back against the wall

She sat there, with her back against the wall. She’s relaxed now, after all that she’s been trough. Somehow she felt sorry, a twinge of regret. Why didn’t she buy the candy and let her kid have his way. At least he’d be quiet. And maybe he’d smile, for a while. Who would have thought, it could be his last smile.
It’s too late now. Her kid won’t smile again. He was killed out right by the bomb blast that destroyed her store at Tetena. And she, she just sat there, buried alive. Waiting for the oxygen to run out.

in memory of all the people that was killed at Tetena