Chapter 39

After saying good night to Matthew, Lucy returned to her room and sat on her bed, wiping her hair.

The fatigue from running around all day gradually came over her. She yawned, starting to feel a little sleepy.

Her movements of drying her hair became slower and slower. In the end, the towel fell from her hands. Lucy plopped onto the bed and closed her eyes.

Not long after she fell asleep, her phone rang, waking her up.

Lucy frowned. She was annoyed that she was woken up. She groped around the bed and finally found a rectangular block. She did not even look at it and just answered the call with her sense of touch alone. "Hello?"

She sounded sleepy.

"You damned woman, you haven't come home for days. Did you run away?"

Lucy woke up and jumped off of her bed.

"Mom?"

care that Lucy was asleep. She

dare you run off with that stranger and say that on TV? How shameless can you

do you mean? What did I say on

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tone got even more aggressive.

said?

look at what you said on TV. How could you say that? You don't air your dirty laundry in public. You're getting more

rebellious."

anger rose after she got scolded by Melanie, so she yelled at her mother,

mean 'stranger? That man is my husband,

not respond for a long time. All Lucy heard

sharper insults came through. "I refuse to accept your

for finding yourself a man from God knows where. Why are you so rebellious? Why can't you

more sarcastic. "What do you want me to do? Manipulate and steal someone

on the other end sounded hysterical. "You little brat, don't forget

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