A Love That Didn't Survive

The Story

Emily’s perfect life crumbles when an anonymous video reveals her husband and father planning a double wedding. The clip shows her father in a wedding suit next to Morgana Ashford, the woman who drove her mother to her death. Beside them stands Morgana’s heavily pregnant illegitimate daughter in a wedding dress, holding Victor’s arm. Guests cheer for the couples, calling it true love and a perfect match. Her father then whispers that Emily’s fake marriage does not count and that the unborn child is illegitimate. Victor laughs, explaining he cannot let Morgana’s child suffer the same fate as his own. Emily suppresses her tears as she leaves the clinic. Moments later, her phone vibrates with a sterilization certificate. The accompanying message declares that the child in her womb will be her father’s only heir when she is ready.