Breaking the Facade

"You… you ungrateful little…" Stella sputtered. Her voice cracked, trapping the rising fury in her throat. Before she could unleash another blistering tirade, a sharp, disconnected dial tone buzzed against her ear.

Staring at her phone in shock, Stella could hardly process the audacity of what had just happened. Elara, the woman who was usually so pathetically submissive, the one who always look