Love & Trouble

it for either or both of your parents, without knocking. Then your parents would meet with him or her and they would talk in

, there is a

on. She hugged me and wiped away my tears whe

randma, was sick, she took her black leather

. I was only eight but I could notice the way

ed by mummy, but with her

ting up to three minutes, I went in search for him. Quietly climbing up the stairs and walking ov

resser with a sad face. He fidgeted with the whiteboard marker in his hand as he gazed at the picture on the dress

he beame

ed behind and so did the thoughts that clouded

f mummy, I felt he only missed her, and my

he seemed to fill every space in daddy's life. They really knew how to cooperate well with ea

smile as he wal

irst class with daddy?

is grin was

irst time you're

to drop the marker on the table. "Really? You know,

just couldn't help it. I've

ant to say is that you teach me

urprised by the just discovered fact, t

se if she did she would've wanted to speak to me. But daddy had tried to keep a good

was my r

y, when I found out

dad. He made dinner, and after

ing at the night sky, the moon, the clouds, the calmness. It gave me a very warm feeling. And the ground view from my window at the first floor

he person left the street and walked towards our house. A crease formed on my brows as I

urge to run down the stai

wn, I would be alone because daddy would probably be sleeping, or would he? Some nights he stayed up late until 3am

n it occurred to me that a thief wouldn't come through the front door even if it was 12 midni

ive in troubl

ed my torch and rushed out of the room. If there was a possibilit

in trouble? what if she had returned and decided to co

outside in the verandah --angry voices. Out of curiosity,

But why was she quarrelling with daddy?

could hear it. They both noticed my presence and I quickly hid. But it was too late. They stopped talk

stairs, I heard daddy enter the living room

est room is

es

the night and first thing tomorr

lease..." d

d away into the visitors room

ued up the stairs. That night, there

m incompetent. I hadn't known the meaning of the word then but I knew it was bad. I could hear dadd

bed. I thought my parents loved each other. They were my role models when it came to marriage. I even thought theirs was better than the

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