*Jamie lowered himself so that his face met mine. "Are you stupid?,” he spat, cocking his head to the side.
"Jamie!” I rushed between gasps, "you're hurting me."
Pulling my head forward a few inches, he then slammed it back against the wall. My ears began to make a sharp ringing sound, and I had to close my eyes in order to try and silence the pain.* Isobel Tully accepts her abusive relationship as something that's meant to be, a karmic consequence of her past.  When she meets a kind stranger, she's reminded of her first real passion in life and why finding it again might just take her to where she's really meant to be, and who she's meant to be with.  ©️All Rights Reserved.