Chapter 10
Terrence gave her a quick, cold look. “Bethany isn’t home. Why
didn’t you make breakfast this morning?”
Before she could say anything, Krista interjected, “Terrence, I
know you hate leaves all over the ground, so I told Eliza to clean
up the yard.”
Terrence looked back at Krista and stared at her for a moment.
It was true, he didn’t like leaves everywhere. It reminded him of
when his mom left.
After Emery got in the car, Terrence drove off.
Eliza watched the car go with a grumpy look and sighed, feeling
kinda helpless.
She took out her phone and sent another message to Bethany:
“Mrs. McConnell, when are you coming back?”
When Bethany woke up in the morning, she went straight to the kitchen to start cooking.
She was in the middle of stir–frying when she saw Eliza’s
message, and it suddenly dawned on her that she wasn’t at
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Vespera Villa, and she didn’t need to make breakfast or lunch for
Emery.
The habits she had built up over the years were too hard to
break.
Bethany quickly turned off the stove and dumped the half-
cooked food in the pan into the trash.
She wasn’t much of a cook at first.
When she was twelve, her grandma passed away. She got by on
the paper–cutting skills her grandma taught her, taking odd jobs
here and there. Her meals were simple. As long as it filled her up,
that was good enough.
Later, when she went to college and lived on campus, she mostly
ate at the cafeteria.
Terrence was the kind of guy who was at the top of the food
chain. He had high standards for everything he ate, wore, and
used.
To be a good wife to him, Bethany learned all sorts of things.
Then they had Emery, and she thought about how she could take
better care of him in the future.
During her pregnancy, she picked up some solid cooking skills
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and started using her eye for design to decorate their home. She
made it cozy and elegant, and it was always spotless.
Even so, Terrence still didn’t like coming home.
But Emery always said how good her cooking was. He loved her
home–cooked meals and couldn’t get used to eating anything else
outside.
She figured he would be lost without her cooking, but for two
days straight, she didn’t make him breakfast or lunch, and he
never reached out to her.
She wasn’t that important to him.
Just then, her phone rang with a video call.
It was Damari Hanson.
Bethany suddenly remembered something important: he hadn’t
asked her for money in almost half a year.
He couldn’t talk, but he had put together a team of animators
who were mute and loved what they did. They were working on
an animation project.
When they were about to break up because they didn’t have
enough money, Bethany helped them out.
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She couldn’t make her own dream come true, but she wanted
others with dreams to keep going.
She answered the call and used sign language to ask Damari if he
needed money.
Damari shook his hands and signed, “No, no. We’ve got enough
money. I heard from a friend today that you went to the hospital
the day before yesterday. Is something wrong? We want to come
and see you.”
Bethany had gone to get her health check–up results the day
before yesterday.
Knowing they were busy with the post–production of a movie
and not wanting to distract them, she smiled and signed back,
“I’m fine. It was just a routine check–up. Don’t worry about me.
Once you’re done with your work, I’ll treat you all to a meal!”
