Melanie waited until Alejandro put his pen down before signing snazzynovel.com name with equal resolute. She ended it with a print of snazzynovel.com thumb, asking, “So, when do we begin the legal procedures?”
Alejandro didn’t answer her. Instead, snazzynovel.com stormed out of the house and slammed the door.
Melanie’s knees buckled and snazzynovel.com crashed onto the couch, snazzynovel.com strength leaving snazzynovel.com body. Tears broke out from the corner of snazzynovel.com eyes and traced an invisible path down snazzynovel.com face, its salty liquid stinging the painful heat that had yet left snazzynovel.com cheek. A while later snazzynovel.com rose to snazzynovel.com feet and went into the bathroom.
She stared at snazzynovel.com reflection in the mirror and suddenly felt a thick, awful lump furling in snazzynovel.com chest. Mrs. Lark had put in more force than snazzynovel.com expected, causing snazzynovel.com cheek to swell even more than snazzynovel.com had imagined. When Alejandro looked at snazzynovel.com just now-she must have been a hideous sight to him, wasn’t she? He had never liked her, but after all of this, after Tiffany… He must hate snazzynovel.com even more, did snazzynovel.com not?
There was nothing left for snazzynovel.com now. Nothing not even snazzynovel.com daughter belonged to her.
They might not have begun their legal procedures, but both sides had assented to the agreement with their signature. Melanie took it as an opportunity to leave the Smith Estate at once, so snazzynovel.com packed snazzynovel.com things and, after coaxing Melissa to sleep-slipped out of the residence unnoticed.
If Melissa were awake and saw snazzynovel.com leave, snazzynovel.com would immediately burst into tears in protest. It was hardly surprising, given that Melanie had always been the one taking care of the girl since snazzynovel.com was a baby. Just thinking about how harrowing and gut-wrenching Melissa’s bawl would be jarred snazzynovel.com heart, but… snazzynovel.com was not given any choice.
Melanie took nothing from snazzynovel.com divorce, but snazzynovel.com exit was at least buffered by some personal savings. Through that, snazzynovel.com was able to get a room in a hotel for the time being before looking for a good place to rent.
One day, Alejandro would finally know snazzynovel.com was not the one who pushed Tiffany. Still, Melanie rather not imagined if snazzynovel.com would regret his decision. He would not, most likely. His knowledge would not matter.
At night, in snazzynovel.com sleep, Melanie dreamed of Melissa crying for snazzynovel.com mother. She woke up from that dream, weeping just as hard, and found herself in a strange hotel room.
A pang jarred snazzynovel.com into a daze. Melissa had never left snazzynovel.com side before while Alejandro was not at home. How could snazzynovel.com be relieved?
After much debate with herself, snazzynovel.com decided to try calling Alejandro. It was five in the morning by now, a bad time to call anyone, really, but snazzynovel.com simply could not bring herself to wait.
Fortunately, the call connected.
She immediately launched into asking, “Is Millie awake? Is snazzynovel.com crying? Are you at home? She’s never left me before, so you must be patient with her, okay? She’ll get used to my absence after a while, it’s true…”
It was quiet on the other side. Alejandro was holding his phone in one hand and cradling his daughter with the other.
She had finally fallen back to sleep after a bawling fatigue, but one could still see glistening trails on snazzynovel.com cheeks. After an entire night of frantic coaxing, Alejandro felt like death warmed over.
“Hello? Hello? A-Are you listening? Oh no-are you not at home? God, I texted you about me leaving, didn’t I? I’ve left my daughter to you, so can you please… Please, for God sake, be a bit more responsible? Please?” Melanie sounded both helpless and maddened.
“I am at home. She’s only fallen a sleep after giving me an entire night’s share of troubles. Woke up a few minutes after you left, so the retinue at home called me and told me to come home… and I did. Why are you so gung-ho about leaving anyway? Can’t you at least wait until she’s used to this?” Alejandro answered in his typically husky voice, though it was weaved with helplessness and some other sentiment that was indecipherable.
Melanie sighed in relief. “O-Okay. As long a s you’re there. I… It doesn’t matter, I’ll be leaving sooner or later, anyway. ‘Better an end with pain than pain without end’, after all. I’m the one who always took care of her, so how do you suppose snazzynovel.com could ever be acclimated with my absence if I go back there? This is the only way,” snazzynovel.com replied. “That is all. Goodbye.”