Ruth's tone was incredibly miserable." Sabrina, all these years in the past, I was never able to understand the hardships you had been through in South City back then. Now that I think about it, not everyone could be as strong as you and pull through. I am a simple-minded woman who does everything without thinking it all through, to begin with. It’s really too hard for me to handle living with such a big family like the Poole family. Sabrina, I...I really don’t want to live with Ryan anymore. I want a divorce."
Sabrina was very shocked. She was at a loss for words for a long while.
It took her a while before she said, "Let's first get in the car. We'll talk in the car." Sabrina's car was still that ordinary car from five years ago. Everything was still working well even though she had been driving it for so many years, so she also had no plans to get a new car. Sabrina was not a materialistic woman. To her, it was enough if the car could still be driven. She had no special request, and she also would never insist on getting a luxurious car.
The Payne sisters and their parents saw Sabrina driving off in her car. The Payne family was able to tell what kind of status the driver has from the value of the car, especially when Sabrina was wearing very loose-fitting coveralls that day.
"Look at the kind of friends our brother has made!" "All of them are so poor!"
"They see that he is friendly and soft-
hearted, so they are all thinking of building connections with him as they want to have friends in high places!"
The three sisters spoke one after another. I n the end, their father, Lucius, concluded, "I feel that not only are these people approaching your brother because they want to make friends in high places, but they all have ulterior motives! These people are all harboring evil intentions! Chloe, Ashnah, and Abigail, all three of you pay closer attention and see what exactly that woman who was driving is up to!
Didn't you say that all the women you saw i n Vireo's house yesterday were shady? Vireo is soft-hearted, and on top of that, he hates our family. If he were to tell those shady people about our family's matters, then he would be easily cheated by these people! Anyway, I don't think they are good people!"
What he said alerted the Payne sister. All three of them rushed forward altogether, hailed a car, and tailed behind Sabrina's car. Sabrina was actually a very alert person. Normally, she would have noticed i f someone were to tail behind her.
However, her mind was focused on Ruth at that moment, so she forgot that someone was following her. While driving, she frowned. "Ruth, what the hell is going on?'
Ruth was sitting at the back while wrapping each of her arms around each child. Both the children were looking at their mother with eyes as black as coal. They were both boys, and their little eyes were filled with endless love for their mother. Ruth lowered her head and glanced at both the adorable children.
When she heard Sabrina asking her that question, she wanted to cry very badly.
It was a habit for her. She was used to taking off all her disguises in front of Sabrina, so she wanted to cry her heart out and air all of her grievances in front of Sabrina. That was because other than Yvonne and Jane, Sabrina was Ruth's only loved one in her heart. As for Yvonne and Jane, one of them was a young lady who was unfamiliar with the ways of the world while the other was a mother who was overwhelmed with taking care of her children. Therefore, both Yvonne and Jane were not suitable people for Ruth to pour her heart out to. Sabrina was the only person left.
Besides, Sabrina was the backbone of the four people, to begin with. Among the four o f them, no matter what happened to any of them, the first person they would think of was Sabrina. Sabrina was the only one who could take control of the situation and help everyone. Therefore, once Ruth saw Sabrina, she was very tempted to just cry her heart out. However, once she saw the way her children raised their heads to look at her, Ruth forced herself to hold back the tears that were almost streaming down her face.
No! She would never cry again. She wanted to raise her children. She wanted to be like Sabrina, and be a strong, invincible, proud woman, whose mind was as strong as a defensive wall, even if she was in hot waters.
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