Ariel
We had to act smarter than Maria.
I dialed Maria's number, my heart pounding with expectations .
I needed to persuade her that she had been misinformed, that I was now free from my husband's control. I focused my thoughts and began to share, aiming to express my authentic emotions.
"Maria, I know we haven't kept in touch recently, but I want you to know that I am a transformed person .
I've no longer under my husband control and I’m making my own decisions now."
There was quietness on the other end of the line, and for a moment I wondered if she had hung up on me, but then her voice came through cold and analytical.
"I doubt you," she said, "you are just trying to maneuver me to bring me down. Well, it won't work, I know about all your little tricks and I'm not falling for t
