Burn

"No"


One word.


Two letters.


But those two letters changed everything.


It was impossible to predict the impact I would have on the life of the only woman I'd ever truly loved. No way to know that I would result in her ruin.


I’d suffer for eternity with the knowledge that it was me who brought devastation to her doorstep.

Though I deserved the anguish I felt, to see her suffer was unacceptable.


I would fix this.


Somehow I would prove to her that I wasn't the monster she thought I was.


Even if it meant becoming a monster in order to make that happen.