Chapter 2 - The part of you that left

It was late in the night, Vicky was on the sofa dozing, she was obviously tired and had been worrying before drifting off to sleep. It had become a daily routine in her life. The T.v was still on at that moment because she was watching a movie before wandering off In her thought. At that moment, the door creaked open and this woke her up. She yawned, stretched and turned to the drunken figure standing behind her. She put off the T.v and looked at the wall clock. "12:00 am" she whispered and glared angrily at her husband who just got in. He was late again just like the other nights. Vicky stood up and stared meanly at Mike. She felt so annoyed and wanted to tongue lash him with various insults that were lurking in her mind but she restrained herself. "You are most highly welcome at this godly hour" she managed to say sarcastically. "Do you know what the time it is at this moment?" She asked him angrily "How can you call your self a responsible father when you don't even know how your son is faring, instead, you return home late sweaty, drunk, and smelly" Vicky had started raising her voice now, she was becoming utmostly tired of his behavior this present day. "I'm not surprised you've gone out there again. Isn't it?" She asked sharply and covered her nose with her palm "such a shame!" She said lastly but that didn't land well because Mike gave her two resounding slaps across her cheek. She screamed and held her face."you monster, why don't you just kill me uhn? " She said shouting at the top of her voice. "Keep quiet!" Mike retorted and stared at her "you're disturbing the neighbors in this condominium" he reminded her pointing his index finger towards her. They live in a complex building with thirty other neighbors in their various apartment.The building is tall with a rooftop, large compound and elevators. Mike walked off angrily into the bathroom to wash himself up. Vicky slumped on the sofa and started sobbing uncontrollably. This has been what she had been passing through ever since her marriage started crumbling, she and Mike had drifted completely far from each other. It was like they were worst enemies. What had she done to deserve this? Or what might have gone wrong she kept asking herself. Ever since her husband had introduced her to one of his friends, Kelvin, it seemed like he had changed. She didn't know why but she disliked this Kelvin just on impulse. She felt he might also be a bad influence on Mike and might be a factor for Mike turning to a monster overnight. "This is not the Mike I married back then" she said and cleaned her tears. She stood up and was about to open the door of the bedroom but stopped. She would prefer sleeping beside her son, Josh, than spend the night with the monster she now has as a husband. As she got to her son's room, she saw her little boy was fast asleep unaware of the short brawl that had occured between mum and dad just now. She cried as she kissed Josh on the forehead, feeling sorry for her son that he had crazy parents like them. She sat up on the bed and was sobbing but later stopped so she wouldn't wake Josh. She was soon forced to sleep so as to prepare for the next day.