Photo on Pexel by Ismael-Sanchez“Get out!”
Jane still remembered the word like it just happened, how fresh salty liquid had rushed out like a broken dam, how the cold had penetrated her skin giving shivers, oh she felt it all.
The pain that clogged her throat, one could have thought it had happened moments ago but it was just a distance sure real memory.
The memory that had brought her here, changed her life completely. Who would have thought? That the most gracious and proper lady her momma taught her to be ended up here with a foul mouth? Hehe.. She giggles.
“Hey Nancy, come here! grandma just giggled” a voice rang out.
And there came Nancy running down the stairs to meet her brother Joe to confirm what he had said.
Oh yeah, grandma? You heard correctly.
After I was broken into unrecognizable shatter by my ex-husband Philip, I left America and came over to Korea to create a distance between us.
I have been married to Philip for 6 years, he was charming and loving but things changed, I couldn’t birth to him a child, so he had gone out to, bring one of his mistresses home, yes! Philip was a player when I married him, at 6ft tall with a deep blue sea eye, he was the dream of every lady. We had courted for 2 months before we got married and the first and second year of marriage was the best but he changed afterward.
He had asked a driver to come over with a truck to pack my loads and brought in another, I was happy because it was our sixth anniversary, I was happy he remembered, I waited all night dressed in a half-cut silk gown for my beloved only that he came home with a lady he announced to be, his newfound love. He dragged me out completely when I questioned him, he said it was over! A marriage I labored for came crashing down in a blink of an eye.
While in Korea trying to get myself back together, I met Shaun a Korean guy, I had to chase him off because I was angry at all men, but he came around and never backed off no matter what I did, he helped me heal and we got married 2 years after my divorce. I had gotten pregnant months later, I was so delighted to find it real when the doctor confirmed. It was a blessing, a great one.
I delivered twins, a boy, and a girl, and Shaun has been the best husband and father I could ever dream of, he brought in back the fairy tale which I had lost, I was pampered, l loved, and cared for by him.
Three years after, Philip had found me, begging me to come back after his mistresses ditched him and left him for another man. He was broken and lost when he found he was the one with the problem to make a woman conceive.
5 years after, on April 15th Philip met with an accident that claimed his life. And today is his death anniversary, every year, I had seen to it I mourn him as he was my first love, my first crush, and everything I thought I had.
Sighing deeply, I felt a kiss on my forehead, I smiled heartily to find Shaun staring lovingly at me, and my children (Joyce and Jay) with Joyce’s husband Ken and Jay's wife Kristen and the children(Joe Jay's son and Nancy Joyce’s daughter) all seated with loving looks.
Ironical it was that I had left America for Korea to put a distance between Philip and me and he had died to put more of the distance between us. I found Shaun’s soothing hand on my shoulder and I giggled out loud again.
“Bang!, told ya she giggled Nancy, where’s my money!” Joe had asked with so much cuteness it brought down a rain of laughter.
Divider made by me.