for it. Do you think she deserves this or something? Like genuinely are you that fucked up to want a married man to leave his wife!"

He backs up and sighs. "I'm sorry- but you've got to fucking go." I wipe the tears from my face and walk away. Dropping the passport

"Claire" he yells my name, I hesitantly stand still. Hoping for some sort of apology or affirmation that I didn't make this all up in my head.

I turned around and he smiled nervously. "Can you take the passport with you? I don't wanna let it be found in the trash"

"Fuck you" I scoffed and picked it up running away from him.

A call rings on the phone and I pick it up.

"How humiliated are you right now my little doll?" Roman's voice comes through making my skin crawl.

"Just leave me alone Roman" I say but his laugh returns and begins its taunting cycle all over again.

"I'll be back tomorrow"I say feeling enraged and pissed off.

I'll show him.