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.

letter was still lying on the coffee table. After some thought, she sent it to

in Maplewood during our club internship? He's

unpleasant argument, and her reaching out was

things ever crossed a line in the future, she could always break up

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

Shirley burst into

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

when she

the child, the other club

After all, none

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

felt for the kid, tall and

courage, requested a couple of days

the highway, Mark

$10,000 a month. You won't

didn't reply but pressed

arrived at the

up was newly

it was life's recent knocks that drove her, but that