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I wanted to avoid him, but he blocked my way.
He looked at me, his eyes filled with an affection that I couldn’t comprehend.
“Gracie. I missed you so much.”
“Patrick, we have divorced.”
I had no expression on my face, calm as if I was looking at a stranger.
Patrick, however, kept shaking his head and stubbornly held the ring up in front of me.
“I disagreed, Gracie, I couldn’t leave
you.”
During the time you were away, I went crazy thinking about you. I never had the courage to tell you, but the truth is, I genuinely liked you.
“The time when I was with you just now was the happiest period of my life. I thought that finally there was someone in this world who could love me wholeheartedly, and I thought that I could finally have a home.”
“But the contract you and grandpa signed shattered all my illusions. It’s hard for me to accept that the woman I loved so deeply approached me with a purpose, and I did so many absurd things just to
seek revenge on you…”
Patrick was speaking while crying.
Seems to have been greatly wronged.
I looked
up
and saw Patrick.
“Do you remember which day our wedding anniversary was?”
Patrick paused for a moment.
He stammered for a while but couldn’t manage to say an exact date.
I sneered and slowly said, “I remember, I will never forget.”
“Because your lover told me that the first time she had a relationship with you was on the day we got married.”
That girl was the bridesmaid designated by Patrick.
She was his distant cousin, according to what he said.
Shortly after our marriage, she took the initiative to clarify our relationship.
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Patrick quickly grew tired of her.
After the appearance of a new lover, she beat me to it and became a abandoned woman.
Patrick was speechless when he was exposed.
But my long–standing compromises and tolerance made him think that as long as he slightly lowered his head, he could win me back.
Afterwards, Patrick, like during the honeymoon phase, started giving me flowers and gifts.
However, I was no longer the naive and ignorant girl I used to be.
I will not make the same mistake twice.
It was the day when I had made up my mind to never see Patrick again.
I received a phone call from the lawyer.
David was critically ill, and he wanted to see me one last time before he died.
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After a long journey, I finally returned to my hometown that I had been away from for a long time.
Everything here is as it was before.
Here, it seemed like time had pressed the pause button.
Even though I haven’t come back for so many years, it is still exactly the same as my hometown in
my memory.
My neighbor, Kallie Watson, was both surprised and delighted to see me.
Enthusiastically, he helped me tidy up the old house.
“When you got accepted into Mountainview University, we were all happy for you. Judging by the way you look, you must have already made a name for yourself in the big city.”
“It was not in vain for your mother to put in so much effort for you.‘
Looking at the neighbor Kallie’s loving face.
I, however, shamefully lowered my head.
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I was the first student in this small town to be admitted to a prestigious university.
Back then, everyone, including myself, believed that I would definitely have a brilliant future.
I would make my mother live a good life, and I would have a happy family.
But fate was fickle.
At the crossroads of life, I chose to marry Patrick.
For this, I sacrificed ten years of my youth and two lives.
I chatted with Kallie for a while and briefly recounted what had happened.
After learning the news that her mother had passed away, she showed a sad expression on her face.
I couldn’t help but shed tears as well.
“I always felt like I killed my mother.”
“If I had noticed her abnormality earlier, if I had concealed the news of the child’s death, if I had not married Patrick and instead earned the medical expenses with my own hands, none of these things would have happened.”
Kallie patted my shoulder and embraced me.
“Actually, your mother called me many years ago.”
“She knew that you were unhappy after getting married, and she cried and told me that she was sorry for you, blaming herself for dragging you down…”
“Gracie, you have grown up, and I don’t have much advice for you, but no mother doesn’t love her own child. Your mother won’t blame you, she only hopes that you can be happy.”
I threw myself into Kallie’s arms and burst into loud sobs.
I wished to vent out all the grievances and bitterness accumulated over the past ten years.
After crying for a while, my mood calmed down a lot.
The past regrets cannot be compensated.
Fortunately, although I was skinned.
I struggled hard and managed to break free from that golden cage.
Not continuing to sink endlessly.
I held a simple funeral for my mother in my hometown and buried her together with
father.
my
deceased
The surrounding neighbors were very friendly and willingly extended their help, providing me with assistance in various matters, big and small.
I also made up my mind to stay in my hometown.
With an excellent educational background, I successfully stayed in the local school and became a
teacher.
Most of my colleagues around me were young people who had just graduated.
They were the same age as Jessica, but they were cheerful, positive, and optimistic.
In our free time, we would chat and go shopping together.
The days were simple and pleasant.
One day, Patrick appeared in front of me.
The smell of alcohol all over his body gave me a headache.
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