Everything was going on well with their family, it was just her and her husband in the house, and the workers had their own area. Greg had already gotten back to work so they would wake up early and Mary would make him breakfast and prepare him for work. It became the routine of every day sometimes he would come home really late and she would wait for her husband until he comes home, and serve his food warm before going to sleep, so this particular evening Mary had cooked dinner but Greg was not home, she has been feeling unwell for the whole day so she just went to rest for a little while because she knew he would not be coming soon.

In the process she fell asleep for some time before Greg finally came but then when he came and he did not see her in the sitting room as usual, he got furious, so he went to check in the bedroom and sure she was there and sound asleep.

Who allowed this woman to sleep before I get home, seems she has grown some horns he tapped her but she did not wake up and this got him more furious, she is even sound asleep what guts she got, without giving it a second thought, he hit her hard on her face, Mary jolted and sat up shaking, he really felt bad for startling her that bad but she should know better than sleep before he gets home. Mary stared at him unbelievingly as if asking, did you really hit me that hard, she passed her hand through her face and she could feel his fingers, tears slowly welled up in her eyes, and she cried silently without speaking.

Why are you crying? he asked her

It's nothing.

Are you sure, it's nothing, how dare you ask me why am crying when you clearly hit me so hard leaving your fingerprints on my face?

Well, why did you sleep when am not home?

is there a rule that says I should not?

definitely not but you should also use some common sense.

Are you saying I don't? do you meet me asleep other days or it's just today? and did you even bother to know why I slept that early or you just jumped to conclusions and decided to hurt me for nothing? what has come over you?

Mary was getting furious.

You don't yell at me woman, no matter what I did, I am sorry but that doesn't give you the authority to yell at me, no one does, so respect yourself.

Oh really? Okay sir, am sorry for yelling at you, let me go and serve your food since you are already home, I don't want his royal highness sleeping on an empty stomach, she said sarcastically and left but then she did not get far before she fell on the floor, Greg who was watching her from afar was finding it funny, so you can't even walk straight, have you lost your balance, he asked laughing. When she did not reply or move he walked towards her and panicked when he realized that she had passed out, how did this happen, could it be as a result of the small slap I gave her, if so then she must be very weak or is something else happening to her? he wondered, immediately he dialed his personal doctor's number, hey frank I need you to come over right now my wife just passed out, I don't know what happened to her.

Alright man, I will be there in a moment.

Greg carried Mary back to their room and started pacing up and down while waiting for the doctor, it is as if the doctor was within because he came with no time.

Hey man, what happened to your wife?

I don't even know, she was going to the kitchen when she suddenly fell, the doctor went up to check what was happening to her, and her body was so hot which was not normal, on top of it, he noticed the fingerprints on her face and looked at Greg knowingly, don't tell me that you beat up your wife until she lost consciousness. Not really it was just a small slap I gave her, well did you notice any abnormality with her before then, like was she behaving or doing things her usual way? At that point he got thinking, this is the first time she slept so early so something might have been wrong with her, he did not think of that even when she told him that he could have asked why she was sleeping before slapping her.
Well, not really but she was asleep when I got home yet she doesn't sleep that early but I did not think that she might have been sick or something of the sort.

My friend we have known each other for ages, I know you are temperamental but please don't take it out on this innocent woman, don't let her see the beast in you, or else she might hate you.

So I should allow her to disrespect me as I contain my cool?

Well did she disrespect you in any way?

Actually not any time that I can remember, then don't be a monster and try to be the husband you chose to be, remember no one forced you to get married, and am sure that slap was uncalled for if you will be honest with me.

Leave all that alone and tell me what is wrong with my wife, I hope it is not something serious.

Well, let's see but am afraid her temperatures are so high I really can't tell immediately what's wrong with her but give me a moment.

Be fast then.When the doctor did a closer extermination on Mary he realized that it was nothing serious she was just suffering from the effects of environmental change but under medication, she will soon be okay. That was a relief to Greg, he thought maybe something serious would happen to her, how comes she is so weak, she is even affected by climate change, well, he kept that to himself.

The doctor prescribed what she would take and gave her an injection before he left, not forgetting to remind Greg to take care of his wife, Mary woke up late the following morning, she had overslept, oh my goodness, her husband needs to go to work, when she got up, she wanted to rush down to the kitchen but then realized that she did not have the strength, she sat back on the bed and wondered what had happened to her.