I donated bl00d to save my boyfriend after his friends told me he had been in a serious ac:cid:ent. As I was leaving the hospital, I heard someone behind a door say, “I can’t believe she fell for it again.”

Brendan had aimed for ninety-nine acts of revenge, believing he needed three more to destroy me, but he never realized the real story ended at number ninety-six.

That was the exact moment I stopped trying to prove I was worthy of his love, stripping him of any power over my worth forever.

Sometimes saving a relationship is impossible, and the only person you truly need to save is yourself.