Chapter 417

I stared at the words on the screen, feeling like I was looking at memories from another life, covered in dust.

Jared must be seriously drunk if he even forgot we’re divorced. He actually called me his wife. Was his account hacked, or did he just message the wrong person?‘ I thought.

He actually called me his wife. I started to wonder if his account had been hacked, or maybe he just messaged the wrong person, I thought.

I quickly replied, “I’m not your wife. You messaged the wrong person.”

After a moment, he replied, “You are, Victoria. You’re my wife.”

I quickly typed, “Jared, quit acting drunk. Grown–ups should know how to control themselves.”

Jared didn’t reply for a long time–maybe my scolding snapped him out of it.

*The next morning!*

Yvonne didn’t have school, and she wanted me to take her to the library to buy books.

‘I knew she was just clinging to me because she didn’t want to be apart, I thought. ‘She’s only in first grade and hasn’t even learned all the words yet–how could she really be interested in reading?”

So, I took her to the library, then we went shopping, and finally, we grabbed lunch together.

the afternoon, Quinn called me, asking where we were. She

keen on me spending too much time with Yvonne, probably worried I’d try to take

to come to the Holcomb residence.

the couch, clinging to my arm. “Mom, I don’t want to go back to Grandma’s place. I just want to be with you. Can you tell Aunt Quinn not to come

about you too. Just go back for now, okay? If I have time

at me. “Mom, are you still

for a

scared of her, but now that you and Dad are divorced,

family, my humble background always made me tread carefully, constantly trying to live up to the expectations of a

Sally never gave ine a hard time, but she’d always find subtle ways to

modestly, or not being materialistic–shed always use stories about echter op a

I said, gently correcting Yvonne. I just respect her

elders.”

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little “Oh,

is just how we were raised, but if an elder ever crosses the line, you don’t have to just take it-

kind of got it, but maybe

had to

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