KARMA

Susan stood in front of the mirror and touched her unkempt hair. The spots on her face showed the evidence of age long pimples, her nails were short and ragged, and she couldn't even remember the last time she owned a bottle of perfume. Was that why he was leaving her? Was all these enough for him to leave her with three teenage children? She wiped her eyes roughly, determined not to throw herself a pity party. She would go to the salon, have her hair and nails done, buy new clothes and a couple of really expensive perfumes. She would show him that she was done being a devout housewife whose only concern was the well being of her family. The young woman he had his eyes on had no children so why won't her hair be as bouncy as a basketball? Or her waist as tiny as it is? She cringed as she remembered how she had seen her husband hug the woman and even grinned as he touched her hair. She had followed him secretly the previous day when he came home for lunch and left without any explanation after going to the patio to receive a call. She had always suspected something was up with her husband and her suspicions had grown each day when he came back from work later than normal, put a password in his phone and even sneaked out of bed late at night to receive calls when he thought she was fast asleep. She looked at their wedding picture on the wall and remembered how happy she had been that day. Twenty years of marriage and three children had transformed her from skinny, beautiful Susan to plum Mama twins. She clenches her fists and hit it on her dresser  as she screamed. Life was just not fair she thought. It wasn't fair that she was no longer as attractive as she used to be while James looked like he hadn't aged a day and now another woman, a young girl had stolen him. Stolen!  That same word had been used on her years ago, way before she met James. She had been young and very attractive and all she'd wanted was a maga who would spend his money on her and take her on trips. She had gotten all that and more. Chief's wife had found out about their affair and left him. She'd also confronted Susan and called her some choice names. Over the years, she had totally forgotten about Chief, his wife and their broken marriage. But now, as she looked at herself in the mirror with tears swimming in her red rimmed eyes, she clearly  remembered the hurt on the woman's wife as she said,
"I may not get back at you for destroying my marriage. But karma will. It definitely will."
And it had. Karma had definitely sneaked up on her to pay her back in her own coin. Maybe it would pay back the girl her husband was with in future and then the cycle would continue. Or not
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