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Chapter 1131
After meeting with Quincy, Dorothy took a ride back to her home.
Her face was expressionless as she went on a cleaning spree - wiping down the living room, tidying up the master bedroom from inside out, re-washing the dishes, scrubbing the fridge, cleaning the table, doing the laundry...
It was as if she had to finish all the household chores today.
Finally, running out of chores to do, Dorothy changed her clothes and went to pick up Abigail and Langston from school. Arriving early, with an hour to spare before school let out, Dorothy sat on a bench at the school's entrance and waited.
As time ticked by, at last, Abigail and Langston came out of the school.
Seeing their mom, Abigail was the first to run over and hug her, "Mommy! How come you're here?"
Dorothy wrapped her arms around her, then looked up at her son, "Langston, don't you want a hug too?"
"I don't want to. That's what girls do," Langston said, glancing around as if he was expecting someone else to show up. Dorothy squeezed his hand, "Stop waiting. Your dad is getting married to someone else. He won't be coming back." "That's impossible—" Langston blurted out, then quickly held back, realizing it sounded off, "Dad never said that." "Who is dad marrying?" Abigail also looked up at her mom, puzzled.
Dorothy stroked her head, "Well, it's not with mommy."
"Then I'm going to ask dad why! What if I miss him after he gets married?"
This time, Dorothy didn't stop her and even handed her the phone.
"Go ahead, ask him."
Langston frowned, sensing something was off. This didn't seem like the plan his dad had mentioned.
Before he could speak, Abigail had already dialed the number.
"Dad! Don't you want Abigail anymore?"
"Abigail? How could I ever not want you," Everett's voice came through the speaker.
"Mommy said you're getting married and that you don't want us anymore!"
II
Dorothy took the phone from her daughter.
"Everett, I met Quincy again. She said you two are getting married. Is that true?"This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.
"Don't listen to her."
"I'm asking you if it's true." Dorothy insisted on getting an answer.
Everett was silent for a moment, then softly said, "You'll find out in time if it's true or not."
"Everett! If you ever want to see your kids again, if you don't want me to take them away from your
completely, you better coworld.
to my
place right now."
"... You'll let me in?"
"Of course! I need to clear things up with you! Every time Quincy sees me, she acts all high and mighty, as if I'm the one clinging on to you! Everett, be a man. I've given you children; you can't just throw away a relationship with a single sentence. That's too disrespectful to me!"
It was rare for Dorothy to speak so much at once.
Everett didn't even know how to respond.
"You want a breakup, fine, I won't cling to you. Come over now and write me a declaration that you no longer love me, that the breakup was initiated by you. From now on, we go our separate ways, no further ties!"
"What exactly did Quincy tell you?"
"Never mind that, just come over! If you don't, then consider it the last time you'll see your children."
Everett immediately responded, "I'm on my way, twenty minutes."