Chapter 1: Let's get divorced
In front of the husband with whom I have been married and have lived with for the past five years, he does not have the same enthusiasm and cheerfulness as before we got married. Now that he doesn't look like an addict and a bad guy, I always wondered why my husband turned out like that or what did I do wrong?
"Let's get divorced, my divorce papers are signed, you just have to sign your name."- I looked coldly at him without a bit of emotion and put the divorce papers on the table.
Listening to me like that, he suspected that he did not understand what was going on, but he did not care but grimaced angrily and scolded me.
"Stop joking, go cook dinner, you're blocking the TV screen!"
"I'm not kidding, you'll never be able to eat the dinner I cooked today, and you'll never be able to eat it later." - I don't stand out, I'm tired of his commanding style.
Our marriage was broken not because of him or me having an affair but for some other reason so I can't continue this failed marriage anymore.
- A few minutes ago.
I had just come home from work and was standing in front of the house, the house wasn't lit but I knew my husband was inside, he didn't go outside very often. Tiredness and exhaustion overwhelmed me, at this point I really wanted to fall, but this I had never complained to my husband because I didn't want to transmit negative energy to him.
The door had not been repaired for a long time, so it sounded as hard to hear and as barbaric as the horror movies. Just opened the door, and inside there was only a dark patch of light from the living room, I was extremely disappointed, before returning home I was looking forward to being welcomed by my husband just every time I hope to be disappointed again but I have not stopped hoping and looking forward to the past 5 years.
I look at the scandalous husband lying on the sofa, my voice very tired of him.
"Enzo, have you cooked dinner? Where's Min? Haven't you picked her up?"
Min is our little girl, married for 2 years, I just got pregnant with her, this year Min is three years old, she is very beautiful because she is like her father.
Enzo looked at me, his eyes were dark, his lips were dry, and his face was pale but still unable to overwhelm his grace and charm, I no longer loved this beauty.
"You hurry to pick up Min and come back to cook dinner, I haven't done anything."
My husband does that... no job, no money, and no understanding...
After we got married, Enzo stopped working, but our first two years after married were very sweet and beautiful, but until I got pregnant, because I couldn't go to work, we had to use my savings. From when Min was born until now, he has remained unchanged, useless, incompetent, lazy, and scandalous.
Enzo's hobby is to stay home and watch television all day and wait for me to cook dinner.
"Why haven't you picked up Min yet? Do you even know you're her father? "- I yelled like crazy, I can't count how many times he didn't bring his daughter home.
In front of my anger, he was a bit surprised because he did not expect a good wife like me to yell at him, but Enzo remained indifferent as if nothing was wrong and considered it not his responsibility.
"Min, aren't your daughter? You are also her mother, if you give birth to Min, it is also your responsibility to take care of her, don't talk too much, and go away." - Enzo is indifferent and doesn't want to talk anymore, he thinks I'm her mother so all the obligations are of me, he just needs to stay home and watch TV and is lazy to do nothing.
I watched Enzo still not get off the sofa and sighed in frustration, because to support my family I had to work three jobs at once: two jobs in one day, on the weekends I usually take on a few more jobs to earn a little more money but Enzo never understood, sympathized and helped me, he even said it was my duty.
"I'm so tired, Enzo, maybe we should stop." - Announcing myself, I went straight up to the bedroom and took out a divorce petition, and brought it down to the living room on the table in front of Enzo.
Enzo looked at the divorce papers, he was surprised at first but then laughed.
What are you doing? Divorce Stop joking, hurry up and make dinner. It's funny."
I stood in front of the television so that he couldn't watch it, and I said, well, maybe this is the first time in my life that I can open up my mind like that.
"Let's get divorced, my divorce papers are signed, you just have to sign your name."
"Stop joking, go cook dinner, you're blocking the TV screen!" - Enzo saw the expression without a joke, he looked bewildered.
"I'm not kidding, you'll never be able to eat the dinner I cooked today, and you'll never be able to eat it later." - I don't stand somewhere else, my gaze coldly looking at him.
Enzo sat up facing me seriously, and he said, "Why do you want to get divorced? Isn't our life doing so well?"
When I heard him say that, I smiled bitterly, I did not understand why Enzo had become such a bad husband or that he had been a bad man at first, just because I was deeply in love so I did not realize.
"You don't love me, do you? Have you ever been in love? Just a little bit."
Enzo probably didn't expect me to ask such a question, he was confused as to how to answer, but I've known his answer for a long time, I just wanted to hear him say it himself. But he didn't say anything anymore...
