Slapped Awake

The Story

A wife wakes from a nightmare where her husband gifts their shared luxury items to his true love. In that vision, she fights the rival woman only to end up dying in a mental hospital. The horror of that reality drives her to strike her husband three times immediately upon waking. She seeks to protect her two year marriage from the betrayal depicted in her sleep. The physical blow serves as a desperate attempt to sever the connection to the dream. Her actions mark a sharp break from the previous dynamic. The couple now faces the aftermath of this violent awakening.