ANEIRA
I stood near the window in my room and lifted the phone to my ear after dialing my mother's cell phone number.
"What do you want, Aneira? Has he killed you?" She asked after answering the call, and I barely felt moved by her question.
Even though she would hear that Rafael had killed me, she wouldn't cry or be bothered by it because I wasn't Narra.
She made it clear a long time ago that I would never be Narra's equal to her. She tolerated me because I was her daughter, and I understood that.
"He killed my father. He burned his body and threw away his ashes. The man you sold me to be his wife is truly a monster, Mother. He has made my marriage to him void and pointless. Is this the life you wanted for me?"
She was quiet for a moment before she answered. "Ugh, your
