Man And A Woman Who Did Not Live Under Good Terms (Essay Sample)

HAPPILY NEVER AFTER.
"Do you take Joy to be your lawfully wedded wife?" The priest questioned the groom with an assuring smile on his face.
"Off course I do, “said Anthony without doubt.
To date, those were just meaningless words to him.
"Oppp...opppp.......en this ddddoor wwwo... wwwwoman!" Shouted Anthony in the wee hours of the night.
The neighbors had Joy's back in case things got hot with her drunken husband that night. She did her best to do as he wished to evade trouble. She did what she ought to do and tucked Anthony cozily in bed. Later on, after she finished cleaning up the mess Anthony made on the dining table, she sat next to their bed and watched Anthony as he slept and snored. She could not stand the strange noises Anthony made as he slept.
In the morning, Anthony woke up earlier than usual and took a cold shower. With the migraine that he had, he couldn't even utter a good morning to his wife. He went about shaving, dressing, taking tea and still hadn't said a single word to his wife. Was she on the wrong sincerely? Later that day she visited her private doctor.
"Doctor please help me, I have not had a child in five years." Joy said to the doctor.
The doctor, a kind hearted man, firm in his faith told Joy not to worry because he claimed to be doing everything he could. Joy knew she was about to reach menopause and wanted a child of her own. That was the only thing that would possibly brighten up her marriage at its state.
Anthony came back to his wife in the evening in the same drunken state he was the previous night. But this time he beat her thoroughly because she did not put enough salt in his food. Since then, Joy never ended a day without shedding tears of sorrow.
"My dear Joy, I promise to treat you like the queen you are, you will never work or shed tears in my humble abode, I promise to make you the happiest woman in the world," said Anthony before they got married.
Joy just sat down one night before Anthony came back from work and realized how her life was pointless, right from the moment she met Anthony at her business firm. She surrendered her firm to Anthony. Reason being, she was never to work and that Anthony would provide for her every need. She thought she was barren, now forty three and childless. Her blood pressure was worryingly rising but what could she smile about? She said enough was enough and she was to do something about her husband before she would die of frustration.
She then heard the door slam. She jerked out of shock and as she stood up, the lights went out...
The next morning, Joy was found dead lying next to the door by police officers.
Mrs. Russo came to frequently check up on Joy every morning. When she found Joy lifeless and in a pool of blood at her own doorstep, she couldn't think of any other suspect but Anthony. Shirt loose and smelling of cheap liquor, Anthony drove into his car park, now flocked with police men. He was placed under arrest.
The mother to Joy personally could not hold back her feelings once she saw Anthony that morning. Being a single parent and having only given birth to one child, she was burning with rage. Why would Anthony do such a thing?
Anthony obliged to talk to the police officers like a gentleman. He asked to see his lawyer who could possibly get him out of the situation. Was he really the one who murdered his wife? Anthony knew that even if he had flaws and picked up fights with his wife, he would never ever think of killing his wife. What would be his motive?
"You will rot in jail then later rot in hell for doing that to my daughter!" Said Joy's mother when she decided to pay Anthony a visit in the cell he was temporarily kept in.
On the day of his trial, even...