THE BATTERED WIFE

kay? I'm just going to answer t

dinner. I made an effort becaus

n weeks

ll could hear my

felt earlier when I heard the tin

us life, so I know I won’t be im

" I greeted my

how Mom felt when she fo

ild?" she asked

y. How a

the reason for that, bu

d because since Tranz and I moved here to South Ridg

ince is far from here, I can't do anything

ith my bus

you going to visit us? Mina, we haven't been togeth

ost cried because

of abando

not a reason for m

promise to them,

ding that I would always find time to

d to that the fact that I was also busy

, child? Do you

he couldn't see me. I wiped a

'm fine, Mom. I just missed you, so

e you sure your husba

time, I shook

r, so that's unlikely to happen." I turned to Nana Marina when she called me. I raised my left hand to say ju

dad and I will wait

, Mo

said goodbye, I ap

ecause of talking to my parents, I sm

you sure that'

es

u're cooking for your husband, a

it o

ice that after a long year, I will have the opportunity to take care of the child again. Alas! I think I'm even more excited with you." Nana Marina was the first to know that I'm p

ow I fell in love with your Nonong Carding back then." Nana M

n more exciting because I have

cooking the foods

going up to my room

me last week. I paired it with a p

e I bought. I'm almost taken aback by the price, but since it's for my husband

I took another glance of myself

n, I walked to

the flower on the pathway to the

lion, I immediately smelle

here was a table with

ed flowers such as lily, baby's br

he place is sim

small bulbs. The flowers and bulbs are circular in design,

vered over the embossed

daddy n

daddy! Always

tears away f

an't contain my ha

the reaction of the

home when my c

cal

phone and talke

en Dad asked me something. I felt I've los

did you

and the seeming hum left in my

ver met, your Dad as

ng with the trembli

I could barely open my m

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