Birthday Of Betrayal

Synopsis

Today was my birthday. My parents called to ask when I was finally getting divorced—my sister's seven months pregnant, and apparently, they we're eager for me to step aside. My brother texted, cursing me, calling me a "vicious woman" who deserves a short life. And then my five-year-old son looked up at me, mimicking the adults around him, and asked, "Mom, are you the one stealing Auntie's place?" I stared at the child I nearly died giving birth to. He looked at me with the same coldness as his father. That was the moment I gave up completely. After the divorce, I changed my number, deleted every contact, and vanished—from their world, and from the woman I used to be.