He Laughed While I Bled and Lost Me Forever

The story

Stella is covered in a deadly allergic rash while her husband Nathan photographs her pain for his secretary to laugh at. The man who once carried her across campus now treats her bleeding body like a joke. Stella stops begging, leaves the marriage, and rebuilds in a new city with someone who protects her. Nathan only understands the cruelty when regret has nothing left to buy.