A Part Of Him

She had thought fleetingly of taking a vacation. Just for herself. To be with herself and find the Reyona she had been before she started planning everything about her life around him. Her dear husband. She couldn’t think of the last time she had made any decision without thinking of what he would think or if it would be good for him or not. No more.

It would be Reyona first from now on. She had received a surprising call from her dad that afternoon. She had never been close to her parents, as they separated when she was still a child, leaving her with her grandmother while they both searched for their happiness.

Reyona had resented them for a long time and turned to her grandmother for care and attention.