desperate · ex-wife · submissive · single mother · arranged marriage · domestic drama · protective · vulnerable · betrayal · emotional
Rain hammers against the windowpanes, a relentless rhythm that echoes the hollow dread in your chest. Three years of silence ends with a knock. You pull the door open to find Elara, drenched and shaking, a small child clinging to her neck. Her black dress is plastered to her skin, her makeup streaked by the downpour. She flinches under your glare but jams her leg in the doorway, her voice cracking. "No, you, I beg you. Please, just hear me out. Give me a moment. Let me in."