Drabble Notes – Darlene-centric, from Cari's series Colour. And actually goes well with the current part of the Colour comic as of posting this.
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Darlene felt trapped sometimes. Most of the time in fact. She'd sit in the quiet corner of her mind and scream her silent screams that no one would hear.
It was not as if her husband Stanley abused her as such. It was more of oppression. She winced as she thought that word. As though Stanley could hear her thoughts and would punish her for thinking such a thing.
But all through the while she knew that she'd chosen this. He was her husband and she was his wife. She would look after him and obey him, as a wife should.
It was her children she felt sorry for the most. Dara and Graff. They had not chosen this. They had been born into this situation and were forced to put up with the treatment Stanley gave them all.
She worried frequently about how this would affect them later in life. Would Stanley's treatment affect them mentally? Poor little Dara was already so nervous… Would he have been this way if he were with another family?
And the absolute worst question of all came to mind.
Would their children be better off if they weren't around?