Darkness to light Chapters 3and 4
chapter 4
Five days passed and our lives became more routine. We didnt argue or hurt each other with words. During these days I received the passport that my brother had sent me who by the way knows nothing about the divorce plan. He thinks were spending a month without our children to renew our life together or thats what I told my family I mean my brothers. Each of them is busy with his own life with his wife and children. Even our phone calls after my parents death have become only for necessities. Today there are nine days left of the month and he has only now noticed the changes in his body. His hair has grown longer and he has gained weight. This is due to sitting at home for a long time which he is not used to. When I heard him justify the changes in his body I would hide my smile and confirm what he said. I would even tell him that before his new marriage he should go to the gym and follow a diet and he would return to his previous slimness.
No we agreed to stay inside the apartment and neither of us would go out. Besides didnt I break the boredom by teaching you some cooking skills to impress your new wife?
Yes and this confuses me. On the one hand you want a divorce and reject my second marriage and on the other hand youre thinking about how to be happy with her. I really dont understand you.
And I continued in my mind I just wish I could see your face on the first day of your marriage or hear your mothers comments saying that someone has bewitched you. Then I told him
Shall I make you that juice and we can talk to the kids online?
I got up and nodded in agreement. Then I went into the kitchen and took out various fruits from the refrigerator along with a small box containing the powdered grains I had ground to save time dissolving them. I made the juice prepared a glass for myself and turned on the blender again. I added a small spoon of the powder then poured the juice into a bottle and took an empty glass for him and some cake that he had made the day before. I smiled remembering that I had made him put the powder in with his own hands telling him it was a cake enhancer. Honestly I tried more than once to stop my revenge and just leave but hearing him talk to her on the phone every night in his room increased my determination for revenge. It wasnt jealousy but rather a sense of bitterness for the years I wasted sacrificing my dreams to please him. I had left my passion
