"What did he promised you apart from the marriage, you know even the marriage is to his own benefit, not really yours?" She pointed out the truth to me, all I was doing was for the benefit of his, before me.

This is one major thing I'd failed to acknowledge because of the love I have for my children, including Douglas. "Hmm," I breathed out heavily. "I just pray he wouldn't betray me and go for another lady when it's time to enjoy the fruit of my labor." This I said to myself, although Elene could hear me.

Douglas was one of the most handsome of my children, his beauty...