"I don't want to continue this marriage, let's free each other." - I want to put an end to this exhausting marriage.
Enzo opened his eyes in amazement when he saw the determination in my gaze, perhaps he wouldn't expect one day I would propose a divorce. It's surprising, isn't it, a wife who has always been patient, patient, and understanding for the past five years have not had a single word of complaint against him, but today she proposes a divorce.
"I don't believe you can divorce me, this is just a bad joke, I didn't sign!"
"What I've decided will never change." - I raised my voice.
Since Enzo didn't believe what I was saying, rather he never listened to anything from me. I looked at him for a long time and then definitively went up to the bedroom, packed everything Enzo put in his suitcase, and put it down in front of him, I resolutely wanted to get divorced, put an end to this exhausting series of days.
"I don't want to force myself to live this hard anymore, now you leave right now, this house is mine before we get married."
Enzo was first so vehemently rebuffed, feeling his self-esteem lowered because of a woman, he couldn't believe a good wife could kick herself out of the house.
Anger and shame made Enzo blush, and he stood up and shouted.
"You'll regret offering me a divorce!"
Before an evil animal like Enzo, I was not afraid because I knew that the more scared I was, the more disadvantaged and tired I was, and the more I had suffered enough.
"I'll never regret it, we're done here."
Enzo immediately pulled the suitcase to leave, he didn't even look back at me, I didn't hold back, I just wondered if I did the right thing or not?
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The room was still dark, with only the light and the voice coming from the television.
After Enzo pulled the suitcase away, I completely broke down, the strength and determination just now were just a cover to he couldn't mock me. My heart twisted with great pain, and it was lucky Min hadn't come home or I didn't know how to deal with her.
I didn't want Min to see her mother's poor and weak form, so I asked a friend to let her stay for a day.
I suddenly remembered that before Enzo and I got married, Enzo had a lot of girls pursue him and I was one of them. I never thought that Enzo would keep an eye on a shy girl and not be too prominent like me. Ten girls are pursuing him, nine of whom are rich, but the strange thing is that he does not pay attention to those auras.
For a man to easily walk through the appeal of the currency is very rare indeed. So the day Enzo said he loved me, I thought that we were a couple destined to be the love of the world and that nothing could ever separate us. I never asked Enzo why he wanted to marry me because at that time I fell in love with him and the only reason he wanted to marry me was because he loved me.
But the stark truth is there's no love, there's no destiny, it's all a silly joke from Enzo. When I know the truth about why Enzo has eyes on me instead of beautiful and rich girls.
Chapter 2: The Real Cause I Want to Divorce.
After that argument, Enzo left the house where we lived together for 5 years, looking at his decisive departure, I could also tell that my ex-husband had no attachment to this place. It's ridiculous that I'm expecting his pleas, but arrogant and selfish men like Enzo will never beg me.
If I'm not mistaken, I've always been the first to apologize in every argument, because... I'm afraid he won't love me anymore...
He doesn't even know what bad things he's done to me.
I hadn't had dinner and cried all night in the bedroom, Enzo's heartlessness all these years made me heartbroken and helpless, I always felt like a servant by his side and a sex slave every time he asked. But I always choose to let it go and hope things get better because I always yearn for a beautiful and eternal marriage, a loving family, and my own.
Sometimes when I think about it, I am humbled and stupid myself, because the desire for a happy married life can even throw away my pride.
The reason I want to divorce is not because I am tired from doing a lot of work at the same time or because my husband does not understand and help me.
It's this...
A few days ago, over the weekend, I took a part-time job at a fancy cafe, Enzo didn't know I was working there because he had never cared before.
Enzo and a few friends went there to chat, I also wanted to talk to my husband and her husband's friends, but I was shy because I was afraid that my current appearance would make Enzo lose face, deciding not to come and start a conversation. it was the right thing for me to know how my husband felt about me.
Enzo was very well dressed, he looked much younger than his real age, attractive and charming, making many young women inside the cafe turned to look. He smiled at his friends, a friend told Enzo with a smile filled with excitement and curiosity.
"Hey, why did you choose to get married so soon? We're too young."
Enzo heard it and immediately smiled.
"Getting married early is not bad, she loves me so much, it's like she could die for me, although her appearance is very stupid, patient and resigned but she was so beautiful without makeup that was a far cry from those flamboyant, perfumed girls. Ha... every time I make love, I'm so happy."
"Hahahaha..., you're such a jerk, Enzo, do you love her?" - Enzo's friends laughed loudly at his words.
