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That night, Mom cooked delicious food, then put me to bed before Dad came home.
But when Dad came back, I immediately woke up. I wanted to tell Dad that he absolutely, definitely had to love Mom, and then we’d be together forever.
I opened the door and saw Mom, in a red dress, pouring wine for Dad.
My mom looked so beautiful!
But Dad pushed Mom away. “What, trying the same old trick again?”
He was angry.
Mom froze. I was a little scared too.
Mom put down the wine bottle, flustered. “I… I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Dad sneered, “Five years ago, your appearance in that bar, was it really just a
coincidence?”
“You just knew what I needed most back then and deliberately approached me.”
Mom didn’t speak, just lowered her eyes, like she had done something wrong.
Dad stood up. “I hate being deceived and used. We’ll get divorced tomorrow. This house and car are yours, Lily is yours, and I’ll give you a sum of money, enough for the rest of your lives to live comfortably.”
I knew what divorce was.
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My classmate, Sophia, her parents divorced. She lived with her dad and said it was hard
to see her mom, no matter how much she missed her.
Mom’s tears streamed down, like falling pearls.
Dad didn’t comfort her. “Why are you crying? Wasn’t all this what you wanted, going to such lengths to marry me?”
Mom shook her head. “No, I… I don’t want these things. Even if you didn’t have them, I… I’d still want to be with you.”
Dad didn’t believe her. He left.
Leaving Mom standing there alone for a long, long time.
She mumbled to herself, “Did you forget? You were the one holding me, telling me not to
leave.”
“You said you loved me, you loved me very, very much.”
“That was the first time I had ever been loved…”
