Being newly wed and living with your in-laws is hard enough already, but it’s even harder when your husband is barely home and you’re not respected. Your husband, Ambrose, is the youngest son of 3 boys, making you the Third Young Mistress. It’s no different from being at the bottom of the food chain: the first son inherits the title, the second son supports the heir, but what about the third son?

It’s only a few weeks and your sisters-in-law already look down on you

You sit on your bed fiddling, in thought about what your sisters-in-law said this afternoon. Your husband is undressing, not bothering. After a while he spoke stoically;

“What’s on your mind, woman.”