“Anne, please open the door,” Wallace banged his fist on the bathroom door five times. He had never seen her lock herself in the bathroom. Over the sound of running water, his keen ears caught Anne’s sobs. It made him restless. Whatever happened in the grape garden had brought Anne a lot of humiliation, Kayleen's lack of apology had added to it in the end. The punishment he had meted out to Kayleen was monumental, but the respect that Anne was gaining was in a fragile state. “Anne, please come out. We will talk about this, okay?” he banged a few more times on the door. In the absence of a response, he banged harder until he was sure that he was going to punch a hole through the door.
After a couple of seconds, the bathroom slowly opened. Anne stepped out wrapped in a towel, her hair wet a
