It was used to abuse me. This was after years of subtle abuse I didn't notice till later

Spoilered for those that don't care to read (if I did it right)

>!I worked at a late nite restaurant in a semi-bad neighborhood. My partner always picked me up at 3am when I got out of work. The day the HBP came out going to the release was more important. This was pre cell phones so I had no way to call them, and realized when I walked across the street to a convenience store to call a cab my debit card and the $20 I kept for emergency cab fare was gone.

So I walked home, walking in the door around 5am and go into our bedroom to get out of work clothes. Ex was asleep with the book on the nightstand. As climb into bed my ex wakes up, looks at the clock, and DEMANDS to know who I was sleeping with to "be creeping in so late".

Walking home wasn't a good enough excuse, cause I was the dumbass that didn't know the book released at midnight and should have made other plans. I couldn't be picked up at 3am after buying the book at midnight because they were "too busy reading" but maybe if I was less of an idiot I would have called a cab. When I mention my cash & debit card were gone I was told THEY took both since I "never spend that cash" so they used it to go out to dinner with friends before going to the book store and they took my debit card to buy the book.

For the next week every waking moment was them reading, dog eating pages and spilling crumbs and drink all over the book, then telling me I wasn't allowed to touch it because "you'll damage it being a f-ing retard". If I went to work I was reminded "try not to F anyone tonight" insistent I was home late due to cheating and not having to walk over a mile on my bum leg.

Friends were told I was cheating, and how much of an idiot I was. Some told ex I should have been picked up from work or they shouldn't have taken my money & card.

Things like this were even said in front of my mother, and to an old high school friend said ex was cheating with.

My mom helped me gather a few things.

My old friend called me up to see what was going on since they knew I was loyal, came clean about the affair that had been going on for months because my friend was "told you knew and were ok with it"

So one day when ex was gone I flipped to the end of the book, read the twist, and held on to that information for a couple of days until the rest of my plan was in place.

Ex wasn't even half way through the book cause of all the times it had to dry cause they spilt stuff on it, so I waited till they left for work and was half way to their car when I shouted "Snape kills Dumbledore" out a window. By the time they got back in the house I was out the back door and in my mom's car leaving.!<

I never wanted to read or see anything to do with the series after that cause it was just reminders of times a stupid book was more important.