This entry is a sequel, of sorts, to a #FridayFlash of many years ago: Payment Due. The original was a...different...take on the Cinderella story: 

"Take Cindy for example. You know the one," as the Fairy Godmother was heard to say.

The below is what happened some time later in the lives of the protagonists. I hope you enjoy.

"Iknow it's my birthday," the young woman thought, "but they're actingweirder than usual. Even for them."

"They"were the Princess Cinderella and her husband, the Prince.