"She humiliated me viciously," protested Tania in front of Stefanus. "Even she made up rumors for me. She said I was pregnant!" Tears streamed down her cheeks, hands clenched tightly around the hem of Stefanus' clothes. "You have to teach her a lesson. Aren't you angry that your lover was humiliated like this?"
Stefanus looked emotional. But not solely because of Gena, who almost nudged Tania in the stomach and then spread rumors by accident. But also because he was angry with himself, who couldn't be firm. He should have dared to find out the truth, about whether Tania was indeed pregnant. But there was a rising and gripping fear, which crept like a shadow of darkness, which eventually bound his body and his hands and feet until he could not move at all.
He was helpless, crippled, and dead.
"You will surely reprimand her right?" asked Tania hopefully. "You don't accept me being humiliated like this. Do you?"
