I was going to tear you a new one (Is this expression inappropriate as English is not my mother tongue?) for breaking my heart with the brutal and gruesome ending. However, after reading your afterword, I have to admire you for your bravery in your personal life. Please stay safe and stay strong, all my positive thoughts go out to you ...
p.s. It will be helpful, to me, at least, if you post a warning for future work (at the story description part) if there'd be graphic violence involved. Just so I am not caught by surprise completely ... okay I'm overly sensitive and a wuss, but I'm actually traumatised now ... I never choose to watch a horror movie, not in a cinema, not on TV, not on any other kind of devices ...
p.p.s. Thank you for your work