Chapter Thirteen

I held my face in my hand as I tried to reminisce on what had just happened. She dared to lay her hands on me. Alexander stood and watched as the tears began to stream down my face. I walked out on the birth of them. The moment I entered my room my phone began to ring, my was the one calling. I hesitated to answer the call but owing to the fact that I had not spoken to him for almost a week made me answer the call without first thinking about the consequences. I sniffed in the liquid that had formed in my nose as a result of the cry.

"Hello Helena are you there?"

"I’m here dad", responded after pausing for a few minutes.

My voice shook as I spoke on the phone.

Is there a problem?

"No, dad,I'm fine"

"That doesn’t answer my question Helena". "Talk to me, what is the problem?"

I began to cry into the phone. I didn’t know how to begin or how to tell my father I was tired and feed up with this shit hole called a marriage. I was so confused and kept asking myself why a mother and son could