The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

If only John had been this nice to me from the very beginning itself! When the conductor had left, Sophia closed the door to her compartment. Lying back down, she drifted off to sleep again.

After about two days on the train, she then changed trains before taking an express bus. At long last, the bus lurched to a stop at the intersection in front of the village. It was a dirt road that stretched for a long distance, so much so that one couldn’t see the village at the end of the road from here.

It was afternoon, and Sophia slowly made her way toward the village with a bag on her shoulders. At this time, it was relatively quiet in the village. The houses in the village were all brick houses, though some retained the thatched houses of the previous generation albeit no longer occupying them. Instead, they were using them for storage. The village was small, so the moment she stepped foot in there, the people in her path swung their gazes at her.

Sophia flashed them a smile. “Mr. Yanez, you seem hale and hearty!”

The old man from the Yanez Family stared at her for a while before clarity hit him. “Sophia? Why are you back? What’s wrong? Did your husband’s family mistreat you?”

Sophia shook her head. “No. I came back to visit my grandfather’s grave since I couldn’t make it on the anniversary of his death.”

Beside him, a middle-aged woman looked at her and asked, “Then, why are you back alone? Is your husband not coming? He didn’t even come here for a visit when you two got married, and now, he’s not even coming to visit your grandfather’s grave?”

Sophia licked her lips. “He’s swamped with work at the office, so he can’t spare the time.”

too far, so it’s difficult for you

so many years, it looked somewhat dilapidated. Standing in the

both with wooden beds. She’d packed up all the bedding when she left, so the wooden boards were now exposed, appearing a touch desolate. She stood in the kitchen right off the entrance,

next-door neighbor, an elderly lady, came over. At the sight of Sophia, utter surprise suffused her. “You’re back, Sophia? Well, what a coincidence! Tell you what, your mother came back some time ago and

tears away. “I know,

heaved a sigh. “How despicable! She never once came back for so many years, only doing so when you’re married and your grandfather has passed away. I’m not trying to sow dissension, but what’s

Sophia echoed her

all fell to Mrs. Hensley. Before they were

her chore, but she came over upon hearing Sophia on the

to explain too much, so she

a visit back when the two of you got married to get acquainted with her relatives, and now, you’re also not here to visit her grandfather’s grave for the anniversary of his death. This is rather unreasonable. Work is

mortification swamped Sophia, and she chuckled. “It was me who asked

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