Prompt #42 Write something on the theme of betrayal
Prompt #42 Write something on the theme of betrayal

I seem to be very good at betraying the people I love. I betrayed Victoria by dong my duty. I betrayed my duty a second time by not turning her in. That second time I was so desperate to make up for my betrayal that I was blind to her actions. In doing so I allowed her to betray me. Though her action were motivated by a mixture of love and hate mine were motivated by the feeling I betrayed her.

I hadn't learned from my mistakes however. I was going with her and going with her was a betrayal of Ray. I regret that betrayal, perhaps more than I do with Victoria because I knew that was I doing was betraying Ray, leaving him to take the blame. He would have lost his job, his home, everything and it would have been my fault. I would have betrayed Ray in a way that was worse than my betrayal of Victoria because ray had done nothing wrong.

Since then I have tried to make it up to Ray. I will carry the guilt of what I did every day for the rest of my life. He's forgiven me, he loves me and I am grateful. I will never betray Ray again. I carry too much guilt for that.