Preacher's Paradox: The Tale Of Lust

Hazel...

A week had passed and I never saw that woman again, sometimes I wonder if it was an illusion and am going crazy with all these things with my husband.

And speaking of him. It has been a week ever since he started a routine of forcing himself on me every morning, normally he wasn't this active so I wonder why? Just why now?

" I'm off work " He spoke coldly as he left.

I held the walls and walked towards the bathroom. I sat on the bathtub and wash myself, there were tresses of blood and skin that rip of when he forcefully entered me. It was hurting me so much.

My children will wake up in a few hours so I grinned my teeth and went to cook them breakfast.

Ever since he caught me having a mustarbation in our bedroom Jeremy's behavior gone from bad to worse. He had this look of disdain on his face, he was no longer the man I married a year ago, the children also keep rebelling even after having a talk with them . They will listen on one second and repeat the very same thing the next.

Yesterday I was so fed up that I scolded them and it ended with big fight. Not literally a fight fight but they ended up with giving me a cold shoulder.

And if am to be honest am broke at moment, actually it's not like I ever had any money to begin with but as I married my husband and he said he will be providing for me If quit my job,

He indeed provide but , food which all of us shared, and a roof over my head which is mandatory but other than that , I have nothing like personal experiences, I don't have a penny and am too ashamed to ask for any.

With little money for food I squeeze to buy my necessary needs as a woman , I could barely buy anything worthy but that's all I could afford.

I went to the kitchen and gathered something to feed our stomach, the money my husband gives me every week started to get smaller and smaller so I also had to cut off a lot of our expenses.

There was a dry bread that I got from the store the other day but there was no jam left, thankfully there was sugar so I made a tea and put it in the thermos. I know they will throw a fit when they woke up and saw this but that is all I could give.

After I was done preparing breakfast I started doing other house shores and by afternoon I was resting as I do my facial treatment as well as treating my wounds.

One thing about my husband is he will make sure not to leave visible wounds in places where people will notice, after all he still have honor to up held and I just hate when people see my weak side so I just go along with it.

Everything was in a place so I had to go to the market to buy groceries. I put on a long loose dress and a head wear which will block the sun as well as give me comfortability. I also took a plastic back and some changes I had from yesterday.

It was five in the morning and the sun was burning and since I wanted to save the little money I have left, I had to walk by foot to the market.

The streets were somewhat empty unlike usual which made it easier for me to walk faster and in no time I was at the market buying groceries.

As I walked around looking at the cheap stuffs I noticed that even here there was few people here which was so unusual, weather it was Christmas or any other holiday this market is flooded,

" Did something happen today?" I curiously asked the vendor and she looked at me as if I was some of an alien.

" Don't you know? Are you living on the mountains or something? " She casually asked.

Seeing her reaction I was more puzzled. Did the president died or there is a war that I had no Idea about " I don't understand " I shooked my head.

" Do you know prophet Morningstar? "

" No! I don't "

The lady sighed. " She is the young prophet from the capital in mainland, it was said she finished the university at the age of eight and become a millionaire at the age of ten, when she was twelve she was cleansed by God and was bestowed a new attestation, she become the prophet and opened the church, at the age of sixteen she had ten thousands of followers and two year later she became one of the few self-made billionaires in the world. Now she is only twenty four and the most richest person among those who are under thirty with millions of followers on her back ".

" Wow! You know a lot " Hazel sighed, she didn't believe her , only characters of novels will have such outstanding past, she was like a hero of some story, which is so novely fiction.

" What with that look, I know you won't believe me but you can Google her, Wren Morningstar. She is here on our island and everyone is there to watch her. She is the goddess incarnation, Just one look from her and you will bow down on your knees" The woman added.

Hazel chuckled, She knew very well that the woman was exaggerating things, there was no way there was someone that godly. However she just ignored her , grabbed her things and left ,

As she was crossing the street there was a sudden commotion and the streets which were quiet before were now in rampart, they were blocking the road and no one could cross.

" What is happening? " Hazel asked.

The girl who had this Large banner on her hand stopped infront of her" It's the priestess, she is visiting the Northern orphanage to pray with orphans and we are all here to get a glimpse of her" The girl explained.

Hazel on other hand was sneering, how free these people are , with all the shore she had she won't have time to fan girl on some priestess. Is everyone going mad these days?

She wondered, but little did she know...