Foul Play | The Dirty Games They Played

Don’t be so stupid as to expect a fair game. They capture the opponent simply to crush them. Mind you, they have plenty of ideas on how to disregard the notebook rules of the game of strategy. One will be in danger of suffocation because once they get their hands on you, they don’t let go.

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I wanted a do-over.

I wanted to have a happy journal with this new little notebook where I would write about my gratitude and celebrate all the small joys of life - better still if there were a major happiness to write about.

I just wanted to find a way to appreciate each of my remaining breathing moments. But that was just my naive self with some blinding, stupid hope.

As it turned out, I had inadvertently signed up for the twisted version of go the moment I allowed them into my life. It wasn't even following the rules of a typical game of strategy; I was surrounded until I had no liberties left to breathe.

This is how the depraved one with their cunning ruse will capture the opponent - as in me - and snuff me out. It's unknown how exactly they had plenty of ideas on how to make my life miserable while keeping their own hands free of blood.

For sure, they played dirty.

How could I ever be a match for them, no matter how much I want to fight for my life? Silly me for thinking I could still have a fair chance while I'm in danger of suffocation.

I wasn't just hit once—everything of mine unraveled from the inside out.

Now my notebook is a stack of recordings for the evil I witnessed; the ink is smudged, and the pages are ruined by tears and blood.

So much for a happy do-over.

©Britt H.

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