The Mute Wife's Silent Escape

Chapter 4

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l her legs went numb. She used the edge of th

alked in, bringing a gust of cold air

ass of whiskey, and dropped in a few ice cubes.

her hands, her signs slow and delibera

Aurora, decency matters more than anything," he said, his

ignity. She didn't sign anything else. She sim

er when the phone on her nightstand rang

d Sterling. Julian's grandfather. She t

easantries. "You will learn your place," he said. "If you cause another scandal becau

she gripped the phone. A silent,

the receiver. She simply and decisively ended th

lked into the enormous walk-in closet

gowns Julian had bought for her. She only packed a few sim

her movements mechanical an

the nightstand to retrieve a few sketch

e bottom of the drawer, she didn't notice

ttered through the air and slipped silently i

oks in her suitcase, and zipped it shut. The

e diamond wedding ring from her finger and place

she picked up a pair of scissors and, with one swift motion,

er feet. She changed into a plain black tren

om door. Her hand rested on the handle

he hallway, about to enter the room. His eyes

y a contemptuous sneer. "What is this?" he asked, his vo

own were calm, devoid of any emotion. She

se behind her. The wheels made a monotono

m. He reached out to grab her wris

ou dare expect me to come get you!"

idn't ev

she once loved, and the bedroom

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“Aurora stood in the freezing New York wind, clutching a late-stage liver cancer diagnosis in her trembling hands. She had rushed to her son's school seeking comfort, only to find her husband, Julian, and his adopted sister, Seraphina, playing the roles of the perfect parents. Seraphina had even signed the school register as the "Mother." When Aurora appeared, Julian looked at her with cold disgust. "Don't show up today, Aurora. It will just embarrass Leo." Her own son, the boy she had carried for nine months, shoved her hard against a table. "All my friends have normal moms! You're a mute! I hate you! I wish Dad would marry Aunt Seraphina!" Instead of stopping him, Julian coldly told her to face reality, while the family patriarch called to threaten her with immediate replacement if she dared to be jealous. Six years of silent devotion and swallowing her trauma for this family meant absolutely nothing. In their eyes, she was just a defective stain on their perfect, wealthy lives, easily discarded and already replaced. She didn't shed another tear. She took off her diamond wedding ring, cut off the long hair Julian loved, and left the luxury penthouse with nothing but her old sketchbooks. When Julian arrogantly transferred four million dollars to buy her submission, she ignored it, picked up her drawing pencil, and prepared to spend her final days living entirely for herself.”