Chapter 2 The Unbelievable

Stella was all alone in the mansion with her little daughter,Janeth. She was filled with thoughts. She couldn't believe that Gideon slapped her today. Although even before now, she has been having this kind of issue with him. But today was the first time that Gideon would use violence on her. She thought that her marriage would be rosy, not knowing that it would grow to be something terrible and unpleasant. Definitely, she regretted ever meeting Gideon, her husband. She doesn't know what to do, and how to go about it.

At this point in time, she was only thinking more about her daughter, and how her future would be. Gideon was not ready to invest in their daughter.

''Mummy,stop crying''She heard a voice from behind telling her.

Ofcourse, she recognized it. But she wasn't really expecting it to voice out at this point of the night. She turned back, and saw that it was their daughter, Janeth.

''Come here''Stella said to her.

''You are supposed to be sleeping by now. I remembered bidding you a goodnight sleep. Why are you still awake by now?''She asked Janeth.

''I saw when and how daddy slapped you. What did you do to him?''Janeth asked her.

The little girl was heart broken. Who knows, she must have been seeing all that has been happening between her both parents and thus, it got the power to influence her psychology negatively.

''You won't understand dear. Just go to bed okay, and pretend as if you didn't ever see or hear anything tonight,''Stella said to her. She tried to speak to her in the best possible manner, but the little girl wasn't giving any sign of leaving for bed. Stella on the other hand, was still trying to hide her tears from her. She was secretly wiping off the tears from her eyes, when she saw Janeth doing the same to her.

''I have told you to stop shedding tears. If daddy doesn't want you again, it's fine. You can easily leave him, and make yourself happy and comfortable. What do you think?''Janeth said.

Her words shocked her mother, who was finding it hard to believe that her own daughter would be able to say something like this. Janeth is just five years of age, and approaching six. Stella held her head, and was caressing it. She kissed Janeth's head, and also cleaned the splash of tears that was about to drop on the floor.

''Don't say such a thing. Do you want me to leave your father?''Stella asked. At this point, she has nothing good or better to say. She just wanted to keep Janeth company, and to water and check Janeth's level of understanding.

''I have been seeing everything that has been going on between you and dad. I am not happy with him, and I am not happy with what he has been doing against you. It looks as if he doesn't want to be with you any more''Janeth said.

''How do you know that he doesn't want to be with me any more?. Is it because you saw him slapping me?''Stella asked. Her heart was broken into pieces, seeing that her daughter whom she wasn't supposed to be discussing something like this in the first place, was now the one she was conversing with in her painful moment.

''I do see dad coming to our house with a very beautiful lady''Janeth revealed.

''What?.What are you talking about?''Stella asked in shock.

''There was a day you weren't around, dad came back home with someone very beautiful and sexy. They even kissed here in the seating room, before they went to the bedroom''Janeth revealed.

''Why didn't you tell me all this while?''Stella asked her. Stella fixed her gaze on her, trying to check whether she was serious with her words or not. Although looking at Janeth, she wasn't the kind of child that says what she has no knowledge of. She has a nature of keeping silent whenever something wrong or bad was going on, and would voice out at the right time, when she had the opportunity to do so.

''Because I didn't want you to feel bad. But now that things are going worse, I think you should just protect yourself''Janeth said, suggesting to her mother what to do.

Stella was marveled at her daughter's intelligence. She kissed her forehead, shaked her ear as a sign of telling her not to talk about it again. The both of them became silent, having compassion for themselves. Janeth's worry was on her mother.She doesn't want her to suffer anymore from the hands of her father, while on the other hand, Stella was busy thinking about the future of Janeth, not wanting this unhealthy happenings to affect her future, and her mentality.

While the both of them were staying alone and having sober reflection, they heard Gideon's car horn, blowing outside. Definitely, the gate man would surely attend to him. Stella and Janeth immediately turned, looking at each other. They both were feeling the coming blister of war. They were surprised to hear the car's door opening and closing from two different sides. This was a sign that Gideon was with somebody.

Suddenly, the door leading to the mansion opened. Gideon walked in, smiling with a lady. The same lady that Stella saw him romancing today in the office. Both of them were full of joy and happiness.

''You again?''Stella asked, sending words to the lady, whose name is Cynthia.

''What!. Don't tell me you are still in this home''Cynthia comfortably said.

''What!. How dare you!''Stella yelled at her.

''How dare you?''Cynthia asked, raising her shoulder high, and posing a serious threat to Stella as if she was a queen or the commander of the territory.

''Hold on, let me talk to her. I have told her to leave, but I don't know what she is still doing here''Gideon interfered in the words between the two women.

Gideon finally went close to Stella, and slapped her two times, saying

''Get out of my house, you bastard''.