Subtle Abuse : A Freewrite.
Liars! He shouted once again, liar!
My mum didn’t know who to support as the couple kept reporting each other to my mum. It was a show of each trying to outdo the other in the blame game. I stood there waiting for mum to at least say something. Our home is peaceful for all I know and I’m sure mum is the best for the job.
She walked away before my very eyes, to my surprise.
Her reply when I later asked her why was that they will settle things later. And that it’s normal for couples to fight once in a while and come back together. Disagreements sometimes in marriage is necessary for growth. I tried reasoning with myself that that is a fight. She looked at me and shrugged off.
A month after, it surprised us to see the poster of the woman’s obituary, A fight to the death.