Family Knots

Chapter 6

After the death of her husband, she bought a house with her own money. She settled there for years until she met a handsome soldier who was about to fight for the upcoming war.

Andrew Williams was her second husband. She married him after her fraternal twins were born. Before he left, she was pregnant with another set of twins.

She had to stay strong for her husband. So, his strength wouldn't fade away. She hugged him tighter as she hugged him before.

"Stay safe, Andrew," she said softly as tears formed in her eyes.

"It's okay, Honey. I will go home," he assured her.

"Are you sure," she asked.

He nodded.

He hugged her goodbye, before departing from her. All he wanted was to stay he had to go. He had to fight for his country and the death of the Americans in the boat wouldn't be useless.

Amanda cried silently as her husband left. Her tears fell off her cheeks. Sadness overcame her with the fear that her husband would die. The loneliness she would experience without him.

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A few weeks later, cars arrived in front of her house. She was puzzled in the incident today. A priest went out of the car and she was too bothered to read the letter they gave to her.

She read the letter from beginning to end. As she read the content of the letter, her eyes froze, tears fell off her eyes and she slowly fell on the floor in sadness.

Her loneliness told her so that her husband would die in the war. She always had a feeling of death in her life. Why was she so unlucky?

The priest picked her up from the floor and helped her up. One comforted her. The general gave her the flag of honor and dog tags.

Soon, her children would become four. How could she raise her children like this? She had been widowed twice in her whole life. She swore that her children would not be like their fathers that died before they were born.

She got all the riches she needed. However, the loneliness and the worry for her children consumed her.