I was standing there not far away so I could hear those men's conversations when I heard a friend of Enzo's asking if he loved me. I was so looking forward, I expected Enzo said he loved me because we were married and had children together, we lived very harmoniously without any quarrels but...
"How can I love her, she's no different from an idiot who shows love to me, she loves me as she could die for me. I married her just because I was curious and amused. Also want to try the feeling of living with a lowly person."
"I don't have any feelings for her, I just treat her like a next-door maid for years after I get married, and when I make love, I treat her like a sex slave. Despite doing so many times like every time she is very tight and plays very well."
"You so bad, hahahahahaha...." - The laughter of Enzo's friends, makes the customers in the bar turn to look.
I stood nearby and didn't move when I heard the whole thing from Enzo's mouth, and I couldn't breathe, rather because I could hardly breathe because of the severe shock. The husband I loved treated me only as a servant and a sex slave.
The laughter behind me grew louder and louder as if it couldn't be stopped, they were all mocking and laughing at my sincerity, I staggered and couldn't stand anymore, my whole body was crushed like a big rock heavy, heart-like being stabbed by a knife, extremely painful, and difficult to breathe.
On that day, I asked for permission to leave early and return home... facing Enzo normally as if nothing had happened.
Today, before making a divorce proposal I've been thinking a lot, I've been thinking for my daughter about whether she's hurt. But I couldn't continue to pretend like that, didn't want to continue my patience and commitment blindly, he didn't love me, he didn't consider me a legal wife, he just looked at me as a servant and a sex slave.
- I'm pathetic.
"Why do you want to marry me after all? Enzo, you're a terrible man." - I looked at the ceiling, tears streaming, a sour smile.
"Divorce is the right decision, I will never regret it!"
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After a night of crying a lot, I slept until noon and didn't go to work. But no one would notice that.
I with my pathetic sleazy form of going to the bathroom, I need to get my daughter home. Before I left the house, I reviewed old photos of us. My love was despised by him and thrown away like a pile of garbage...
I was very angry, distressed, and helpless every time I remembered the time we were together. Again, I don't want my love to be disregarded by that man, I pack up all the photos, love letters, and gifts... related to Enzo to take to the backyard to burn. I want to live a better life now, I don't expect him to regret despising my love but I don't want to fall in love with this bad man again.
On the way to my friend's house yesterday I called to pick up Min, I tried not to cry so they wouldn't have to worry.
Min was only three years old, very innocent and very pure, she had beautiful blue round eyes and looked at me and asked.
"Mom, where's Dad? Why can't I see daddy at home? "
In front of her question, I was confused and extremely confused, Min was too young to understand my fatigue. I'm not so selfish as to hurt my little girl, what if she knew my husband and I had broken up and he had left the house yesterday.
"Enzo's going on a long business trip so it's just the two of us, if you remember Dad, you can call him."
Min heard it, she said as small as she didn't want me to hear it.
"I won't miss Daddy, because he never wanted to play with me. My friends are all picked up by their father but I haven't ..."
When my daughter said that, my heart felt even more distant, because of work, I could not fulfill the responsibility of a mother to take her child to school every day, so I asked a close friend. However, sometimes I would go to her school, but Enzo never picked up Min. Not only me but also my daughter, whom he never cared about.
Since Min was born, she had never felt her father's warmth, unlike many other fathers. Enzo was not an affectionate type and loved to play with children, but he had never cooked her a meal.
Min used to stare at her little friends who had her father with them and then bowed quietly, I don't know what she was thinking, but I know she must be jealous of it.
My daughter is a child who understands heartbreaking things, the man I love, the man I call my husband is not worthy of being my daughter's father.
In the past, I was the only one working, and although those jobs can earn a lot of money, I also have to spend a lot of money, the money that I saved before getting married has also been used around the time I was pregnant and after giving birth to Min. Enzo never created any value to help me. Now, the amount of money I save is a little, and I don't dare to spend it on the things I love.
To be more precise, since I got married to Enzo I never dared to buy anything for myself not even a shirt or a pair of trousers.
Chapter 3: My daughter is hospitalized
It's been over a week since Enzo left the house and he hasn't called me and neither have I because I understand we're not in a cold war that is breaking up is ending everything that has nothing to do with each other.
I never had a moment of pleasure when my ex-husband left, even more, heartbreaking when I thought of myself as being cheated on and despised by him for the last five years.
"Maid?"
"Sexual slavery?"
