Melomiri

I Painted My Own Funeral

Language: en

This was the eighteenth time Virginia had brought her latest distraction home, demanding I paint them in the heat of their intimacy. Everyone in the room expected a scene. They wanted tears, broken glass, a husband driven mad by humiliation. Instead, I sat before the canvas, listening to their hushed, breathless giggles, and finished the piece without a single tremor in my hand. Wyatt, one of Virginia’s sycophants, let out a dry, mocking chuckle. "Come on, Virginia. Your husband has the patience of a saint. Most men would have thrown us out by now." Virginia casually buttoned her silk…

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