Vengeance of the Battered

"Mommy, what happened to your face?" My attention was caught by Sarah noticing the wound on my cheek that my lush hair could barely hide."It's just a mosquito bite, Sarah. Don't pay attention to it." I signaled her to return to eating and just don't bother herself worrying about my face.At her young age, she also cannot understand what I am going through at the hands of her daddy. I’d rather choose to make this a secret from Sarah. I think it’s better that way. I'm afraid of tearing down our family that I have almost died to save."Get up now, Sarah. You're going to be late for school," there was authority in the tone of Liam's voice that drove my daughter quickly to stand up from her seat. He then looked at me. "I'll tell you, Kris. Never leave the house. Understood?" And as if I have another option other than nodding my head as a sign of agreement.I have been released from my imprisonment in a dark room... yet, still I'm a prisoner of my own house. Liam's job is at a hospital and

With Liam's request with regards of drinking those Chinese herbs in hopes that I could get pregnant, I did it against my will. If I let my stubbornness prevail again, I'm only bringing myself closer to danger. I'm human too... I still feel pain by Liam's hand and leg blows every time he loses his temper."Your Mama Imelda will come later, Kris," said Mother Minda from the kitchen while I was in the living room watching TV. From here, her voice reached its peak, adding that the two of us were the only ones at home since Sarah went to school and Liam went to the hospital early. "Didn't you promise her that the next time she comes here you will cook her kare-kare?""Well, until now I still haven't gotten the mixture right. I often put too much peanut butter. She might criticize my cooking again just in case," I answered indifferently while still focusing on what I was watching.That happened last year. It was my birthday and when I promised my mother-in-law that I would cook her a delici

"Tell me why?" Liam's deep and terrifying voice enveloped my body as my body shivered so hard while sitting at the edge of the bed. "What's your reason for leaving the house without my consent? I didn't fail to remind you, didn't I? I told you not to go outside, Kris! Is that too much to ask?"I want to answer him yes. I want to voice out my feelings and I want to show him that he is exaggerating by locking me up here inside the hell he used to call a palace before. But I ended up saying, "I'm sorry."Even though I don't see any reason for me to apologize, to cut this conversation short, I apologized."I'm sorry for breaking your rules, Liam.""It's okay." Even though I was looking at the floor, I could clearly see from the floor the fall of the lab coat he had just taken off. "But, please..." And I don't really like what's about to happen tonight.Liam pushed my shoulder lightly just to lay my body down on the bed. "I don't want the same thing to happen again, hmm? You know what I do

I held back my own excitement to tell Liam about the success of our sex last time. I would like to find a good time to surprise him with this great news. One more thing, he's been very busy these past few days, so for the meantime, I’d rather like him to focus on his job. Maybe telling my surprise to him can wait.One of these days, I will be able to tell him about my pregnancy... but I think this time is not so good and so perfect to speak."Most of the time, you drink coffee in the morning partnered with ham and sausage," Liam remarked, pointing his finger to my plate currently having plain rice with veggies, and to my drink, I have hot milk. "You're not into healthy foods. What's your reason for making a change?""Do you have to always question all the changes you'll notice every time with me?""You're acting strange, Kris. That's why." My piercing gaze could not shake his preoccupation with food. "And some changes in your body and routines only result in only two things..." Now Li

"Fuck that psychiatrist, Kris!" And as predicted, he's gonna explode like a ticking bomb. "Why do you keep insisting that I'm having mental illness-"“I'm not saying you are-”"But you're actually making me feel like I'm one!" The newly hired maids aren't at our house yet, so Liam and I are the only two here, fighting in the home he once called a palace. "Am I not normal in your eyes? What is wrong with my character for you to think that I’m insane?!”"Stop calling yourself like that. I'm not saying you're crazy-”"But you think there's a problem with my thinking, what's the difference? I'm okay and I’m totally fine, so stop forcing me to go to those stupid psychiatrists because I'm not mentally retarded!” He left me here in the living room of the house with the clothes he bought for me scattered.“He's a health worker. How could he call psychiatrists as doctors of crazy people?”Liam made me heave a long sigh for acting like that. He just couldn't admit to himself that there was real