Seeing how stubborn was, Sally shot up from the couch, fuming. “Victoria, what’s your problem? Am really that unreasoria bler idas a wronged you?
“It’s been so many years, and you didn’t give birth to a child, and I never said a word about it, Vihat’s with your attitude now?
<b>Sally </b>just got angrier, her face flushed red. Basically, she was calling me stubborn, heartless, ungrateful, and blind to my own good fortune
I didn’t know how to tell Sally that I didn’t want either Jared or Yvonne. “Mom, I know you’re upset, but my decision isn’t going to change reped firmly, taking a deep breath.
“Have you lost your mind, <b>Victoria</b>? Does your family even know about this divorce? Why are you trying to break up a perfectly good family? When you and Jared got married, you swore you’d grow old together.
“heard every word of <b>your </b>vows. <b>Why </b>do you have to do this<b>?</b>” Sally choked up, tears streaming as she buried her face in her arms. “You two were doing fine <b>as </b><b>a </b>couple, <b>and </b>now you <b>want </b>a <b>divorce</b>?
“What about Yvonne? She’s just a kid. Do you know what a family is? A family’s like a house: the father is the frame, the mother is every brick and stone. that holds it together
“As long as you and Jared are good, Yvonne <b>has </b>a home. If you split up, do you have any idea how sad she’ll be?”
I let out a soft sigh, “Mom, that’s enough. I <b>know </b>all that. Yvonne’s not a little kid anymore. She’ll be starting elementary school this September. She get it. Isn’t it just as much torture for her to grow up in a family <b>without </b>love!”
“She’s just a kid. She wouldn’t understand.” Sally yelled at me. “Do you have another man out there is Jared not <b>good </b><b>enough </b>for you anymore?”
I was momentarily stunned that if a woman wanted a divorce, everyone would assume there was another man in the picture. Removing people’s prejudices was truly difficult.
“Mom, before the divorce is final, I won’t get involved with any other <b>man</b><b>, </b><b>I </b><b>won’t </b>cheat on Jared, I’m <b>just </b>getting a divorce. It’s not like I’m some kind of criminal. Why do you always need me to justify myself?
“Why do you have to <b>make </b>me out to be the viin?” I raised my voice a little. I could listen <b>to </b><b>all </b><b>their </b>lectures, but I <b>was </b>never gonna agree to what they
<b>said</b><b>. </b>
Sally stared at me in surprise, clearly taken aback by how firm I was being
islumped back onto the <b>couch</b>, looking at Sally. “I discuss it with Jared Mom, thank you for all your <b>care </b>and understanding <b>You’ve </b>been a wonderful mother–inw. <b>Someday</b>, you’ll <b>have </b>a better daughter–inw,”
Sally blinked, and then suddenly snatched up her bag and stood <b>up</b>. “Honestly, I just <b>can’t </b>figure out what you young people are thinking, or what you even want these days. With that, she stormed out, mming the door behind her.
I knew it wouldn’t be long before my parents heard about this, and then they’d show <b>up </b>in no time, trying to talk some sense int’s me.
I’d been staying at the apartment for three <b>days</b><b>, </b>and the only times I saw Jared were those brief moments when we bumped into eachother at work. He was busy with a business trip to Shaville, so he was hardly around.
Yvonne was staying with Sally, but every now and then she’d send me a message. <b>She’d </b>just <b>figured </b><b>out </b>how to use the camera on her phone, so she kept sending me snapshots <b>of </b>wherever she was ying.
Mostly. I just looked at them, and replied once <b>in </b><b>a </b>while.
The project was moving along even faster than we’d nned. After a meeting with the execs, we <b>realized </b>we still neede different parts of the country before locking in <b>our </b>room designs.
<b>eck </b><b>out </b>the marketin
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So I took the native, munded up my team, and started prepping for trips to all the top nu tities with at that on diy p, <b>in </b>than before
Before I knew it, more than a week had flown by, and the market research was done. Work really made me shine again
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