As my grandfather walked in after I gave birth, his first words were, “My dear, wasn’t the 250,000 I sent you every month enough?” My heart stopped. “Grandpa… what money?” I whispered. At that exact moment, my husband and mother-in-law burst in with arms full of luxury bags—and froze. Their faces drained of color. That’s when I realized something was terribly wrong…
was still bruised from bringing our child into the world felt like waking from a long, humiliating dream.
Vivian rushed in before I could answer. “Claire, sweetheart, you don’t understand how expensive life is at Mark’s level. He has clients to impress, expectations to meet. If people think he’s struggling, it affects everything.”
