Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Chapter 1978

Chapter 1978

After leaving Mark's place, Shirley received a call from her dad.

"Shirley, Mark said you two had a row. Try to be a bit more understanding, will you? The guy's swamped with lab work. Can't you just sit down and talk it out? You're not one for arguments, what's gotten into you?"

Shirley felt a lump in her throat and couldn't hold back any longer.

"Dad, this is between us younger folks. Please, stay out of it. You said it yourself, I don't like arguing. So, clearly, he's the one at fault."

"What fault can Mark possibly have? We've known the lad for years. Don't be so headstrong."

Tears welled up in Shirley's eyes. "So, without knowing anything, you've decided it's my fault, right?"

There was a moment of silence on the other end before her father spoke again, "I used to tutor Mark myself. Even back then, he was a good kid. I know him well. Just go easy on him."

Shirley hung up, marking the first time she ever hung up on an adult.

Back at her rented apartment, her head was throbbing with pain.

table. After some thought,

Maplewood during our club internship? He's

had just had an unpleasant argument, and her reaching

things ever crossed a line in the

in dough, yet you're dishing out $2,000 every six months. I worried you were trying to 'keep up

Shirley burst

abroad with her professor, saving up a tidy sum. Sponsoring a child was no issue for her, but in Mark's

when she

the

After all, none of

had offered to sponsor, and Shirley's proposition might have seemed like moral

the kid, tall and thin, with

long time, then, mustering some courage, requested a couple of days off from her professor, went downstairs,

she merged onto the highway, Mark sent another

My dad's grooming me to take over, and he's willing to pay you $10,000 a month. You won't have to do much, just show

reply but pressed the

night, she arrived at the entrance to the

newly paved but muddy from

knocks that drove her, but that letter