You Live the Rest of Your Life on Your Own

hrough her tears. This was her home, fi

uders, but the man swiftly snatched it away. "Colby, don't make a

th of you!" Colby shouted, ignoring her eight-m

atch for Colby's height. She stumbled back, crashing int

meanor piercing Ruben's heart. He grabbed Colby's wrist and said co

moment, quickly re

olby, but to pave the way for Lesly. Could there be a har

, and there ne

she looked straight at Ruben, her voice unwavering.

e! In my world, marriage is for

, wanting to console her, but thinking that she, who was always gentle and generous, had

And remember, the house is in my name. I make decisions ab

hanged house. The old mementos from her parents were gone, repla

med down Co

ith an unpaid mortgage. When the bank came to repossess it, she pleaded

himself so she wouldn't feel indebted. For two years, she lived there rent-free until the night she grew up, when Ruben declared h

ransfer the house to he

ible sign of your love." She never imagined that five years later, Rub

ed a photo of her parents under the sofa and painfully tried to pi

rievances, she broke

lling apart, and she couldn't lose th

f broken glass pierced her skin, turning her face pale with pain. Her be

called Brenda. "Brenda, does our be

"Of course. But you're carrying his child.

re the wedding, Brenda had approached her

elieved he never wou

nherently fickle. If Ruben remained faithful for three

they'd find Ruben a wife of equal status

reed without

h away from their third anniversary, an

n had an

scious from the pain. After a quick examinatio

g the hospital. After some basic sanitation, she followed the doctor's lea

house, and 23 years later, my child is too. Mom and Dad, up there, please bless me to achieve my wishes." she

over with a more professional medical team. By the

by's one-month celebration, I'll arrange for you to leave and giv