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The Other Woman

"Don't you understand, you're the other woman."

By KodahPublished 2 years ago โ€ข 3 min read
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๐‘ฐ๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’…๐’†๐’‘๐’•๐’‰๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’”๐’๐’“๐’“๐’๐’˜, ๐’”๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’•๐’๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’“๐’“๐’๐’“, her reflection a haunting reminder of the pain that consumed her. Betrayal had etched its mark upon her heart, casting an evil and dark shadow over her once vibrant spirit. Emily's tear-filled eyes met her own gaze, she couldn't help but question the worth she once held. In that moment, the mirror become a cruel witness to her shattered trust, reflecting not only her external beauty but also the inner turmoil that threatened to consume her. This is the story of ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ถ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐‘พ๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’. She will not let him win. She won't let him walk away unscathed. She will have her vengeance, and it will be sweet.

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๐Ÿ“ ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ซ:

"Xavier, can you please calm down and tell me what wrong."- Emily anxiously says.

"No, Emily. I can't, I have to go I'm sorry."

~๐‘ฌ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’š ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’” ๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’๐’” ๐’‰๐’Š๐’Ž ๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’–๐’๐’…, ๐’†๐’š๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’†๐’š๐’†~

"WHAT IS WRONG XAVIER."- She'd yell.

~๐‘ฏ๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’“๐’๐’˜๐’” ๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ ๐’•๐’ ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•~

"There's someone else."

~๐‘ฐ๐’• ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’„๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’‰๐’†๐’‚๐’“ ๐’‚ ๐’‘๐’Š๐’ ๐’…๐’“๐’๐’‘~

"What do you mean... there is someone else?"- She'd question.

"Don't you understand, you're the other woman."

"But I'm your girlfriend, SHE'S THE OTHER WOMAN."

"SHE'S PREGNANT. I'm the dad. Your the other woman."

~๐‘ฌ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’š'๐’” ๐’˜๐’‰๐’๐’๐’†-๐’ƒ๐’๐’…๐’š ๐’‡๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’›๐’†๐’”, ๐’”๐’‰๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’›๐’†๐’” ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’ ๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’†๐’š๐’†๐’” ๐’”๐’‘๐’†๐’†๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’†๐’”๐’”~

"I'm sorry. I have to go, I'm sorry Emily." - He shrugs.

~๐‘ฟ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’†๐’“ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’๐’Œ๐’” ๐’‚๐’˜๐’‚๐’š, ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Š๐’“ ๐’๐’๐’—๐’† ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’“ ๐’๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’„๐’†*

As she watches him leave she screams, "And look what you do. RUNNING AWAY FROM YOUR OWN MISTAKES."

~She picks up the object beside her and she hesitantly throws it to her right, shattering a mirror. She turns to the broken reflection of herself. ๐‘ฐ๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’…๐’†๐’‘๐’•๐’‰๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’”๐’๐’“๐’“๐’๐’˜, ๐’”๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’•๐’๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’“๐’“๐’๐’“~

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~๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐€๐๐€๐‘๐“๐Œ๐„๐๐“ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐๐‹๐„๐— ๐๐”๐ˆ๐‹๐ƒ๐ˆ๐๐†~

As Emily embarks on a quest for closure, she found herself standing at the doorstep of her ex-boyfriend's house. The weight of her emotions hung heavy in the air, as she mustered the courage to face the remnants of a love that had crumbled so quick. With each step closer, her heart races, unsure of what awaited her on the other side of that door. As she reaches her arm out to knock on the door, the voice of Xavier travelling closer and closer to ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’˜๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’.

"Your Home early, Kat-"- He opens the door and eats his word on Katy.

~๐‘ฌ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’š ๐’”๐’˜๐’Š๐’‡๐’•๐’๐’š ๐’”๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’” ๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’“๐’–๐’”๐’‰๐’†๐’” ๐’Š๐’• ๐’•๐’๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’…๐’” ๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž, ๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’‘๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’Š๐’• ๐’๐’‡๐’‡~

~๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’Ž๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’“๐’๐’“ ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐‘ฟ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’†๐’“ ๐’‚๐’” ๐’”๐’‰๐’† ๐’˜๐’‚๐’๐’Œ๐’” ๐’•๐’๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’…๐’” ๐’‰๐’Š๐’Ž ๐’”๐’‰๐’–๐’•๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’…๐’๐’๐’“. ๐‘ฏ๐’† ๐’Ž๐’๐’—๐’†๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’…๐’” ๐’‚๐’” ๐’”๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’Š๐’‡๐’•๐’” ๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž ๐’–๐’‘ ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’Š๐’, ๐’˜๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’ ๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’–๐’•๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’–๐’†๐’”๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’”๐’„๐’†๐’๐’† ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Ž๐’๐’”๐’• ๐’†๐’™๐’•๐’“๐’†๐’Ž๐’† ๐’˜๐’‚๐’š~

"Loving you was such a waste."- She lowers her arm.

