Sacrilege - Season 1 - Episode 24

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Sacrilege - Season 1 - Episode 24

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Mrs. Johnson pulled a shirt over her head and shuffled the wardrobe for a matching skirt. She was done following the dictates of her husband. She shook her head as she pushed her legs into a skirt. It had been years since she got married to Laura’s father, and though she was not the biological mother of her husband’s children, she loved them just as much as she would love her own daughter. She had never gotten pregnant since she got married to Frank and that had never surprised her. She had known a long time ago that she couldn’t get pregnant. It was the main reason why she got married to a man who already had children, so she wouldn’t be under any pressure to give birth to a child.
What Laura was going through hurt so much and she should understand because it struck home to something she had experienced though it was not exactly the same. And no matter what her husband’s stance on it was, she would help her step-daughter in whatever way she could. Sighing, Gloria pulled out a shawl and froze when her eyes fell on something small. She stared at the object for a few seconds but eventually, her hand moved of its own accord, towards the object. Her hand pulled out a small bottle which looked old and ancient. She stared at the slightly impure water inside and her eyes watered. A tear drop left the confines of her lashes, landing on the small bottle of water. After all these years, she still held on to the only connection she had with her past.

Closing her eyes, she brought the bottle to her lips, kissing it tenderly. “Till we meet again, my Tinuke” she whispered. With aching heart, she kept the bottle safely, closed the wardrobe and left the room.


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