She was the reason for his happiness, she was the one who made him smile, she was the one at the sight of whom his heart skipped a beat, acknowledging this Samuel smiled.
He was on his way home.The 5hour flight seemed endless,having been away for a month from his wife- Venica, wasn’t easy for him and now all the more, when she was pregnant with his child…..his child….his heart rejoiced whenever he thought about it.He could not think of anything that could have made him happier. He was going home to his wife….his 5 months pregnant wife….he remembered how their names looked together on the door of their house – ‘mr. and mrs.jorden' and now one more addition Samuel junior.
He got off the taxi and reached the door, all the time thinking of his wife….beloved wife.He pressed the doorbell….no one came….he pressed it again, this time longer than usual,still no sign of the door opening,he tried again. With the third ring his patience was exhausted. He got to the back door, it was ajar.a number of thoughs crossed his mind – a bugler, a killer,an animal, a criminal, he contemplated wat could possibly have happened.
He called out to his wife, no reply.He called again louder this time.He bagan shouting her name “Venica…….Venica……Venica…..”still no reply.He could hear something, he concentrated, someone sobbing.The noise came from the kitchen,he awarkdly walked to the kitchen. He froze at the entrance….there was his wife........lying on the floor and a man stood towering over her.He stared,unable to comprehend the situation.The man stared back.A few seconds tickled by…..on an impulse Samuel shot forward boxing the man,the man fell down and in the process grabbed a knife kept nearby.Samuel charged towards the man again with a greater intensity and sitting down beside him, started punching him.he could hear a voice shouting “chrisssssss”, he wondered who was chris?was it his wife’s voice?was it a nightmare?was it hallucination?the man held on to the knife,slowly lifted it up, while Samuel like a man possessed kept punching him, hauling abuses.The knife came down unnoticed and a fountain of blood ran through the floor.
A few months later the case was brought up.
It was a simple case of self defence,wherein it was said that Samuel had attacked the man and the man in self defence had to use the knife which accidently killed Samuel.
Venica, stood outside the door of their house, passing a name plate to that man.
She smiled at him while passing the name plate,he smiled back.
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