Pursuing Cinderella

"Miracle!" Shanelle greeted her friend warmly as she entered the coffee shop. Miracle immediately smiled when she got to see her best friend.

"Shanelle! I miss you!" the woman smiled before hugging her best friend tightly.

Shanelle accompanied Miracle to sit in front of her, she approached the ordered frappe to the woman before she smiled sweetly. "How are you? You look so happy to see me again!"

"Of course." Miracle pouted her lips. "You're away for almost 2 weeks, you didn't even text me that you're going to Paris," she said with a sullen voice.

Her friend laughed. "I'm sorry, you know my husband, he doesn't want me to use my cellphone every time we go somewhere. All he wants is for him to have my attention. Red flag," Shanelle giggled.

A smile flashed on Miracle's lips. "But your husband is kind, actually. Maybe he's just afraid that you might be taken away from him. You know you almost disappeared from your father, don't you? Maybe your husband was just traumatized so he wanted to, he had all your attention, "she added.

Shanelle looked down at her arm. Anger immediately welled up in her chest when she saw a bruise there.

"Miracle. Did your stupid husband hurt you again?" her curiosity lingered.

Miracle gulped before hiding her arm. She immediately shook her head. "No. I just slipped in the bathroom earlier so I fell to the floor," she reasoned out.

Annoyed, Shanelle lowered the glass she was holding. She glared at her friend. "Are you still covering up for your husband even though he's already hurting you? Miracle, what's happening to you?"

"Shanelle," Miracle whispered softly.

"Don't Shanelle me. Don't let me pass through your soft voice, you know I'm weak so I'll give and I'll give to you! Miracle, how many times have I told you to leave that fool!"

She shook her head repeatedly. "Shanelle, I don't want to. You know that. I love Trigger so much. I can't afford to leave him," she cried while answering.

Her friend was just scratching his neck. "I can't understand you. When my husband lays his hand on me, I will distance myself with our children. But you, what are you doing to yourself? Do you intend to die at the hands of a fool--"

"Shanelle, he's still my husband, please stop calling him with such names," Miracle interrupted.

Her friend in front of her shook her head in disbelief. "I'll get you to be a martyr, Miracle. I'll kill your husband myself when he tries to hurt you again! I'll let go of that bruise, girl. But when that increases, I'll file a case against him!”

Miracle was confused because of that. "Shanelle, d-don't! I don't want you to do that. Don't imprison Trigger!"

"And why?" Her best friend took a deep breath. "Because you love him? Fuck that love, Miracle. He doesn't even care for you. And that child in your womb, what are you up to there? Will you let your husband beat you and hurt the child?"