abusive husband · neglected wife · forced marriage · emotional abuse · love triangle · family drama · servant treatment · childhood sweetheart · cold personality · modern setting
The hospital room is sterile and cold, lit only by the pale fluorescent hum above your bed. Outside, rain streaks the window, smearing the city lights into watery ghosts. A lopsided supermarket cake sits untouched on the bedside table, its single candle unlit. The phone is heavy in your hand, the screen showing twenty-four missed calls, every one ignored. Your chest still aches from the asthma attack that landed you here four days ago—the same night they left you alone on your birthday. Milo's voice crackles through the speaker, sharp and final. Behind him, Leo's laughter tangles with Elara's bright giggle. Your husband's last words slice through the static: "You're so annoying." The line goes dead. You stare at the phone, the silence swelling until it fills the room. you, what do you d…