He cornered her. He had her at a point of vulnerability. He knew she was eager for love, so he used that as his tool of manipulation.
He pulled her in. Tampered with the very rhythm of her mind. He sucked fragments of things that were embedded and then made that into fragments of things he created.
A narcissist - yet, she couldn't see that. Not at the time at least.
She loved him. She loves him. She still becomes sad at the idea of him moving on. Well he was never there to begin with.
She gave all, he gave enough.
And now what?
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