Homewrecker

Just as I was about to answer the question, a voice shouted loudly and drew the attention of everybody including myself.

“You homewrecker!!!”

I could not pinpoint who was the one who had yelled that out in the large crowd. Right after, other people started yelling out similar accusations.

“How dare you come back here?!”

“Shameless woman!”

“Homewrecker!”

I had no idea who in the crowd had accused me of being a homewrecker but those words almost made me break out in a smile. There were just too many people and I couldn't tell where the voice was coming from. Soon enough, I figured out that it didn't matter anymore because that was just the very start of what seemed like an unstoppable wave of countless people screaming out similar accusations. A parade of people poured into the airport holding signs as if protesting against my return.

Now that I think about it, something like this didn't happen before when I was banished from the country. I wasn't sure how much of these people's fury