Suppose everyone in the world lived in a happy family, then how harmonious the society should be!
The happy families were all the same. The unfortunate families had their own misfortunes. Nora was happy, and her family was particularly happy.
She lived in an ordinary family. Her father was a director in a small company, and her mother was a Chinese teacher in high school. Her grandmother had retired a long time ago.
The salary of her parents was totally 1000 thousand dollars a month. Her father's company was stagnant and was about to go bankrupt.
Now all the expenses of the family were supported by her mother's salary alone.
Her parents were very happy. They often said, "No matter how rich or poor we are, as long as our family members are healthy, we can live happily together."
As long as we were contented and happy. That's enough!
Although there were no delicacies from land and sea in their meals every day, only homely dish, as long as they could live together, which made them feel satisfied.
Since Nora came back home with little Hugh in her arms, this happy family had more scolding and quarreling.
At that time, after breaking up with Murphy, she found that she had been pregnant for a few months. At that time, she thought of death, wrote a suicide note and dressed up herself. She was ready to jump off the building and end her short life.
She climbed to the top floor and sat on the edge. Looking at the stars in the sky, she felt she was so pitiful. She didn't have the courage to live, so she had to choose to leave the world.
After sitting on the roof for a long time, she thought of her parents and old grandmother. If she died, she could feel sorry for her family.
Her parents lived frugal life to support her to go to college. They placed all their hopes on her, hoping that one day she would be successful and let the Su Family live in better life.
Thinking of this, she burst into tears. She hated the unfairness of this world and why it was her turn to face such a cruel thing.
All of a sudden, she felt that her belly was kicked. She would never forget that feeling. From that moment on, she decided to live well.
The child was innocent, and he was also a life. She had no right to end the child's life. A woman was not even afraid of death. Was she still afraid of living?
She wiped her tears and told herself that no matter how difficult it was, she would give birth to the baby and bring him up in the future.
Later, she rented a room beside the school. She studied while waiting for the delivery. During that time, it was Grace who accompanied her, and it was Grace who gave her the courage to live on.
After little Hugh was born and Nora graduated, she gave up her study in order to bring him up and went back to her hometown with him.
It was conceivable that a girl got pregnant before marriage. Who was the father of the child? And she even gave birth to the baby, which had caused a sensation in that small town at that time.
Her father sighed every day, and her mother cried every day. Her grandmother was so old, but she still worried about her granddaughter. She really felt sorry for them.
There was no joy in the family when little Hugh came. Although he was very cute, no one in the family welcomed him except for Nora.
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