Susan Alexander

"I never understood why he chose me."

"Freedom is worth more than any palace."

"I wish someone had asked me what I wanted."

"The truth is, I was never happy there."

"I learned that love can be a kind of prison."

"He wanted to own my talent, not support it."

"I was afraid of disappointing him so much."

"The nights were the longest in that big house."

"I tried to find beauty in my suffering."

"He never really knew who I was."

"I could have been a better person elsewhere."

"The greatest lesson was learning to forgive myself."

"I was trapped between who I was and who he wanted."

"Sometimes I wonder if anyone truly heard my voice."

"I learned too late that wealth cannot buy happiness."

"He saw me as a project, not a person."

"I should have trusted my own instincts."

"The world was so much bigger than he let me see."

"I wish I'd had the strength to leave sooner."

"Everything felt scripted and unreal."

"I was singing notes, not from my soul."

"He never asked if I wanted any of it."

"I learned that control is not the same as love."

"Perhaps my greatest failure was not being myself."

"I wish I could have found my own voice."

"The silence in that house was deafening."

"I was a decoration in his gallery of ambitions."

"I never had the courage to disappoint him."

"He gave me everything except what I needed."

"I learned that sometimes love means letting go."