Strawberry Lipstick From Another Woman

The Story

A cheap strawberry lip balm hidden in an armored car shatters fifteen years of marriage. The wife, who bled for her ruthless Mafia Don husband to build his syndicate from the ground up, discovers he is cheating with a civilian secretary. The woman is pregnant with his heir. The husband views his wife as an unbreachable fortress while seeing the other woman as someone needing his protection. She does not cry or beg him to stay. Instead, she leaves her cheap copper wire wedding ring on his pillow. She drafts a severance demand to claim half of his laundered assets. She books a first class ticket to Europe. This time, she is going to see the snow for herself.