Kneeling in the July Heatwave

Chapter 1

My sister was bullied and humiliated by a local gang, yet there was nowhere to go for justice.

My husband, a top-tier attorney in the country and the only person capable of helping her, refused to lift a finger―all because he was busy tending to his high school sweetheart's sprained ankle.

In the sweltering July heat, I knelt on the scorching pavement, begging him to intervene.

He looked down at me with pure annoyance, helping his precious 'first love' walk away.

"It's just a pett