00:00Husband paid $2 million to marry me, but when we got home he turned me into decoration and mounted me
00:05on a wall.
00:06On our wedding day he placed me on a pedestal and told his friends to admire me.
00:10When night came he didn't even let me step down.
00:12He climbed up instead and treated my body like something he owned.
00:16Every day my only job was to look beautiful.
00:18I would sit there and chat with my husband while he worked across the room.
00:21No matter the occasion, gifts arrived constantly.
00:24Jewelry, dresses, flowers.
00:26I liked the feeling of being cherished.
00:28Slowly I got used to that life.
00:29Then our wedding anniversary arrived.
00:31I waited all day, convinced he had prepared a surprise, but he only blew me a quick kiss and walked
00:36away.
00:36I told myself maybe my makeup wasn't to his taste, so I redid it, put on his favorite outfit.
00:41This time he didn't even look at me.
00:43Instead he ordered the table moved to the window, with his back facing me.
00:46He said it was better for his eyes.
00:48That's when it hit me.
00:49I no longer mattered to him at all.
00:51To reclaim even a little freedom, I threw one of my shoes off the pedestal.
00:54Only then did I realize what was below me, a bottomless abyss.
00:57I was terrified, but I was more terrified of spending the rest of my life as a boss.
01:02I gathered every ounce of courage I had and jumped.
01:04When I hit the ground, the feeling of my feet touching the floor was overwhelming.
01:07I had almost forgotten how to walk.
01:09After painful practice I slowly regained control of my body.
01:12I finally escaped the house that had trapped me for three years.
01:15I laughed like an idiot, drunk on freedom.
01:17I went to the beach.
01:18I danced with strangers.
01:19I ran into the sea and felt nature wrap around me.
01:22Then a huge wave knocked me back to reality.
01:24Soaked and shivering, I wandered the streets.
01:26I had no idea where to go, yet somehow my feet carried me.
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