Chapter 73 Humiliation

• In the following days, they were as they always were at the beginning of my marriage to Mark. I would wake up, shower, have breakfast while watching Mark leave the house with our daughter, then I would stay alone in the living room reading a book or walking in the garden to soak up the sun. I took advantage of being alone to call my parents and check on my father's health, calming my mother as he was discharged from the hospital a few days ago and my father was already back home. Almost every afternoon, I would stay with my daughter in the living room watching TV with her or playing with her toys until dinner time. After giving her a bath, putting on her pajamas, and tucking her into bed, she would fall asleep before I finished telling her a bedtime story. I would leave her room once she was tucked in and turn off her night light, then return to my bedroom and lay in bed alone for days, as my husband stayed in his office working or in the living room until late, watching TV with a glass of whisky in his hand. One Saturday, Mark received a call on his mobile while I was in the living room playing with our daughter. Mark took his phone and went to his office, but suddenly he entered the room where my daughter and I were, approaching me.
• " Sofia, get dressed. One of the investors in my company and a good friend of mine just became a father for the first time and wants us to meet his newborn " he said.
• " Daddy, I want to go " said the little one, sitting next to her father, who was caressing her cheeks.