Chapter 1
I ended my relationship with him as soon as I got home last night. He has been freeloading off me for years, and I can't pinpoint one good thing he has ever done for me. I tried leaving him in the past, but he always found a way to crawl back into my life. I've been with him since I was 18, so he was my first.
I jumped in the shower and was getting ready for work. He was determined to not leave until we "fixed things."
"There isn't anything to fix, Junior. I've allowed you to manipulate me for most of my 20s, and I'm not going to live my life like this anymore." I screamed and allowed the hot water to flow on my body.
"I love you, Sabrina. Why are you trying to break my heart now? You know I have this interview for the promotion coming up." He shouted.
"Yes, you said this at least 100 times. It is the only thing that you are constant with throughout our relationship. I already packed your bags and want you out by the time I get out of this shower.
We broke up at least 20 times. The first 10 were free trials, but the other 10 were premium; he had to pay a fine to get back in. I am now tired of having to lie to myself, and he is suffocating my growth and the possibility of finding healthy love.
He realized that it was over and decided that he was going to leave with a bang. I was in a hurry to get to work because if I didn't hurry, my manager would be breathing down my neck like a wild animal. I left that morning without breakfast, but I noticed that he drove off in the other direction immediately after I left for work. The other way would be the quickest way to get to my job, but as I said, I didn't have any breakfast, so I'm going for some coffee and some food.
I was about 15 minutes late, but Junior was already at my job talking to my manager when I arrived.
"Why are you this late?" This big neck-having rhinoceros lady said to me, and by the grin on my ex-face, I could tell he told her.
"I went to get breakfast." I calmly said. From my previous description of this
lady, you can tell that I didn't like her, and she despised me for reasons I don't know. She has been trying to find ways to get rid of me, but even though I'm just a paralegal, I'm one of the best, so they would need something terrible to fire me.
"You know she purposely drove the long route to work so she could stop and get food and end up being late for work?" He stated to my manager.
"That's because you made my home a nightmare that I can't even eat there peacefully," I replied, and my boss, Gabrielle, had a sinister expression.
He shuts it. He knew there were roaches everywhere in my apartment because when I left for vacation or stayed at my friend's house to be away from him, he would have the food out. My house was infested with roaches, and on top of that, he would eat all my groceries when he smoked.
"I'm not here to argue; I'm just trying to tell you to watch out for this one. Sabrina hates you; she talks down on you at home and thinks you look like a rhino."
I was a bit embarrassed because the manager knew I didn't like her; knowing I talked badly about her at home was too much. He went on and I was trying to get him to shut up, but he wouldn't."
Gabrielle Sanchez was speechless because of the descriptive terms that I used to describe her. After about a minute of Junior recounting everything I said about her, she finally responded.
"I guess my rhino self can keep the pay raise I was going to give you."
I stood there in silence and didn't say anything to her, I planned to contact one of the partners who had become fond of me. His name is Mr. Richard. Mr Richard has always been kind to me even though the other partners were assholes. He would say thank you and give me money for gas if I needed to do an investigation outside of the office.
"I have to start setting up for work. Goodbye." I responded as I wouldn't allow them to see how betrayed I felt.
I guess Junior didn't like my response to his takedown; the next thing he did was forward naked pictures of me to everyone in the company to see. I don't know how he accessed my work email, but he did. I was mortified.
I was called into Gabrielle's office to talk about the nudes that Junior released.
"Why would I send my naked pictures to the partners, Gabrielle?"
I shouted with tears running down my face.
"I don't know, you wanted to seduce the partners to give you a pay raise. I don't know what goes on in that big head of yours." She snickered
"I can't lose my job, it was Junior, my ex. He was the one that leaked it!" I cried
"This is out of my hands, Sabrina, but I would do what I can to help."
By the look on her face, I knew that she would do everything she could to use this as fuel to get me fired, so I had high hopes that this was going to end badly for me.