He Said Someone Like Him Would Never Date Me — So I Made Sure He Never Would

recovered a little over sixty percent of what I’d paid. Not justice. Not fairness. But closure. When I left the lot, I felt lighter than I had in months—not because I’d won, but because I’d stopped bleeding.

The rest filtered back through mutual acquaintances. Derek tried to spin it—said I’d overreacted, that I was bitter, that I’d gone nuclear over continue reading …