Elaine looked at her Mommy with blank eyes.
Why is mommy doing this?
Aunt Sylvia is very nice!
She didn't hurt her. She didn't want to tell lies or deceive her.
She lowered her head.
"You, you are such a useless daughter. Look at Chris and Hendrick. They don't have their own mommy with them. They keep making trouble with your daddy. Finally, they got Sylvia in and gave your real mommy to them. I was kicked out, and you, not only can't speak for mommy, but you also believe what that bad woman said. What use do you think mommy has for raising a daughter like yours?" Sheryl tapped her forehead with her hand and criticized dissatisfiedly.
Elaine whispered: "Mommy, I was crying with daddy, saying that I missed mommy and wanted mommy, but daddy said that you had done something bad and you couldn't go back."
"Nonsense, Mommy didn't do anything. Everything Mommy did was for you. Did Daddy say Mommy can't go back just because she can't go back? Are you going to be obedient? This won't work. You have to continue to act like a fool. Make a big fuss and ask your dad to compromise, do you understand?" Sheryl said angrily.
Elaine stopped talking.
"Why did I give birth to a stupid daughter like you?" Sheryl sighed sadly. She is not being helped by her own daughter, so what hope did she have.
"Mommy, don't worry, I will do it next time." Elaine saw her mother's sad look and agreed.
"That is my good daughter." Sheryl smiled widely, took her into her arms and kissed her hard.
With her mother's praise, Elaine also felt that she was not brave enough. She decided to make trouble with her father next time.
Elaine thought of Jennifer and was really angry. Every time she was around, she would make Chris and Hendrick ignore her. The boys circled around her. She really didn't like seeing her at all and wanted to drive her away. "Mommy, I don't like that kid Jennifer. She's so annoying. She always goes to Bridgewater’s Castle and snatches my beef balls."
"Jennifer snatched your beef balls?" When Sheryl heard this, her eyes became all fierce, "Baby girl, tell me what's going on?"
So, Elaine told her mommy about Jennifer robbing her of beef balls that day.
It wasn't until he opened the bedroom door and saw the darkness and desolation inside that he realized that Hendrick was not at home today. He followed Sylvia home.
He walked back to the bedroom and picked up his cell phone.
"Are you there?" He sent a message to Sylvia using Lawyer Nate's WhatsApp account.
Sylvia had just finished taking care of the children and went to bed. She was exhausted from her work and was about to take a rest. When she saw the text message from Lawyer Nate, she immediately replied with an emoticon: "I’m here."
"What are you doing?"
"I just finished giving the children a bath and sent them to bed. I'm so busy."
"Did your ex-husband allow you to take the children home?"
"Yes, maybe it's because of his conscience. Anyway, I feel pretty good about taking care of each other separately for a week."

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