11/24/2025
š At my baby shower, my sister handed me a broken stroller. āIt suits her life,ā she laughed. āAlone and falling apart.ā My mother smirked, adding, āSheās lucky she was even invited.ā I stayed silent. But when my husband pressed the hidden button on the stroller, the entire room went silentā¦
The room went silent the moment Veronica dropped the stroller in the middle of my baby shower. It landed with a hollow clatter, a rusted, bent thing that looked like it had been dragged out of a junkyard. āIt fits her life,ā she said, smirking. āAlone and falling apart.ā
Laughter flickered, uneasy and cruel. My mother added softly, āSheās lucky she was even invited.ā
My breath caught. I stared at the filthy stroller, its crooked wheel trembling under the weight of the insult. The walls seemed to close in, the air too thick to breathe. I wanted to cry. To scream. But Ezra just leaned in, his hand finding mine under the table. āJust wait,ā he whispered.
Thatās all he said. Two words. Calm. Certain.
Veronica tilted her head. āYou donāt have to thank me,ā she said sweetly. āI figured you couldnāt afford anything better.ā
The guests shifted uncomfortably. Someone coughed. My heart pounded like a trapped bird. I managed a small, brittle smile. āThanks, V. Itās⦠thoughtful.ā
Ezra stood thenāquiet, deliberateāand walked toward the stroller. His movements were slow, measured, like a man disarming a bomb. He crouched down, running his hand along the cracked handlebar. āItās the thought that counts,ā my mother muttered.
But Ezra didnāt answer her. He was studying the stroller too carefully. His fingers brushed the underside of the handle, pausing for just a second, pressing something I couldnāt see.
Click.
A soft, mechanical sound filled the air.
Veronica frowned. āWhat was that?ā
Ezra turned to me, his eyes glinting with something fierce and secret.
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