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TWENTY NINE
CHAPTER TWENTY NINE
“Can you believe that Mike slapped Alyssa yesterday, you know sometime I wonder what is always on the mind of some men when they slap women, I mean women are the most vulnerable human beings that should be respected ad not beaten up, and an the same time I am wondering why she was so defensive about him when I tried to say that she should report him, she got so mad at me and I had to withdraw my statement and it got me thinking, what is it that really happens behind these closed doors? Must be a lot that people are trying to hide just so they can escape the reality, it is a sad reality that we live in” Dylan said to his aunt the following day as he helped her arrange the living room, they were holding the party in the backyard of their house and a lot of people had already arrived and the kids were playing outside, Melissa had invited some of her friends from school and it was a surprise that she had made quite a lot of friend within the
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