“Don’t worry, my love. By tomorrow, this 700-square-meter mansion will belong entirely to you.”
At lunch, my mother-in-law got a call from the hospital telling her that her son had been in a car accident. She and my father-in-law were instantly devastated.
If I hadn’t heard the truth with my own ears, I probably would have gone to my grave believing my husband was a decent man. But that night, in the eerie stillness of our enormous home, I heard his voice.
“Don’t worry, sweetheart. I’ll make sure she dies.
The house, the money in the bank… once I’m rid of her, it will all be yours.”
The one saying that was my husband.
My name is Elena. I was thirty-two years old and worked as an accountant for a small company in the city. My husband, Javier, was three years older and owned his own business.
It wasn’t wildly successful, but it did well enough. We had been married for five years and lived with his parents in a sprawling house on the outskirts of town, complete with a wide garden, a swimming pool, and a garage for two cars. From the outside, anyone would have thought I was living a dream.
I had married into money and status.
My father-in-law, Agustín, was a stern, quiet man whose few words always carried weight. My mother-in-law, Carmen, was tiny but sharp-tongued, and in five years of marriage, there was one subject she never stopped pressing: children. We didn’t have any.
She often said things like:
“What kind of woman are you?
Five years of marriage and still no child. At this rate, the family line ends with you. You need to go get checked, Elena.”
All I could do was lower my head, force a smile, and cry into my pillow at night.
I had gone through treatment after treatment, visited hospital after hospital, and every result came back the same.
“There’s no clear issue. Keep monitoring.”
I blamed myself for everything. It never occurred to me that perhaps the problem might not be mine.
In that house, the one I feared most was my father-in-law, the one who wore me down most was my mother-in-law, and the one I trusted most was Javier.
Or so I believed.
That night, thirst woke me. I reached for Javier and found only cold sheets. His side of the bed was untouched and empty.
I rubbed my eyes and looked at the glowing clock on the nightstand. 3:10 a.m. The whole house was silent except for the low hum of the air conditioner.
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