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After saying my piece, I went straight to my bedroom.
That evening. Curran approached me.
“Shirley, can you stop upsetting my mom? She’s getting older. It wasn’t easy for her to raise me. Could you just help out around the house a little?”
I found it odd that he was saying this to me.
If he truly cared about his mother, he should have treated her well before we got married,
I didn’t think Penney’s happiness was my responsibility. After all, she raised him, not me. “Curran, don’t forget. She’s your mother, not mine. And this is my house. We’re divorced, remember? If you want to stay here, then send Penney back to your hometown!”
Penney hadn’t always lived here. Initially, she stayed in Curran’s hometown. She claimed she moved in to help take care of us.
But after moving in, she never did a single chore. Instead of helping, she just added to my workload.
“That’s impossible! She’s my mom! Sending her back would leave her all alone. She raised me single–handedly; it wasn’t easy for her!”
“Ha! Then why don’t you go with her?”
The next day, I called a moving company and had all of Curran and his mother’s belongings thrown out.
When Alvin saw his father and grandmother being “wronged,” he glared at me, just as he always did.
“You’re such a wicked woman! Why do you keep bullying my grandma and dad?” Hearing this, I threw him out, too. That ungrateful brat could join them.
Alvin was stunned. He never thought I’d actually kick him out. He cried and begged me to open the door.
But I didn’t care anymore.
Realizing I wasn’t budging, Curran had no choice but to rent a place of his own.
Later, he came back to me again.
“Shirley, I’ve sent my mom away. Can’t we just make up, please? I’m sorry. I didn’t realize how hard it was to take care of a family. I now understand how much you endured all this time.”
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After Curran rented his own place, he started working himself to exhaustion, searching for a
When he came home, he found Penney lying on the couch, eating snacks. Penney didn’t do any housework and kept asking him for money to gamble.
Curran couldn’t take it anymore and finally sent her back to his hometown. I couldn’t help but laugh.
He’d been so adamant about keeping her here.
Now, after just a little hardship, he folded.
“Ha! What does any of this have to do with me? Don’t come looking for me again!”
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When Alvin saw his father and grandmother being “wronged,” he glared at me, just as he always did.
“You’re such a wicked woman! Why do you keep bullying my grandma and dad?” Hearing this, I threw him out, too. That ungrateful brat could join them.
Alvin was stunned. He never thought I’d actually kick him out. He cried and begged me to open the door.
But I didn’t care anymore.
Realizing I wasn’t budging, Curran had no choice but to rent a place of his own.
Later, he came back to me again.
“Shirley, I’ve sent my mom away. Can’t we just make up, please? I’m sorry. I didn’t realize how hard it was to take care of a family. I now understand how much you endured all this time.”
After Curran rented his own place, he started working himself to exhaustion, searching for a job.
When he came home, he found Penney lying on the couch, eating snacks. Penney didn’t do any housework and kept asking him for money to gamble. Curran couldn’t take it anymore and finally sent her back to his hometown.
I couldn’t help but laugh.
He’d been so adamant about keeping her here.
Now, after just a little hardship, he folded.
“Ha! What does any of this have to do with me? Don’t come looking for me again!” Curran didn’t give up. He pounded on my door, refusing to leave until late at night. I knew this wouldn’t work. So, I sold the house at a bargain price and moved out.
Curran couldn’t find me anymore, so he started calling me incessantly.
But I had already blocked his number.
After some time, I unexpectedly heard the news about Curran.
No company was willing to hire him anymore.
Unable to find work, he had no choice but to return to his rural hometown.
Penney was resentful that Curran had sent her back to the village and was always upset. Alvin had been spoiled, and every day, he would demand snacks. But now his dad had no money to buy them for him.
When I heard about Curran and Alvin’s deaths, I felt a slight tremor in my chest.
It turned out that Penney, harboring a grudge against Curran and Alvin, had laced their food with poison, killing both her son and grandson.
Penney was arrested soon after. What awaited her was the punishment of the law.
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As for me, I lived my life freely, no longer anyone’s maid. I ate what I wanted and did what I pleased.
The only person I aimed to please was myself.
