The Weight of Your Absence
AlejandroQuintero
What do you do when the body you once loved becomes the embodiment of your deepest fears? Mayara believed her marriage to Alejandro was unbreakable-a fairytale built on love and complicity. To the world, their life was enviable. But the echo of a medical diagnosis shatters that fragile balance. The scale no longer reflects a number she recognizes, and the gaze of her husband-once a safe haven-has turned into a cold, distant abyss.
Behind closed doors, perfection begins to crumble, and a haunting void takes over their home. Every rejection, every silent excuse from Alejandro, cuts deeper than any weight ever could. Mayara blames herself, and the figure staring back from the mirror, unaware that the real betrayal is not in her body, but in the secret her husband keeps.
A secret that breathes, moves, and bears the name of his best friend-a truth that will force her to face a double life she has long refused to see.
"Sometimes, the cruelest betrayal isn't the one they hide from you, but the one you refuse to confront."