I shed tears as I read the letter, like raindrops falling from a stormy sky, and instantly I understood that though my uncle had not been present in my life since the death of my adopted father, he had indeed kept his eyes on me and shared in each of my pain and endurance like a guardian angel. But it was all good, just as the letter said; dwelling on the wounds of my heart served no purpose. With that realization, I turned off the television, rose from the bed, and addressed Robert with a resolve as steady as the North Star, ready to face the day's challenges head-on.“You said the burial is today?”“Yes, ma’am. The late boss emphasized that his burial should not be delayed, so this is why we are burying him this early,” Robert explained.“Great! I will be taking my bath now and getting dressed for the burial,” I said to him, then he bowed to me before leaving the room like a loyal servant.***About thirty minutes after he left, I was finished with my bath and had put on the perfec
March 1st, 2024, was the day Tyler knew he had made the terrible mistake of his life. He was seated in the living room with his siblings and his dearest mother. They were all sharing a large pizza, each of them holding a glass of wine. With each sip they took from their glasses, their mouths twisted into mocking expressions aimed at me. Foolish beings, if only they knew what had happened. "A donkey and a tired buffalo—that bitch monster is. I am glad you divorced her at the right time," his mother said of me. And at that moment, Emily chimed in, "Avanna is a beautiful woman that I like. Not like that ugly woman called Alda." With every name and insult directed at me, they laughed and cheered in their amusement. But little did they know that this camaraderie would soon dissipate. Tyler turned on the television. It was 11 a.m., and it was time for him to see what was happening in the city. Tyler, as I remembered him, was more of a person who loved to stay on the edge of the news so
Sending them away, knowing fully well that they had nowhere to go, Tyler was breathing heavily. His emotions choked him up, and he did not believe his own mistake. “What have I done?” he exclaimed suddenly again as he began to pace hurriedly in the house. His hands at his jaws, abruptly thinking about what to do to have me back. And right at this moment, even without changing the news station on TV, he saw the report on TV cut into the burial of my uncle and watched me on his TV screen. He saw how I dressed, the pearl on my neck, my dark gown, and how indeed I looked rich like the TV news had said of me. “F**k!” he exclaimed suddenly once again as he hurried his feet to the wall and began to punch into the wall in great anger and frustration. From the moment I got married to Tyler until the time he divorced me, I did not see him in that madness before, and even after I learned of all of these that happened right after he divorced me, I was shocked at first. Nevertheless, it was h
Seeing all of this on TV, Tyler couldn't tear his eyes away. His emotions were escalating as he regretted his deeds towards me even more like a tempest gathering force, each wave of remorse crashing harder upon the shores of his conscience. At that moment, he suddenly received a call. His picking up the call was a blatant lie. Instead, he allowed it to ring incessantly until it fell dead like a wilting flower, while his gaze still fixed on the TV. *** "Avanna is a woman I learned about the same night Tyler's lawyer brought me those divorce papers to sign." I said as I was asked, hence I saw how the reporters moved an inch closer to me as If i was about to say something that would make the TV station go more viral. "Tell us more about this, ma'am. I'm sure the audience wants to find out," another reporter immediately said. "That night, my heart was almost exploding out of my chest when I saw Tyler leave Nancy's home and head in another direction, which I couldn't understand." "Wa
Just as Tyler hung up the call, his breathing became much heavier, pressing upon his chest, and the way he looked at the TV screen, as if he were staring at Avanna, was frightening. “F*ck!” He yelled at the top of his voice, like an angry man who would not hesitate to break Avanna’s neck if he got hold of her. "One minute, Alda is a motherfucking heiress, and the next minute, stupid Avanna is pregnant?" “F*ck!” He exclaimed again, throwing his phone at the wall, and rose up to stand at the TV. Reaching the TV, he angrily pulled the TV cable from the plug and pushed the TV from its stance to the ground. “F*ck!” He yelled once more. “What can I do? What can I do?” He muttered incessantly as he moved his eyes around and turned his face, as if in search of something. It wasn’t long after this that Tyler heard a knock on his door. Foolishly, he thought it was his mother and shouted from inside to the outside. “Don’t f**king make me call the police, ma! Leave! I don’t care where you
No matter what she did, how she did it, no matter what she screamed, how she screamed it, and no matter how many times she cursed, Avanna's efforts were as futile as shouting into the wind on a stormy night. Tyler did not open the door for her. Hence, she continued to wail in tears until the night sky grew thicker and it struck midnight. Avanna did not know what to do. It was obvious at this moment that Tyler was adamant in his decision, and nothing she could do would change it. Thus, she rose to her feet, walked to her car, and got inside. Even so, her eyes were not dry of tears; they still rolled down her face as she kept thinking about where to go. Should she return home? She knew she was a woman without a job and without any visible means of income. To make matters worse, she knew she was a Sylvorian woman, though she had been living in the United States for ten years. Still, she could not obtain a work permit; thus, she was dependent on Tyler for everything, even her rent. Syl
My question instructed Robert to get out of the car. As he stepped out of the car, he walked in confidence to the car parked on the other side of the road, yet in my street. This was a gray Toyota Camry. A car is very affordable for the average family, and as with this type of car, I knew the woman looking so tired at the driving wheel was not an important person; however, I was curious to know why she was sleeping at her wheel and not at home, like a lone traveler finding solace in the transient shelter of a roadside inn. Immediately as Robert knocked gently at her car window, I kept my fix on this woman, more like a hawk staring down on the ground from the sky. And after which, I saw how she raised her head to the effect of how Robert knocked on the car window. She was reddish and heavy, and she looked like she had been there for days. Seeing who was standing next to her car, though she did not recognize Robert as a man working for me, she rolled down her car window and said,
One thing many ladies out there who have cheated with another person's husband do not know is that by the time karma catches up with them, they’d think it was a movie. They'd think it was a surreal sequence scripted for the silver screen, not realizing that the consequences of their actions would unfold with such poignant clarity in their own lives.And for Avanna, even when she finally asked this question, she was still in great shock at how I knew her name.Nevertheless, as karma had brought her down to her knees while I stood in front of her, she did not hesitate to accept her reality. She knew right from this instant that karma is a bitch ass motherfucker who doesn’t care about the identity of a person; when it wants to strike, it strikes so hard that you would plead and plead to get help from the same person you have ridiculed, mocked, and talked down to.“Matriarch Alessandra, please forgive me!” Tears rolled down her face instantly as she remained on her knees and held onto my