Brenda tugged at Olivia's sleeve as they got out of the car.
"What happened, Ollie? You have been abroad for half a year, and all you've decided is to get a divorce? Ollie, is... is this really what you want?"
Then, what about what Olivia had told her hours ago when she was drunk at the restaurant? Brenda couldn't believe it and she just want her to answer her!
However, Olivia had always been a stubborn girl since young. If Brenda was to repeat to Olivia what Olivia had said to her about missing Sam when she was drunk, Olivia for sure would think that she was lying to her.
Or, would it hurt her self-esteem?
"Well, I've thought about it," Olivia smiled indifferently, "In the past six months, I had been torturing myself. I am my own master, and I actually do not like how I was letting my emotions control me. If I go on like this, I will only waste my youth and energy."
"So, what are you going to do?"
"I'll file for divorce. I want the child and I will live alone."
Brenda looked at the child in her arms and said unexpectedly.
"Do you know that if you take the child, it would be hard for you to remarry?"
"What's so good about getting married again? Mom, I won't get married again after I get divorced."
"You still have Sam in your heart, so you don't want to marry anyone," Brenda thought to herself.
"I want to have my own life. When I married him back then, I was really out of my mind. I wasted my time and youth on a man who did not love me. It's not worth it."
Olivia shook her head and looked down at the child in her arms, "I want to live with the child, and I will probably change careers."
If she continued to work only as a writer, she wouldn't be able to give the child a good life.
She needed to make some necessary changes and be better.
Brenda continued to stare at Olivia with bewildered eyes, She asked Olivia while walking, "Are you sure you will be able to win the custody of the child so easily? Sam is the only son of his family. Are you sure that Sam's parents will agree to it?" "My mother-in-law has already agreed." "What?" Brenda was too shocked and her jaw dropped open, "Has she agreed so quickly? How could she be so open-hearted about it? Was she really that unwilling to refuse your request? Or, perhaps she figured that since you will not return to Sam's side anyway, so she had you leave with the child so that Sam would give up on you completely and start afresh? After all, men and women are different. A divorced woman has no value in the market whereas a divorced man is still highly valuable. What has become of the world, seriously?"
"Mom, don't overthink about it. Emma is a good person."
"No matter how good she is, she shouldn't give up her grandson just like that. I can't do it, and I wouldn't do it."
Brenda sighed and continued, "Yet, if she could make such a decision, it meant that she is really nice to you. Previously when she promised that she would treat you like her own daughter, I was still a bit skeptical about it, as you weren't her biological daughter after all, so how would she treat you well? However, now that she was able to accept your request, I think she really meant what she said."
"That's right." "You won't be able to find such a mother-in-law in the future no matter how you look for it. I know that your relationship with Sam had a fair share of bumps and holes in it, but I don't think Sam had been unfaithful to you during the past six months you were gone. His routine daily mainly involved going to and getting off work, taking care of the child and waiting for you to return. He had not set his eyes on any other things."
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