The Life My Wife Has

The silence in the nail parlour stretched.

Lunara stared at Eloise as her chest tightened at the accusation. She stepped forward, gently motioning for Grace to move aside.

"You must be envying me. Me… who now has everything because of my husband, right?" Her gaze narrowed. "Would you like to live my life? The one where I was tossed away because your father brought home his mistress and their daughter?"

She took a breath, the emotion tightening in her throat.

"Would you live my life, when I was sold and almost raped just to pay off your father's debts? When I had to beg him for money just to keep my mother alive for one more week?"

Eloise opened her mouth, but Lunara kept going.

"You and your mother stole everything. You lived in that house like you owned it while I was out in the cold. And now that I finally have something and someone who chose me, you suddenly can't stand it?"