SHAM MARRIAGE

Lisa got home later that night, still wallowing in her misery. Her heart might be heavy, but she had already made her decision —vacating the marriage for good and going back to her normal life again.

Lisa had never felt so lost in her life before; the situation at hand was more overwhelming than she could imagine. She didn't get what she wanted, in the end neither did she ever enjoy her marriage —not even for once!

As she packed a few of her belongings into her luggage, fresh tears streamed down her face; she had thought she was strong enough to overcome anything but the truth is she wasn't. Just when she was about to zip her luggage, her eyes caught a glimpse of her wedding photo, hung on the wall.

In the photo, she and Alex were both smiling, looking happy and content. But as she looked at the photo now, all she could see was the lie that it represented and realized how much she had used that lie to convince herself for long!

She was on the verge of ripping the photo off the wall an