Since she was now a single mother, Shelly's relatives would look down on her if she returned to her hometown.
Fortunately, her close family members understood her situation and offered to visit her instead.
Shelly still lived in the same apartment as she had before, and ever since Courtney had returned home, she had had to bear the cost of rent entirely by herself.
After she had given birth, her mother had moved in to help care for the baby, and the apartment of two rooms had just enough space for them.
The apartment seemed a little crowded once her father and brother arrived.
She had offered to get her younger brother a hotel room instead so that she could be in the same room as her baby while her parents shared a room, but he had declined.
Her brother, Samuel, was currently in his first year of high school, and while most teenagers his age were in their rebellious phase, he was a rather understanding young man because of his family background.
He knew that Shelly managed a cafe, but since it was opened under someone else's capital, she was under a lot of stress from bearing the living expenses of her mother and her newborn baby.
Moreover, hotel prices increased toward the end of the year.
"Sis, I'll just sleep on the couch or on the floor." Samuel set his suitcase down and walked over to the crib to check on his niece.
"Samuel, I have money now." Shelly wanted her brother to enjoy a better life.
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