"He never considered himself a wife... what about Min? Does he love our daughter?"
I don't want to know an answer.
Since I don't have to spend on three people, I don't need to do three jobs at a time, now I will spend a lot of time with my daughter and try to make up for the shortcomings in the previous period.
In the morning, I made bento and took her to school, I'll pick her up in the afternoon. But late at night, when Min went to bed, I was alone in the living room drinking and crying pitifully, but in the early morning the next morning, I quickly cleaned up and used perfume to deodorize to mask the alcohol smell.
It's lucky my daughter hasn't discovered anything unusual.
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Inside the office
The arrogant woman walks up to my desk, her name is Lina - Marketing Manager and I'm an employee here.
Lina brought a pile of papers down to my desk and said irritably:
"Hey Flora, hurry up and settle this document, stop being lazy."
I'm not as lazy as she says, I know she's always jealous knowing I've had a handsome and charming husband.
"I already know, I emailed you yesterday, did you get it?" - I ask.
"I know how many things, those emails I'll see about later, do your job." - Lina says and against her hips, she often shows herself to be very busy.
I know she's lying.
Because I only do one job, I also feel more comfortable, and no longer as tired and exhausted as before. Everything seems easier than before, sometimes when I have free time, I will also find a day job to do.
But before I was happy for a long, I received bad news.
Zada, a close friend of mine, telephoned that Min had suddenly fainted in the classroom and had been taken to the nearest hospital. When I heard that, I panicked, anxiety and restlessness were dominating my whole body, my limbs were shaking, and my whole body was wobbly and unsteady.
I quickly grabbed my coat and phone and ran out of the company to the surprise and confusion of all my colleagues.
I hurriedly caught a taxi coming in,
"Take me to Hospital X, my daughter is in danger, come on, come on." - I earnestly urged the driver to drive, at this moment I am completely out of control like the madman who cries out.
"I got it." Are you okay?
"Stop talking, come on, come on!"
After arriving at Hospital X, I rushed straight inside at the information counter and said:
"Where is my daughter right now? Tell me quickly."
"What's your daughter's name?"
"It's Min, Min Robert, where is she." - I hurriedly spoke loudly to the old woman.
After finding out where my daughter was, I ran like a moth to it in the hallway without knowing how many people I bumped into. When I got to the hospital room where my daughter was, a doctor came out and asked:
Who are you?
"I'm Min's mother, I heard she had to be hospitalized so I got here quickly, what's wrong with her? Is it serious?" - I was afraid to shed tears, I couldn't let her happen anything.
The doctor looked at me and said:
"She's fine at the moment but... we know she already has heart disease, maybe now it's not a serious problem but if she doesn't have surgery soon, it's going to be life-threatening."
"It's impossible, how could my daughter have heart disease, she's only three years old." - I was struck by lightning through my ears, scared and horrified to hear the words of the doctor in front of me.
"Age has nothing to do with that."
The doctor and the nurse wanted to leave but were held back by me, my face was filled with tears. I glimpsed Min lying quietly in the hospital room.
"What do I do now, please tell me."
The doctor sighed and looked at me and said, his voice was a little tired:
"You come with me to the office, we'll talk more closely."
"Okay, thank you." - I followed him.
After a little walk, there was an older man coming after me, and I realized that he was the driver who had just brought me there, why was he there?
"Why are you still here?" - I ask.
"You haven't even paid me how I can go."
At this point, I realized that I had lost my mind, but inside I couldn't calm down when I heard the bad news from my little girl.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean it."
The bad thing is not only hearing that my daughter has heart disease but also the amount of surgery and other expenses, when hearing the doctor say the amount of 65,000 USD per visit made me dizzy.
"I expect the baby to have surgery soon, which is good for her." - The doctor
That day, I waited for Min to wake up and go home together, my heart was really confused and sad, my daughter was only three years old and had a heart condition that needed surgery or it would affect her life. , Min is my only relative, I can't lose her.
But where do I get that much money?
The current savings is only one-third of the hospital fees, despite borrowing a lot of friends and colleagues but still not enough to pay the amount requested by the hospital, if there is no money, the hospital will refuse to treat my daughter.
While I was having a headache thinking about what to do, I couldn't borrow anymore, and I couldn't keep my daughter waiting any longer, bad things kept surrounding me for years, and one bad thing ended. Another bad thing came, they kept coming after me and squeezing me.
I took my daughter to the doctor again, in spite of the hospital fee is not enough for treatment, the medical examination fee is possible.
