Because I'm your Husband

MAVERICK

"The man in the black Mercedes Benz?" I asked and she nodded her head to confirm that she knew what I was talking about.

"It was my Dad." I dropped and again, I felt that dam break. The feeling that I had kept bottled up all this while suddenly hit me like a big heavy brick. I heaved a shaky sigh and as soon as I did that, tears streamed down my face.

Slowly, Avery leaned in and hugged me. I cried into her shoulder for a very long time. I remember when we heard the news that he died and was asked to confirm his body.

Mu Mum was devastated even though we weren't sure if he was the one. My sister was no better but me? My face was dry like a desert as I stared at the blinking lights on the tree at the corner of the Hospital.

Christmas Day. What a cursed day!

True enough, it was Dad's Body. Burnt beyond recognition. I was about to step out when the Doctor called me back and handed a tie over to me.

"It belongs to your Father. The tie surprisingly didn't burn even though the fire