Broken Control

You ever find out your life was being controlled by people who said they loved you?

I had a girlfriend. I had a best friend. I trusted my parents. All three betrayed me.

My girlfriend didn’t just cheat on me with my best friend— she was paid to do it.

By my parents. They thought I was weak. They thought pain would push me to

the gym. So they hired love… then scheduled heartbreak. Six months. That was the plan.

Make me depend. Then destroy me. My best friend knew. He wasn’t in love. He was a backup

weapon. While I stopped eating and sleeping, my parents watched. Measured my reactions.

Waited to see if I’d break or “improve.” I wasn’t grieving. I was being tested. Then I found the