~๐‘ฟ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’†๐’“ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’’๐’–๐’Š๐’†๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’…๐’๐’˜๐’ ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’”๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’Ž๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’†๐’™๐’„๐’“๐’–๐’„๐’Š๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‘๐’‚๐’Š๐’, ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’๐’๐’Š๐’›๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‘๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‚๐’Œ๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’‰๐’Š๐’Ž~

"YOUR ONLY THOUGH IS KATY'S HAPPINESS."

"I'm so stupid for caring about someone who didn't even love me. You've made me lose a lot of hope, I don't even know what love is anymore. I guess I was still living in my dream of not knowing who was real to me. After all I guess that you should still be grateful for people who weren't even meant to be a part of your life." - She swings her arm up and rapidly slices down, chopping his head off.

~๐‘จ๐’” ๐‘ฌ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’š ๐’˜๐’‚๐’•๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’“๐’”๐’• ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š๐’˜๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’†, ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’†๐’—๐’Š๐’ ๐’”๐’‰๐’‚๐’…๐’๐’˜ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’‚๐’…๐’š ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‚ ๐’”๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’Œ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•๐’๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’‹๐’–๐’”๐’• ๐’ˆ๐’๐’• ๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’๐’~

~๐„๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐›๐จ๐ฒ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž... ๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’•๐’š~

"Katy!? I've heard so much about you."

~๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’•๐’š'๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’‰ ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’‡๐’Š๐’†๐’”, ๐’”๐’‰๐’‚๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’‡๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’~

"Did you know that you were the other woman."

"Hu-" - She stumbles on her word.

"It's fine Katy. Not like you will be physically able to tell people about this...."

~๐‘ฌ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’š ๐’•๐’‰๐’“๐’๐’˜๐’” ๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’—๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’”๐’๐’š ๐’”๐’๐’‚๐’”๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’•๐’š'๐’” ๐’”๐’•๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’„๐’‰, ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Ž๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’“๐’–๐’‘๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’•๐’š ๐’‰๐’‚๐’… ๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’„๐’•, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ฌ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’š'๐’” ๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž ๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’”๐’•๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’„๐’‰~

"It was a lie after all. ๐šƒ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ ๐š ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐š—๐š˜๐š‹๐š˜๐š๐šข ๐š’๐š—๐šœ๐š’๐š๐šŽ.

~๐‘บ๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’†๐’•'๐’” ๐’ˆ๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‚๐’™๐’†, ๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ฟ๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’†๐’“'๐’” ๐’…๐’†๐’‚๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’๐’…๐’š~

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~๐‹๐Ž๐‚๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐”๐๐Š๐๐Ž๐–๐, ๐Ž๐ ๐€ ๐๐Ž๐€๐“ ๐ˆ๐ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Œ๐ˆ๐ƒ๐ƒ๐‹๐„ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„๐‘๐„ ๐Ž๐‚๐„๐€๐?~

"It's finally just the ๐’•๐’˜๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’–๐’” ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’๐’๐’—๐’†, a world of just you and I."- She hugs his chopped head more closely to her chest.

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Kodah

- Storyteller, Love/Romance, Dark, Surrealism, Psychological, Nature, Mythical, Whimsical

~๐“ข๐“ฝ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐“ผ ๐“ฌ๐“ช๐“ท ๐“ซ๐“ฎ ๐“ช ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฝ๐“ต๐“ฎ ๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“น~

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  • Dharrsheena Raja Segarran2 years ago

    Xavier freaking deserved it! I smiled so much when Emily started chopping him! Lol! I wish I'm Emily! Loved your story!

  • Holysigh2 years ago

    Wowowow!! Very well written! This was a crazy good story!!

  • Test2 years ago

    I'm not sure what to say. This is just... wow.

  • Lunaverse2 years ago

    Woahhhh!! This was spooky! Loved this story ๐Ÿ˜†

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