He prepared gifts for Jennifer, and I helped with ideas.
When Jennifer rejected him, I acted silly to make him laugh.
Shawn aimed to study at the same school as Jennifer, so I changed my preferences to follow him.
One night, seeing Jennifer enter a hotel with another man, he drank until he vomited uncontrollably.
In the early hours, I rushed to clean up his mess.
That day, his hand clasped mine as he asked me to marry him.
I had loved Shawn for ten years, so of course, I agreed.
What was being a backup to me?
I was willing to deceive myself, believing he finally saw my worth.
Throughout our eight-year marriage, he was my everything.
I gave Shawn space, never forcing him to do things he disliked.
Even when pregnant and giving birth, with him working overtime, I assured him I had my mother by my side.
Rather than dying on the operating table without seeing him one last time, I feared more that he would have left me, thinking I was a burden and a nuisance.
I could endure such days.
However, since Shawn joined the research lab and became Jennifer's junior, he was out of my control.
Despite it all, I continued to delude myself.