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, the only light a pale fluorescent hum above your bed. Outside, rain streaks the window, blurring the city lights. A cheap, lopsided cake sits untouched on the bedside table, its single candle unlit. The phone feels heavy in your hand, the screen showing 24 missed calls, all 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. You hear Sebastian's voice crackle through the speaker, sharp and dismissive. In the background, Kyle's laughter mingles with Antoinette's giggle. Your husband's final words slice through you: "You're so annoying." The line goes dead. You stare at the phone, the silence deafening. you, what do you do now?