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2026-02-13 17:26:24On a dark night, with no stars in the sky, Robert returned home drunk...
The air was cold, the house unusually quiet...
Lara opened the door before he knocked. As she always did, she greeted him, reached out, and took his coat. He shoved her aside without looking at her...
She stepped back, then asked calmly,
“Are you hungry? I can prepare dinner.”
He did not answer...
After a moment, she repeated the question, her voice unchanged.
Suddenly, he came close. He brushed her cheek with his thumb, slowly, and said in a heavy tone,
“You, twenty-seven years old… I never realized your beauty since I married you at sixteen.”
Then, without warning, the slap came.
It was harder than usual, sharp enough to turn her head aside.
She did not cry out.
And for the first time… she did not apologize.
She stood in silence, her breathing unsteady, then bent down, picked up the coat from the floor, placed it on a chair, and walked upstairs with steady steps.
Upstairs, Suzy was playing on the floor, laughing softly as she arranged her small cloth dolls. She looked up the moment she saw her mother.
“Mom… why is your cheek red?”
Lara paused.
She sat beside her daughter, tried to smile, and said gently,
“My dear… perhaps the kind witch came and put something on my cheek. It’s makeup—but she doesn’t know how to apply it properly.”
Her voice faltered.
A tear fell.
Suzy reached out with her small hand and touched her mother’s cheek carefully. Then she said with childlike seriousness,
“Mom, don’t cry. Suzy will teach the witch how to put makeup on my beautiful mother.”
Lara smiled—a fragile, broken smile—and pulled her daughter close.
“There’s no need, my love,” she said softly. “That witch might hurt you.”
Suzy fell quiet and pressed closer to her.
Downstairs, Robert staggered through the house.
Something fell...
Then he laughed...
Then there was silence...
Lara did not go down...
She stayed with her daughter...
She played with her...
She tried to let the night pass peacefully...
But that night…..
was not meant to pass...
Lara and her daughter continued playing upstairs while Robert slept downstairs, slumped across the table. The house was quiet, heavy with the kind of silence that follows exhaustion rather than peace...
Two hours passed...
Suzy eventually fell asleep...
Not long after, she cried out...
Lara rushed to her at once, pulling her into her arms...
“What is it, my little one? What happened to you?” she asked urgently...
Suzy clung to her, her voice shaking...
“Mom… the witch came to me. She had red eyes, and with her staff she made me like air… Mom, I’m scared.”
Lara held her tightly, rocking her gently.
“It’s only a nightmare, my dear,” she said softly. “Mom is here. And… Dad is here too. Don’t be afraid. Shhh.”
Inside, another thought formed—quiet, heavy, immediate:
I shouldn’t have mentioned the witch. I was wrong...
She continued to hold her daughter until Suzy’s breathing slowed again, until fear loosened its grip and sleep returned...
Lara did not sleep...
She stayed awake, listening to the house, to the distant sound of Robert’s uneven breathing below, and to the fragile calm she feared would not last...
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