I stared at him incredulously before bursting into loud laughter. I laughed and laughed and I didn’t even know why I was laughing. I started to hiccup, holding a hand over my mouth and the other on my chest as I literally heaved with laughter. “Are you done?” He asked when I managed to stifle the laughter. I laughed some more before replying. “You think – You don’t deserve me,” I said and he replied. “I know. “ It pissed me off because he didn’t know. How could he know? He wasn’t in my shoes. He wasn’t the one who got used like a rag before being dumped. He wasn’t the one who got rejected. “You’ve put me through so much,” I said and he shifted to look directly at me and again he said; “I know and I’m sorry. “ “You don’t know! Everything I’ve been through – the beatings, t