"Hello, I had an appointment with Dr. Jack." - I hugged my daughter and told the staff at the information desk.
"Let me see, here it is, you go straight to the red line under the floor to reach the cardiology department, Dr. Jack is in the office." - The employee opens the book, is recorded, and speaks.
Min looked at everything in the hospital bewildered, unlike other children Min is a very quiet girl and does not like to talk much, I have never seen her actively go out to play nor have I ever seen her ask for anything. That is not good at all, many people will feel that Min is a good child but I do not feel that is "good".
"Mom, why do we have to go to this place, this place smells weird."
I smiled and explained, but didn't tell her how sick she was.
"We come here for routine checkups, everyone is like that, and the smell you smell is antiseptic."
Min didn't ask anymore, her prying eyes were always looking around, not shaking, not shouting, not demanding like the children other.
After the examination, I left Min with some little friends in the room so I could talk to Dr. Jack alone.
"Dr. Jack, the amount of treatment for heart disease is almost enough at the moment, can I supplement it later? I... I'll be quick to get the money to pay for the hospital but my daughter can't wait." - I was confused and embarrassed to tell the man in front of me, my daughter needed treatment so she couldn't wait.
The indifferent doctor shook his head, definitively answering:
"I can't interfere with this, if you can't pay the hospital fees, we can't provide the services, I'm sorry."
"But...." - I watched the man leave, helpless in the heart.
I was tired and exhausted, I knelt on the ground, my daughter had to do something, Min couldn't wait for me to get more money, she needed urgent treatment or else.... I dared not think about it anymore.
My mind was being submerged under a sea of confusion and water, unable to think about anything else. Suddenly there was a hand on my shoulder, I looked up at it was a beautiful woman, she was smiling at me.
"Hello, are you Flora Susan?"
"Yes... yes, I am, who are you?" - I wonder at the beautiful blonde woman.
"I am Gemma Taylor - Enzo Robert's secretary, I have come to pay all the hospital bills for Miss Mindina Robert on Boss' orders."
"What? Secretary? Sir Enzo Robert, my ex-husband?" - I said in amazement, could not believe my ears, my ex-husband has a private secretary but before that, he did not have money and work. What's going on?
But before the secretary could reply, I was angry because I thought she must be making fun of my situation.
"Hey, don't talk nonsense, my ex-husband doesn't have money and work, he hasn't cared about our daughter before, why maybe....?"
The woman was extremely calm in front of my anger, she just smiled like a machine and said.
"You may not believe it, because I'm not obliged to explain these things, I just took Boss's orders and came here to solve them."
I still don't understand what's going on, suddenly a strange woman comes and wants to pay the full cost for my daughter, maybe she's crazy or maybe she saw my embarrassing image that she just pitied?
Dr. Jack had just left and now he was rushing back, he came up to me and said:
"We will continue to treat Miss Mindina Robert."
"But... I don't have enough money to pay the hospital fee, what happened?"- I looked at him in amazement.
The doctor shook his head, his attitude much more respectful and reserved this time than before.
"The hospital fee has been paid in full, sorry I didn't know Miss Mindina Robert is the daughter of Mr. Enzo Robert, I was rude just now, please forgive me."
Gemma standing beside me was very pleased with the doctor's attitude, she said arrogantly:
"Be careful with your words, Mistress Mindina Robert is the only child of Sir Enzo Robert, if something happens to Boss's daughter this hospital will collapse, and you will lose your job forever! "
"Yes, yes, I already know." - The man bowed his head in a wry manner and said.
I stood there and still didn't understand what was going on, Gemma turned to me and smiled and said:
"Miss Flora, do you believe now? Boss can't meet you in person right now, so I hope you take care of Miss Mindian. Now I have to leave, see you soon."
"I'm her mother and those things don't need your mention!" - I angrily shouted loudly.
I don't know what the hell my ex-husband is doing, but someone known as his personal secretary, is it really Enzo the husband I know? For five years, he hasn't even once cared about his daughter. It's important he doesn't have money, he doesn't have a job.
The more I thought this was absurd, the more likely it was that he actually had a large amount of money and used it to hire a beautiful woman to act as a secretary to come here and make me regret my decision to divorce him. A man of honor like him is very likely to do so.
And the big money to pay all the hospital fees, where did he get them from? I suspect he's got that money from an unclean, illegal source, but it's not as important as my daughter's life right now.
In front of me I needed help, although I didn't know why Enzo had so much money this favor I would definitely pay this, I didn't want to owe the man anything even the smallest.