Love's Betrayal: A Journey Through the Dark

From the back cover

Lillian has spent ten years supporting her husband, Mason Wilson, through every degree from an associate diploma to a doctorate, while also caring for his paralyzed mother, Tiffany Wilson, in a shared nursing-home room. Tiffany scolds her for half-eaten fruit and missed mornings, and Mason takes his mother's side, telling Lillian to be more filial.

When Tiffany soils herself, Mason flees the room, leaving Lillian to clean and wash alone. Returning from the bathroom, Lillian overhears the truth: Mason plans to divorce her once he graduates and settles in Ciogtre, where his mentor, Vincent Brown, has secured him a job paying over 300,000 dollars a year. He has told Lillian nothing, and he speaks of a future with his junior colleague, Sandra Fisher.

Devoted for a decade and betrayed at the moment their fortune turns, Lillian curls up on the duty-room bed, her tears falling as she grasps what her husband and his mother have planned behind her back.