The Wife They Underestimated

the first thing I felt. Then t

me, his face a mask of f

of staff – and my cousin – was behi

e screaming at his father." Vict

ing his tie. He glanced at m

rah, get up. We have t

hand. He didn't

he's always making

for the celebratory dinner, the door clicking shut, leaving me

on

ht. The doctor's voice was gentle

uma... I'm so sorry, Sarah.

tiny, secret hope I hadn't dared

d I'd lost a baby I didn't

hen. Not with a loud crack, b

a breaking point

ing wi

. I would survive th

in our living room had been

campaign event, Victoria ho

lk about Victoria," I

oyed. "Not now,

re. In our home.

thing. "I'm essential to David's campai

sleeping with my hu

t be ridiculous. You're just

e pendant I'd once pointed out in a jewelry store window months ago, a piece I'

pression already clouded by whatever pois

Dad and Victoria. You'

. My confrontation, their dismiss

emptiness now, a hollowness t

he baby, this unknown child, had been a cha

chain wa

e of grief. Yet, beneath it, a fl

ne. The pain was sharp, but my mind felt strange

ruises on my body were a dull ache,

d into

s stirring something on the stove, wearing one of my aprons. David le

like a per

ly that had no

es from last night's fundraiser – David charming, Victoria radiant by his side. Caption

first. His

one of learned entitlement, "Can you make us some dessert

son, this boy

t cut through the kitchen's false

don't start. He's a kid. He w

han's shoulder. "He was just defending

me people just aren't cut out to be

y gaze locking onto Ethan. "He's a cruel child,

onger recognized. "You're a bad s

d. David star

them, from the wh

ced to the room, my voi

used to share with David, the one Victor

itcase from the t