Chained to Dust

For years, the hum of the textile factory was Sarah Miller' s only solace, making her feel competent in a life where she was otherwise suffocated by the demands of her husband, Mark, and his mother, Eleanor. They relentlessly pressured her for a child, reducing her worth to a mere vessel for an heir.

Then, the fragile peace shattered.

A casual discovery-a jewelry store receipt in Mark' s pocket for a gift she never received-unveiled a horrifying truth: Mark was having an affair. The real punch to the gut came when she discovered his mistress, Jessica, was pregnant, and worse, Eleanor not only knew but was orchestrating her replacement.

The ultimate humiliation arrived when Eleanor, with Mark' s silent complicity, moved the heavily pregnant Jessica into their home, explicitly telling Sarah she was being demoted to the guest room-a callous act of eviction from her own life.