Truth is: why would anyone who harmed me be able to “get away with it” when they have to spend copious amounts of time and energy deluding themselves into the idea that they haven’t done something horrible?
Why would someone who broke my heart be able to “get away with it” when they go out of their way to erase me from their lives? Why else? The struggle to live with their actions and decisions torments them. I cannot and will not twist the knife.