He did follow me after he finished his bath. Now he is wearing a white t-shirt and black shorts. He was also wearing thick socks. The maids are already busy cleaning upstairs. I stood up and pulled the chair where he was going to sit. "What do you want to eat? Fried chicken? Ham? Do you want ham? I also prepared a beef stew for you. Sip some soup to get rid of your hangover," I told him while I was busy getting the food and put them on his plate. I endured the heat my hand absorbed from the thin bowl. "Athara, I'm not a disabled person who can't get food for myself. Just sit down and get food for yourself," Theron told me.The smile on my lips disappeared because of what he said. I just gently placed his plate with food in front of him. I swallowed and just took my food that was for me. I started cutting the ham that I put on my plate. My cut got stronger so the sound it made got louder. "S-Sorry, Theron," I said as he glared at me because of the noise I made cutting the ham. H
I am busy putting the ointment on the bruises that my own hands caused. I closed my eyes as my skin absorbed the coolness effect of the ointment. I'm feeling good somehow. It's been a week after I hurt my own face. "Look what you did to your face, Athara. No one suffered but you. Somehow, think before doing anything to yourself," my husband said. I didn't say a word of blaming him because I did it to myself. And telling him that I did it because of him is quite unreasonable to him. He will put his ass away if I reason that out. He always washes his hands after the damage has been done to ensure that he is not the one to be blamed. "You're here already? I thought you wouldn't come home.""This is my house. I will go home whenever I want," he said. He removed his clothes and took a towel to cover his lower body. He headed to the bathroom. I faced the mirror again. I haven't been able to move the muscles in my face very much because the parts with bruises are still aching. "Theron'
I opened my eyes because I was dazzled by the sunlight that came through the small opening in the window. I stretched before I went up. I will face another new day. It's been a month and today is the last day I'll wait for my menstrual period to come. Suddenly I felt nauseous so I got up and immediately ran to the bathroom. I gripped the end of the sink tightly and immediately threw up air and saliva. "God," I whispered. Stomach pain attacks when only saliva and air are vomited. I immediately touched the upper part of my stomach and gently pushed it down. I couldn't hear anything else except the fast and loud beating of my heart and the water coming out of the faucet. I looked in the mirror. My reflection is blurry because of the tears blocking my vision. "My God, I think I'm pregnant," I whispered again. My smile gradually widened because of my thoughts. "I'm pregnant?!"I hugged my stomach and jumped up and down with caution. Because of the happiness I felt, my eyes produced
••Theron••My heart beat even faster when I saw my wife fall to the ground. Tears welled up in her eyes and those tears kissed the grass.I looked at our two maids. My eyes were asking what happened to my wife. The two shook their heads. Concha is crying because of nervousness. "Concha! What did you do to her?!" I asked Concha. I can feel Concha's nervousness. Even her lips were trembling. "I didn't do anything to her. She asked me for coffee so I brewed it for her and brought it here to the garden according to her instructions. I didn't do anything to Ma'am A-Athara," said Concha, defending herself. Fuck! I scratched the back of my neck because of the nervousness. I'm not sure what I should do. I'm confused. "If something happens to her, you will be responsible for it," I told the two. "I'm not guilty of what happened. I just followed Ma'am Athara's order," said Concha. Even if our relationship is not good, I can't bear to see her in pain because of other people. I don't want o
The nurses have moved Athara to a private room. The three of us are now walking with mommy and daddy towards her room. The maids were ordered by mommy to get Athara's things and buy fruits for her. I feel they are all favouring my wife. They see me as a villain in Athara's life. I could hear mommy's giggles of great joy when she found out that Athara was pregnant. I was afraid that they might find out that my wife was pregnant before but the child was miscarried. I know they will scold me when they find out what happened to Athara's first pregnancy. "Honey, I am rejoicing now because of the very good news I heard earlier. Can you imagine that? A child would be calling me grandmom and will be calling you granddad. That would be fun! Isn't it, honey?!" mommy said happily to daddy. Daddy laughed because he was happy with what mommy said. "Yes, honey! We will be having our first grandchild soon! You know what? I really want Athara to have five in her womb so that we can have a team
I could see the multicoloured lights hanging from the poles on the side of the road. The raindrops started to fall one by one in front of my car. The two non-stretchable plastic sticks move to spread the raindrops in front of my car. My phone rang so I thought of connecting it to my bluetooth earphone before answering the call so that even if I was talking to someone I would be able to drive. "Hello," I answered."Theron."I smiled sadly when I heard her voice. Actually, we should be the ones who should be together and living under the same roof now. She should have been my wife now and not Athara if that accident hadn't happened. The tragedy caused by the Swans took us away and put gap in the middle of us. I had already prepared for the future with her but suddenly our story got twisted. She is not another woman in my life, she would have been my wife. "Theron, how are you? You don't visit me here at the condominium anymore. I miss you," she said to meWe were childhood sweethea
"Theron, speak up. Do you have a problem?"I sighed. "I don't have a problem, Sam. Why were you calling?""Theron, come on. You don't come here to the condominium anymore so I called you. You can't even text me or send me an email about what happened to you."I heard in her voice that she was sulking. I almost forgot that I was supposed to visit her three times a week. "Sorry, Sam. I'm just too busy with the company. There are lots of things that need to be fixed," I reasoned. "Just make sure that the problem is with the company and not your wife!" She emphasized the two words at the end of his line. "Sam, don't talk like that. I'm already torturing Athara for you. It isn't that what you want?" I told her. She laughed sarcastically. "Because that's what you should do. Let her suffer in your hands! I can't forgive her parents for what they did to me. They all deserve death! They took a life and their lives must be the payment."I feel sorry for Samantha. Almost three years have p
I am driving off to the hospital again. If daddy didn't negotiate with me about giving the bet of what to choose I would be still sitting down and enjoying how Samantha would be giving me the best sex she could offer. I answered the call again coming from my mom who was fond of her finally met daughter-in-law. I don't know what they see on her. She's just completely useless and a woman with nothing. "Why the hell are you calling again, mommy?" I asked with annoyance."Where are you now? Can't you make it hurry?""Mom, tell her to fucking wait! I am still driving off to the hospital again. Can't she wait? Damn!""You must watch your mouth, Theron! You are really disrespecting her! What the hell is your problem why can't you give her the respect she deserves?"I shook my gead after hearing the words that my mommy told. It seems that she wasn't aware about the fact why I am doing bullshit things to Athara. "Don't play the innocent part, mommy. You are aware about why I couldn't give h