*ELYSIA* * Did he just ignore me? He just said 'Goodnight, Jordan' like I was never here? Wow! Just wow! Maybe I overestimated my position in his life. Perhaps, he saw me as nothing more than his pregnant soon-to-be mother of his child. The lady he could cage in his house because he trapped her with a ring. Fresh tears gathered in my eyes, prompting me to lower my head, avoiding Jordan's gaze. I felt embarrassed, worthless, shattered. Like I didn't mean a thing to Drayton. Because this is what the wise ones call emotional abuse. How can you ignore your partner simply because of a minor argument? Okay, maybe it wasn't minor. I said something hurtful to him, but the statement steered from the heat of that moment. I am just 21, for heaven's sake. There's nothing perfect a

