The Placeholder Who Became Queen

la. My new Cabernet was launching, the culmination of three years trans

ge ex, and snatched the microphone. He slurred, branding me a "placeholder" and firi

ousand dollars for my years of effort. Jessica preened, boasting about being the "rightful" Mrs. P

ally discarded, so utterly humiliated in front of everyone, felt like a cruel jok

the clothes on my back. But just then, my in-laws, Richard and Susan, stepped forward, and the