Chapter 477

Sophia went quiet for a sec, and then whispered to her, "If you all know he's got it tough, why are you still giving him a hard time?"

Yvonne was stumped; took her a hot minute to find her voice again, "Maybe 'cause he's so tough, like he can do anything, we just forgot that he's still a regular Joe, you know?"

Sophia didn't say anything.

"Truth be told, ever since we were kids, my brother's been groomed to be the strong one in our family. Weakness and fragility were no-nos. Grandpa loved him, but he cared more about whether my brother was strong than if he was tired. And don't even get me started on my dad. He was all about his authority as a father and whether it was being challenged; how his kids were doing didn't really register with him. With the life we had, how could we not be okay?" Yvonne kept on in a soft voice, "All these years, the reason my brother's been hung up on Yolanda might be 'cause she's the only one who actually thought about his feelings first. Maybe it's not so much her he misses, but that feeling of warmth, you know?"

Sophia stayed silent, and didn't jump in.

"Sophia." Yvonne couldn't hear a peep from her, hesitated, and then called out to her, wanting to say more, but Sophia already started speaking softly, "I'm at the doorstep. I'll text you later, okay?"

"Okay."

sorry to trouble

"It's cool."

about to hang up when Yvonne

think he does care about you." Yvonne blurted out, "Can't you just not be

she said "think" - unsure, lacking conviction, that

she said softly, calling

"Hmm?" Yvonne responded, puzzled.

brother's misfortunes aren't my doing," Sophia said, still in a

Yvonne was taken aback.

more, and just hung up. She fished out her keys and unlocked

light was

hand raised, about to knock, but as her fingers almost touched the door, she hesitated again. In her head, half was the Brandon from their two years of marriage, half was the

Brandons in her mind, split by reality and past, came together as different versions, merging into the lonely and aloof figure Yvonne had described, someone who, apart from Yolanda, never had

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