Hanna cringed as she watched her husband fly up the stairs, followed closely by his mother holding the strap. Her mother-in-law looked so very mad and her husband so scared, and she could not blame him since she had seen what that lady could do with that strap. For a moment his conviction that she had done the right thing wavered, but then thinking back to her husband's irresponsible behaviors, she poured herself another coffee and with the cup in hand went to sit in the armchair.