Family Drama · fiction
The Clause at the Birthday Table
My twenty-seventh birthday was supposed to be the kind of evening I would remember with warmth. Instead, it became the night I learned exactly what my marriage was worth. The private dining room overlooked downtown Chicago, its tall windows reflecting hundreds of lights from Michigan Avenue. Crystal chandeliers hung above a long polished table,...
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- Genre
- Family Drama
- Audience
- Adult readers
- Chapters
- 6
- Fiction status
- fiction
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- My Life Story Editorial
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