Seeing how stubborn was, Sally shot up from the couch, fuming. “Victoria, what’s your problem? Am really that unreasoria bler idas a wronged you?

“It’s been so many years, and you didn’t give birth to a child, and I never said a word about it, Vihat’s with your attitude now?

Sally just got angrier, her face flushed red. Basically, she was calling me stubborn, heartless, ungrateful, and blind to my own good fortune

I didn’t know how to tell Sally that I didn’t want either Jared or Yvonne. “Mom, I know you’re upset, but my decision isn’t going to change reped firmly, taking a deep breath.

“Have you lost your mind, Victoria? Does your family even know about this divorce? Why are you trying to break up a perfectly good family? When you and Jared got married, you swore you’d grow old together.

“heard every word of your vows. Why do you have to do this?” Sally choked up, tears streaming as she buried her face in her arms. “You two were doing fine as a couple, and now you want a divorce?

“What about Yvonne? She’s just a kid. Do you know what a family is? A family’s like a house: the father is the frame, the mother is every brick and stone. that holds it together

“As long as you and Jared are good, Yvonne has a home. If you split up, do you have any idea how sad she’ll be?”

anymore. She’ll be starting elementary school this September. She get

wouldn’t understand.” Sally yelled at me. “Do you have another man out there

a divorce, everyone would assume there was another man in the picture. Removing

just

the villain?” I raised my voice a little. I could listen to all their lectures, but I

said.

taken aback

Mom, thank you for

then suddenly snatched up her bag and stood up. “Honestly, I just can’t figure out what you young people are thinking, or what you even

it wouldn’t be long before my parents heard about this, and then they’d show up in no time, trying to talk some sense int’s

the apartment for three days, and the only times I saw Jared were those brief moments when we bumped into eachother at work. He was busy with a business trip to Shaville, so he was hardly

She’d just figured out how to use the camera on her phone, so she kept sending me snapshots

at them,

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