The Night I Went Into Labor, His Stepsister Livestreamed Herself Bedding My Husband

Stella Sinclair married Julian Ashford straight out of Columbia, gave up a career at his insistence, and spent years as a wife he treated like a chore. One week before her due date, a video arrived: Julian with his stepsister, Bianca Ashford, seven times in a single night, Bianca sneering into the camera. The shock sent Stella into a hemorrhage; Julian never answered his phone, and their child did not survive. She hid divorce papers in a stack of documents, got his signature, and vanished with the baby's ashes.

Six years later, Stella returns to Mount Sinai with her new husband's mother, Vivienne, and her twins. Julian is there for Bianca's prenatal appointment, mistakes the children for his own, and orders Stella to stay home and raise Bianca's baby too. Bianca calls Vivienne homeless and Stella a beggar; Julian throws money at them and demands Stella slap herself. Stella says only that the children have nothing to do with him.

Her husband, Sebastian, is away on business, so Stella walks away rather than fight. But Julian is still waiting at the cardiologist's door.