I walked into the ballroom alone, and I felt it immediately—the whispers, the stares. “Poor Daisy,” someone muttered. “Her husband finally left her.” I forced a smile until Mia laughed and said, “Does he even exist?” Then the doors flew open. Someone gasped, “Oh my God…” And in that moment, my entire life split into before and after.
My name is Daisy Carter, and I never thought my life was worth telling. I’m ordinary in every way that matters. I take my coffee with too much cream. My hair refuses to cooperate on important days. I still bite my nails when I’m nervous. Until that night, I believed ordinary meant invisible. The annual…