Caleb sighed and rubbed his brow, feeling tired in his heart.
He said to me, “Honey, I’ve been working very hard lately. Can you please stop making a fuss?
“I’ll explain this to you tonight. Now come here and eat something first.”
Then, he handed me some water.
This was a signal of him asking for a stop to our argument.
If it were in the past, I would understand his difficulties and quickly forgive him.
Even if I felt aggrieved, I would not complain to him.
But this time, I didn’t wanna endure it anymore.
I didn’t take it. Seeing this, Moira said the words that I wanted to say.
“Mr. Yeager, that’s my glass!”
Then, she quickly took a disposable glass from the glass cabinet and gave
it to me.
“Sorry, Mrs. Yeager, I accidentally broke all the bowls at home these days. I haven’t bought new ones yet. Can you make do with them for now?”
Moira’s plates and bowls on the dining table were all pink, while Caleb’s were exactly the same as hers but in blue.
One of them served the dishes, and the other poured the water into the
glasses.
I stared blankly at the disposable tableware in front of me.
Suddenly, I felt like I was an outsider to this family.
“Mr. Yeager, will you peel the shrimp for me?” Moira asked with giggles.
At the same time, her shoulder strap somehow slipped down, revealing a large patch of her fair skin.
A trace of inexplicit emotion flickered across Caleb’s eyes.
“OK!” he replied without any hesitation.
“I don’t like cilantro. Will you help me eat it, Mr. Yeager?”
“Sure,” Caleb said dotingly.
Perhaps even Caleb himself didn’t realize how gentle his smile was at the
moment.
Halfway through the meal, I suddenly spoke up calmly, “Let’s get at divorce.”
“OK.”
As soon as Caleb finished replying, he was stunned for a moment.
It seemed that he had just realized that those words were said by me.
Finally, as if he could no longer hold back his anger, he smashed his tableware hard to the ground.
Then, he growled at me, “What’s wrong with you this time?
“You’ve been keeping a gloomy face since you got back. And now, you said you want a divorce! What’s the matter with you, huh? This is not
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funny!”
“If you don’t wanna stay with me, then get out!”
This was Caleb’s house, and the money was also his.
Every time we had a quarrel, as long as I retorted, he would ask me to get out of his place.
In the past, I chose to compromise and endure it.
I thought I did everything for this family.
But from beginning to end, this family was never mine.
I had devoted myself to this family in the past ten years, but I never had a say here.
Even my 9–year–old son, Albert Yeager, was always rude to me.
He shouted at me, “You bad woman! Get out of here! Why do you always make Dad angry?
“I don’t want you to be my mom anymore! I want Moira to be my mom!
“Get out! Get out of here now!”
Since I entered the house, Albert had been looking at his tablet with his head down, not looking up at me even once.
He had never called me “Mom“.
The punch from a 9–year–old boy made me feel pain. But now, I felt more pain in my heart than in my body.
“Are you sure?”
I looked at Caleb with red eyes.
me for you beg
I wasn’t hysterical like before.
Instead, this time, I was very calm.
Caleb was stunned for a moment.
He didn’t seem to expect this reaction from me.
Moira and Albert were all looking at him, not daring to make any sound.
now.
Caleb replied to me, “I’m sure! This is my house! Get out!!
At that moment, I felt endless coldness in my heart.
I told myself that I couldn’t cry. I couldn’t let him see my vulnerability.
I took a deep breath and looked at him coldly.
“OK. Remember what you’ve just said. Hope you won’t regret it in the Tuture!”
Then, I took out the divorce agreement that I had already prepared, signed it first, and handed it and a pen to him.
“Sign it.”
