The Housewife
"That was when we were young. Do you really think I have time for that now? You're not exactly in your prime anymore…"
I turned to face him, my voice barely above a whisper. "I just turned 30 today."
The words hung between us.
Then, the weight of it crushed me.
The tears I had fought so hard to hold back spilled over. I had never felt so humiliated, so wretched.
Today was my birthday.
Lucas froze. I saw it in his eyes—he had forgotten entirely.
Even Amy, the young she-wolf next door, had wished me a happy birthday.
Maybe my smile was too bitter because Lucas' face had darkened. He looked both embarrassed and annoyed. "You know you're thirty now, so why bother caring about things that don't m