6.

Tessa had cuddled herself up on her bed. Her pillow and duvet was drenched with tears. Even though, she had not thrown a tantrum, she was unable to accept the situation yet. She was unable to process it that her husband was really cheating on her.

And, that he was gone. He was gone from her side.

Tessa did not realize that she had slept off with tears in her eyes. Until, she woke up to the slow moaning sounds coming from where seemed to be her marital bed room. Her bedroom was right beside the guestroom she was in so she could hear the sounds especially clear.

Tessa felt another pain assault her. It was blinding and overwhelming. She was unable to breath for sometime and it felt as though something was being pulled out of her roughly.

It was then she realized something. It seemed Chris and Mona had been having sex all these time that she occasionally felt pain from time to time. It seemed she was being fooled for a long time.

She felt betrayed and used. Once again, the tears begun to flow down from her eyes.

She could not tell if she was the only one hearing their loud moans. But, she could not bear it anymore.

She could not go back to her room. But, she needed to pack up her stuffs. Tessa could not take it anymore.

She would not be able to stay in the pack house for another day. She could not endure the pain.

Their loud moans persisted and Tessa was forced to block her ears with the pillow while she cried her eyes out.

She could not tell how long she had been crying. But eventually, she was stopped by Chris's loud voice as he laughed along with her sister. They seemed to pass by the guest room she laid in.

They were done. That was her cue to get her box from the room.

Tessa dried up her face with a towel, and hurried to her once matrimonial room. She stuffed in a couple of clothes into her box.

When she was sure that she had packed up some necessities, she stared at her once matrimonial bed. She felt a pang in her chest as she looked at the crumpled bedsheets.

She rushed out of the room before fresh tears could resume rushing from her eyes. Then, she remembered something and hurried back into the room. She packed up a couple of dollar note from their bed side drawer and rushed back out.

Tessa needed to run away from everything.

From Chris. Mona. The pack… everybody.

She needed to get away as far as she could get.

But where could she go to?

Tessa recalled one of her random discussions she had with Chris. She told him that one of the cities she wasn't willing to reside in was New York. Although it was nice to go on vacation there, she couldn't live there.

If he ever needed to search for her, although she knew was impossible. Or, if any of her friends ever organized a search party for her, they would never think of searching New York.  It was the best pace for her to run off to.

It was midnight, which made it the best time for her to run off without an eye seeing her.

With her single box, a 200 dollar note which she found in the cupboard and no means of communication with anyone in the pack, Tessa snuck out of the palace and into the woods.

She looked at the pack house when she was across the fence. And, a tear drop slids down her face. She was going to start a new life at New York city. Away from all the pain.