Housewife Gone Wild

Chapter 53

I grabbed a sandwich downstairs. When I took the pills, the bitter one got stuck in my throat. I coughed, and the bitter taste spread in my mouth. I drank water fast, but the taste stayed. Then I remembered the candy Nathan gave me this morning.

Suddenly, my eyes filled with tears. Only someone really starved for love would be won over by a piece of candy. I felt bitter inside. My previous life was so terrible that I’d feel protected just because of one candy.

I went out, turned left, and went into the store. I bought a bag of candies, tore open the package, and popped one in my mouth. It was sweet and creamy.

Holding the bag of candies, I went back to the hospital room. Jared was playing checkers with Yvonne. They were enjoying their nice father–daughter moment. But when I walked in, I ruined it.

Yvonne rolled her eyes at me and said, “Mom, go home. I want Dad to stay here with me.”

Jared glanced at me and said, “Yvonne says you yelled at her again. Victoria, I don’t care about others, but Yvonne is just a kid. Why do you pick on her?”

My eyes widened. Yvonne wronged me again. I spoiled her too much, so she treated me badly.

Taking a deep breath, I said calmly, “So now you’re saying I didn’t raise her right? Sorry, my bad. I spoiled her as a kid, and it gave her all these bad habits.”

“At least you get it.” Jared’s face turned dark. “Change, that from now on.”

I shook my head and said, “Old habits are hard to break. I mean, our daughter’s probably set in her ways. It’s hard to change her.”

Are you calling me bad?” Then she turned to Jared. “Dad,

over to me, and said, “Victoria Murphy,

not?”

life, I would’ve thought the world was ending and I had no

was moody. Once I saw

beads, smiling smugly. It was like she was saying she’d won this round and

I take some of the blame. But when it comes to parenting, I stick to my guns. If you don’t agree, then…

planned to use Jared to build my career. But now, with my daughter provoking me and my husband siding with her and not getting

a big payout, letting me be financially free sooner. That was not all bad. I

way more uncertain. She had the Holcomb family behind her, Jared spoiling her and helping her, while I got nothing. Only my parents cared about me. If I die, they would be

1/3

did you say?” Jared was livid. His eyes

“If it’s not working, let’s just get a divorce. I don’t want to be

kept playing with her beads, peeking at us every

messing with Yvonne’s life.” Jared pointed

and left. The elevator went down, but my heart didn’t drop like in my previous life, not into a hole. Instead, I felt light and free. When I let go of someone

into bed. Lying there, I thought Jared’s divorce papers would come soon. After all, I’d made him mad. He wouldn’t keep me; he’d rush the papers

just someone he could

got up and headed straight to the clinic for a shot. I was still

Yvonne thought I was lazy. It was time to set

Nathan showed up with breakfast. He wasn’t in a suit; he had on a tracksuit and looked young and