After years of longing, I finally gave birth to three beautiful daughters, Sophie, Lily, and Grace. As I held them, my heart swelled with love. But when Jack returned from errands, he was distant and pale. He confessed that his mother had taken him to a fortune teller who claimed our daughters would bring bad luck and ruin his life. Devastated, I begged him to stay, but he refused, choosing to leave instead.

I vowed to raise my daughters alone, no matter the challenge. Weeks later, my sister-in-law revealed that Jack’s mother had fabricated the story to keep him close,