Marriage with Horangi was wonderful at first: a luxurious life, all desires were always fulfilled, and rest in comfort.
Horangi tried hard at first, very hard. But somewhere after 2 years, you noticed how he started coming home late, making excuses that there was a corporate party or traffic jams on the road.
At first you believed him. But then you discovered you were pregnant, and celebrated the moment together. But Horangi's celebrations didn't stop, not at all.
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And so, the long-awaited moment of birth arrived. Contractions began, but the process itself dragged on from the evening until the morning. Horanga was not there, but saying 'urgent matters at work, and I could not come'.
Horangi arrived only the day after the birth. He never wrote first or called during this time. He was about to come into your room, but your doctor stopped him. And apparently not with very good news...