the secret

chapter 3

  The knock on the door,distracted Mrs Peters from watching the t.v program .she gets up to open the door.

"who do we have here"? She said .

"come on in .

Lara where have you been? Go to your room".
The two women now got the opportunity to discuss about a lot of things,before finally,Mrs Adina brought up the main issue.

Before she could even speak further, Mrs Peters stood up in a fit of rage

"how dare you come to my house to teach me how to live my life? Who do you think you are?" Mrs Adina tried to calm her down,making her see reasons why she shouldn't get a divorce .

she said "look Mrs Peters,this divorce would have a negative impact on your daughter sooner or later .from the look of things, Lara isn't finding it funny at all. Imagine growing up without the love and care of both your parents .you could"............

Mrs Peters didn't even let her complete her statement, she stood up and said
" leave my house . Right now,I said leave".
What  rubbish. You had the nerves to walk into my house to tell me what's wrong and what's not?Lara didn't even complain, and besides,she is going to the university next month,so she won't even feel it .This is  the best decision so far,because I can no longer tolerate that man .He disgust me,and only sighting him,could anger me.

all along, Lara was eavesdropping on the whole conversation, and she broke down in tears again .she was done for .she wished the ground could open and swallow her up

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   Lara woke up the next morning with a severe headache and thirst .Finding no water in the jug,she decides to go downstairs to the kitchen,to get water,only to find her mum sleeping on the couch. This means that she spent the whole night in the living room,and not the bedroom .Later that evening,Lara was in the living room with her parents and they told her they were getting a divorce. Of course she wasn't shocked ,because she was aware  of the divorce but when she asked them the reason behind the divorce, all they could say was "you won't understand my dear".

A lot of things were going through her mind,as those words sent shivers down her spine. Finally,she summoned courage to speak

"what kind of parents are you?I mean if you weren't ready to raise children, why bring any into this world to suffer?. You both are a disgrace to parenthood,and I don't have any regret whatsoever saying that".

She walked away,leaving the two of them stunned and speechless . Maybe wondering where she got the guts from,or who have been messing with her head. They dare not ask her,because they've never really had time to talk to her,or even ask her how things were moving in her life, challenges she faced,or her plans. They were too busy fighting. Nevertheless, none of them were ready to take blames