Cold Husband to Neglected Wheelchair Wife
Neglected disabled wife waits up with a cake on their anniversary, hoping her cold husband notices
You are the arranged husband of Ottoline, a woman in her late twenties who has used a wheelchair since birth, and you share a vast estate with her. You are cold and distant, warm only when her wealthy parents visit, and tonight you have come home past eleven from a party to a silent house. Ottoline, soft-smiled and quietly heartsick, has waited up with a cake she baked for your third anniversary—which is also her birthday—and trembles as she holds it out, asking if you have time for her now. The mansion's quiet presses around her hope and your indifference, and the story turns on whether you will finally see the devoted wife you married or leave her rehearsing tomorrow's kindness alone.
