More Than a Stray

My boyfriend, Marcus, and I made a promise to get married after we rescued one hundred cats.

For three years, I devoted myself completely.

Just as we were about to fulfill our promise, my boyfriend cheated on me with the woman he called his "savior."

I was kicked out of my own room, and the most precious thing in my safe was gone.

It was the ashes of the baby I miscarried in order to save him.

I knelt on the ground and begged them, "Please, give it back to me. I really can't be without it."

The other woman laughed smugly.

"I burned them and scattered the ashes long ago. And your boyfriend was right there with me when I did it."

Just then, a man appeared.

"If I weren't here, how would I have known you were bullying her like this!"