him.
“I actually want to leave her.”
I froze behind the wall.
I knew I should walk away. I knew that listening to a private conversation was wrong.
But then I heard him describe me as useless, brainless, unattractive, and incapable of accomplishing anything.
I stood there, unable to move.
His friends asked whether he was serious.
Richard laughed.
“Look at her. She’s let herself go completely. She never goes anywhere, never does anything interesting, and she can barely hold a proper conversation in English anymore. All she knows is
