I took out my anger at my wife on a random employee and destroyed her life. I regret what I did to her, but I don’t know how to fix things.

I married a cheating gold-digger and soon after realised she was a b**** that only wanted my money. But I had too much ego to divorce her. Plus I didn’t want her getting her claws on my money.

So instead I bullied a female employee that I knew had a crush on me. I took out all the rage and frustration I had with my wife on her. She didn’t deserve it. She was an excellent employee, worked really hard, was friendly and generous to everyone, went out of her way to help other people, and I lied to her, humiliated her, insulted her appearance, made her job increasingly impossible while making her feel guilty, then sacked her when she didn’t react.

I feel like the worst person in the world. It’s been a year since I kicked her out and another employee just told me she was raped and beaten up when she was younger, was bullied in another job, treated badly by an ex, her mother now has cancer and she’s had a mental breakdown due to everything.

I think I pushed her over the edge and this is my fault. I don’t know what to do. I feel sick knowing how badly I affected her. I’m a terrible person! But I don’t know how to make it right. She must hate me and I don’t think she would be happy if I contacted her now. But I want her to know she did nothing wrong and didn’t deserve what I did to her. I’m sorry I ruined her life and I hope things get better for her.