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It wasn’t until the afternoon of the next day
when I was at work, that I got a call from Mark.
He just got home.
And he was still with her.
く
It was difficult. But there were more things that
I needed to be worried about.
Once something broke, it broke.
I have no habit of picking up trashes.
I don’t want to think about this at night.
It would just be me hurting myself again.
Mark was on the phone, “Sarah, why did you
give me a divorce agreement? We have been
together for so many years. How can you just
leave? Did something happen? Don’t be scared,
whatever happens, Alex and I will be there for
you. Sarah, you are the one that I love, my most
important family. You can trust me. But don’t
leave me.”
His voice was cracking.
I remembered the seventeen–vear–old.
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He protected me and got beaten up. But he still
comforted me.
He cried when I got hurt.
Just like now. He’s scared.
Like he can’t lose me.
But, If he didn’t want to lose me, why did he
cheat?
Just to get some thrill?
I couldn’t understand. I wanted to ask him, but I
knew.
It doesn’t matter what’s asked and what’s not
asked.
The man was already rotten.
Mark won still talking Coving that ho won’t
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Mark was still talking. Saying that he wasn’t
getting a divorce. I wanted to stop him. But my
boss came over.
“Sarah, you are going overseas for three years.
You have to talk to your family about it.”
My boss was loud.
Mark heard everything.
He paused and laughed.
“Sarah, so you suddenly want to get a divorce
because you are going overseas?”
“No…”
“Sarah! We have been together for so long.
Even if you want to be promoted, I would
support you. But you are such a bad person.
You want to leave me and my son for your own gain? What are we to you?”
Mark interrupted me.
He sounded like I was the bad guy and he was
just the victim.
“Mark, I want a divorce and it’s not becaus…”
“Don’t say it!”
Mark stopped me again.
“Sarah, no matter why, I won’t get a divorce. I
won’t leave you. I know that I love you. I love
this family. We can figure out the work thing.
But there’s no way we’re getting a divorce.”
He hung up.
When I tried to call again, he didn’t pick up.
