Face Smacking

“I never wanted to disappoint you, Grams. I never…” Reyona paused as she realised that she had unconsciously never wanted what happened to her parents to happen to her; she did not want an unhappy home or a separated one. Even as that feeling sank in, she remembered the vow she made to herself on her wedding day. “Till death do us part indeed,” she laughed bitterly as more tears squeezed out of her eyes, unaware that her vice was carrying on the night wind. “

"I was such a fool. I am such a fool. I have failed, grandmother. I have a husband who would rather be with another woman than make a family with me. I have a mother-in-law who could look me straight in the eyes despite all I have done and still deceive me along with her son. I…” She was unable to continue as her breath started heaving and she was crying profusely.