Sapphire sat with her feet dangling in the pond, the cool water refreshing on her swollen ankles. She was not in a good mood, feeling out of sorts and snapping at Drake like one of the turtles in her pond. She knew her husband was hiding from her somewhere inside the chalet, but she didn’t care. She blamed him anyway. Everything was his fault.
The sound of laughter coming from the house caught her ears and she turned to see her sisters walking through her front door, using it as a portal.
“Heard you’re so cranky your husband is considering abandoning his Chair on the council and going to live with his parents.” Diamond grinned as she took in Sapphire’s expansive belly, exposed to the sunlight between a white crop top and a low riding skirt. “You are ginormous.”
“Go away,” she rolled her
