FIVE YEARS LATER - KARMA’S A BITCH!

“Wealthy business tycoon Ethan Blackwood, set to renew his five year long marriage vows to his wife, Jennifer Blackwood this coming saturday by giving her the tear cut red diamond ring…” My eyes fixed sternly on the television before me as I watched the reporter speak. But then, my gaze was not fixed on the man talking, but rather, the picture of the couple on the screen. Those two faces I hadn’t seen in a long time. The faces of the two people who ruined my life five years ago, on this very day—twenty sixth of August. My hands holding the remote squeezed tight as the cup of coffee on my other hands shook dripping on my white luxury dress skirt. But then, a tug on my skirt had me looking down. “Mummy, Ash is going to make us late for school. She’s too busy stuffing her face with food.” My son whined, his childish and innocent voice pulled me out of my darkness as a bright smile burst on my face. But then, before I could cut in, a betrayed gasp from the end of the room cut me off. Two l