Housewife Gone Wild

“I don’t want that. I don’t want Mom to go far away. Grandma, please, I’m begging you. Stop picking on Mom.” Yvonne burst into tears.

Sally’s voice was stiff. “Jared, don’t be so pathetic. Do you think forcing her to stay at the company will make her fall for you again? Didn’t she have

someone new last time?”

Jared didn’t say anything. Sally sneered, “She is ruthless. You know she’s got someone new now; why would she ever want you back?”

“Mom, as long as you don’t stir things up, I’ll bring her back,” Jared said, exhausted.

“Come back? I’ve been spreading rumors about her, and she must hate me now! Why would she ever come back?” Sally’s voice shot up. “She’s never

coming back. Quit dreaming.”

“We still have Yvonne.” Jared clung to hope like a lifeline. “She’s Yvonne’s mom. She couldn’t be that cold.”

Suddenly, Yvonne jumped up and dashed upstairs, but then she started crying out loud. “Mom, I fell. My knee hurts so much.”

Hearing that, I felt my mind go blank. It wasn’t until Yvonne cried out that I snapped back to reality. Jared’s words sent a chill down my spine. He’d schemed all along to trap me at the company. He really was cunning.

“Mom, are you still here? Did you hear what Dad and Grandma just said?” Yvonne whispered.

“I heard,” I said.

you,” Yvonne said, sounding

coolly, “I don’t love him anymore, Yvonne. Does

wouldn’t dare hate you. I’m scared you’ll stop talking

you’ll have to learn that kindness between people works both ways,”

Dad’s coming upstairs,” Yvonne blurted out and ended the call in

a glass, and leaned back on the couch. My mind was clearer

showed a lot of what he thought; he said he’d never find another woman who looked at him

felt never came back. He said I couldn’t even scheme. It was impossible. I had always been a top

other, once. People said never to get

lose? If one lost, the wise thing was

I only walked side by side for a stretch of the road. When that part ended,

stop offered a different view, and regret was the

had his schemes, and that my plans.

He’d snappest a few casual photos of himself, lounging in a dimly it corner, wearing a burgundy shirt and

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