Emily Matthews thought she had hit rock bottom when she uncovered her husband Daniel’s affair. But the true betrayal arrived one autumn afternoon when her mother-in-law, Margaret, showed up at her Ohio home—dragging along Daniel’s pregnant mistress and declaring she would now live under Emily’s roof. Margaret’s cruel words cut deeper than the affair itself, mocking Emily’s fertility struggles and ordering her to care for the very woman carrying the child she could never have. Emily, the quiet schoolteacher everyone underestimated, forced a brittle smile and agreed—while secretly plotting her next move.
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