Convenient Marriage: Mr. Nelson's Love Trap by Hannah Baker

Dolores’ heart clenched as she wondered if he really did bring the divorce papers with him. She asked in a low voice, “What’s this?”

Armand pulled out a luggage bag from the back of the car, walked towards her and said, “These are all Theresa’s things.”

Dolores, looking at the bag in his hand, did not immediately take it as she asked, “What’s this all about…”

“Wherever she chooses to live, be it here or back to City C, anywhere would be better than living with me. If she had really thought it through, if she really wants to…Divorce, I’ll not have qualms with her.” Armand said while looking down, concealing his emotions and added, “Thank you.”

Dolores replied, “I see. That’s not exactly a bad thing. You two should think about it long and hard after you’ve calmed down. Though Mrs. Bernie is indeed a problem and both of you won’t be happy anyway if it is handled poorly.”

“I understand. She’s the one who raised me, I can’t just ignore her. Theresa…I’m very indebted to her…” He could not even begin to pay off his debt.

Dolores knew that Armand was feeling down. She did not reply as she carried the luggage back into the house.

She opened the door to Theresa’s door and saw that she was sitting alone on the balcony. Theresa acted as if she was the only person left in the world.

Dolores approached her slowly, as Theresa was in very deep thoughts about something and did not realize that someone entered her room.

“Theresa,” Dolores called to her softly.

She turned around slowly as Dolores smiled and said, “What are you thinking about?”

sight of the luggage bag in Dolores’ hands and

“Umm…”

and told her everything about Armand’s visit. “He said that he will follow whatever you

twitching as she continued looking at the bag, “So, all my stuff

“Theresa…”

not exactly a bad thing.” She stood up and took over the bag, opened it and

contained the divorce papers, as she hesitated when picking up the bag. Between all that, her eyes

more manageable than they actually were. When faced

document bag. She opened the bag

Agreement’ plastered on top. She was proven wrong when she realized that the bag’s contents were all of Armand’s savings. She was further proven wrong when she

raised in

out of the

poured everything out from the document bag, which contained deeds, a banking card,

Ding dong-

up

I’m too indebted to you, this is the least I can do, giving you enough cash to live carefreely…I’ll give you some time, you can go wherever you want to live. Once you’ve really thought everything through…I’ll give you freedom, for you to find love that truly belongs to you. No matter how much I will miss you, I am still unable to provide you

onto the bed. Looking through a curtain of tears at the things that Armand left her, she sobbed and said to herself, “Are there two people on this world that love each other, think of each other, miss each other, but are not by each other’s

tears unapologetically flowed

tears and replied, ‘I’ve received the things you sent me, I’ll accept them gladly.

the meaning behind his actions. If he felt that doing so would make him feel better, she