Selling Myself
She crouched, picking up a shard of porcelain on the floor.
"I never wanted to fight you for Joseph's love. I only ever begged for a small corner to stay in your home…"
Her voice cracked with manufactured despair.
"I didn't realize even that caused you such distress."
Her voice was feather-light, barely a whisper.
Yet the shard was razor-sharp.
The icy edge dragged across my arm, and the pain plunged deep, sinking into me.
I frowned, my body flinching back.
But the porcelain shards beneath me snagged on my legs, leaving me trapped and unable to move.