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Jonathan heard Teresa’s voice. “Your son is pathetic. I am disgusted by him. I hate him–your son.”
Jonathan finished the recording, his face unreadable, eyes cold. He soon called Irene.
He said, “That’s impossible. She’d never say something like that.”
“How well do you really know her, son? It’s been over three years. There are plenty of women out there: She said she hated you. What do you still want from her?”
Jonathan was silent for a few seconds and then suddenly changed the subject. “Are you the reason why Teresa won’t come back to Nareigh?”
Irene became angry. “So she’s badmouthing me again? I only talked to her once or twice and she’s already holding a grudge against me? She promised me she wouldn’t come back to Nareigh.”
“Stop.” Jonathan cut her off. “So you were the one who told her not to come back? That’s why she refused to come back. Is that it?”
Irene was momentarily speechless. “Yeah, I did ask her not to come back. She’d just end up tangled up with you anyway. What’s the point?”
“You have no right to say that.” Jonathan said, enunciating every word, “Even if you’re my mom, you have no right to ask her not to come back.”
Irene said angrily, “She doesn’t want to come back! What does that have to do with me?”
Jonathan said, “She has her reasons for not coming back to Nareigh. I think I finally know why she won’t come back. As long as she’s willing to return, I’ll stop contacting her.”
Irene was silent.
She said, “Jonathan, why are you doing this? You’ve been divorced for so long. Why are you still caring about your ex–wife?”
Jonathan said, “I’ve told you. If she goes back to Nareigh, I won’t contact her anymore. That’s it.”
After that, Jonathan hung up.
Irene could hear the difference in Jonathan’s tone. This time, if Teresa did go back to Nareigh, maybe he’d finally let her go.
As a mom, Irene always hoped her kids would go far, especially her son. She never wanted a limit for Jonathan’s career.
But it turned out Teresa had tied Jonathan down.
Irene texted Jonathan: [If Teresa goes back to Nareigh, it’s out of my hands. As long as you don’t contact her, I won’t either.]
At the same time, at Jadeleaf Apartment, after Teresa went upstairs, Michael caught up with her and grabbed her hand.
He said, “Mom! Mom! I saw Mr. Lime arguing with you! Why were you two fighting?”
“We weren’t fighting, sweetheart.” Teresa ruffled his hair. “Be a good boy and go back to your room, okay? I need to talk to Miriam.”
While Michael was leaving, Miriam kept silent.
Then Miriam said knowingly, “Mike and I were out on the balcony. We saw you and Jonathan, and then Jonathan left. Mike wanted to go downstairs, but luckily, I saw Irene’s car, so I stopped him.”
She paused for a moment and then added, “I saw trene making a call right after you went upstairs. No idea who she was calling.”
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Teresa frowned, a little self mockingly, “She can call whoever she wants. It has nothing to do with me.”
Then Teresa asked Miriam for a favor. She asked if Miriam would like to help list this apartment for sale. Teresa wanted to sell it and move to another dẫn. with Michael.
Miriam’s heart ached for her. She said, “Teresa, go back to Nareigh. You cannot keep drifting and you don’t have anyone to rely on in another city. If your sister dares to mess with you, I’ll be the first to step in.”
Teresa said, “I promised Irene I wouldn’t go back…”
Before Teresa could finish, her phone buzzed twice–a message from an unknown number. The number was saved under Irene.
They were just talking about Irene.
Irene’s message basically meant that it had nothing to do with her if Teresa went back to Nareigh or not.
Irene: [Jonathan said if you go back to Nareigh, he’ll never contact you again. He’s moving on.]
That was the last sentence that Irene wrote.
Teresa’s grip on her phone tightened as she stepped aside.
The message showed as “read,” so Irene knew Teresa had seen it. She immediately sent another message.
Irene: [This should’ve happened a long time ago. I can’t stand a daughter–in–law who’s always badmouthing me behind my back.]
Teresa came to herself and replied: [If you’re sick, go get help.]
She could count on one hand the number of times she’d ever mentioned Irene to Jonathan–even when they got married.
All in all, she couldn’t even be bothered to argue with Irene that she didn’t make sense when she accused her of badmouthing.
Miriam said, walking over just as Teresa was putting down her phone, “Alright, alright, let me talk to her.”
She said to Teresa, “Benny just invited us to go check out South Mountain. It’s close by and he said he would drive. The scenic area there is pretty famous. Want to join?”
Teresa replied, “You go ahead. I’m going to sit this one out.”
Miriam said, “Come on, it’ll be good for you to get out and clear your head. It might be good for your luck.”
Teresa was quiet for a few seconds. Finally, she agreed. People only started believing in luck when things weren’t going their way. When everything was going well, no one cared about that stuff.
She couldn’t leave Michael behind. Last time she left him with a coworker, the poor kid was terrified. She wouldn’t make the same mistake–Michael was coming with her too.
But Benny was there.
Miriam knew Teresa’s hesitation and grinned, “Don’t worry. I’ve got your back. If anything happens, I’ll help you. It’ll be fine,”
They decided to head out in the morning, before it got too hot at noon.
Benny drove his car. When he saw Teresa holding Michael’s hand, a sly and satisfied smile flickered across his face. He just m the car.
Benny said, “Looks like the kid is still with Teresa.”
Through the rearview mirror, Benny stared at Michael, who was holding Teresa’s hand tightly.
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Miriam said, “What can we do? My cousin and Teresa are so close.”
Benny simply said, “Is that so?”
The day when Miriam faked the “car accident“, Teresa and Jonathan rushed off in the middle of it. Benny and Miriam left soon after.
But on his way back, Benny saw Jonathan’s car.
After Jonathan parked his car in the community, Benny saw Jonathan carrying Michael and noticed that Teresa watched her son with such a gentle, caring look.
Benny had actually lost interest in the little guy.
But based on the way Teresa looked at the kid and how much the kid seemed to trust Jonathan when Jonathan held him, Benny was curious again
After they arrived at South Mountain, Teresa walked slowly–she was pregnant, so she couldn’t move any faster.
Miriam figured Teresa must be tired, so she told her to take a break.
“Why don’t you take a break?” Benny said, scooping up Michael, who was walking beside them. “Hey, buddy, need to use the bathroom? Come on, I wil come with you.”
Teresa said, “Ben…” But all of a sudden, a sharp pain hit her belly.
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