Wife?
Is she Frances’ ex-wife?
I think Frances only has an ex-wife, Whitney. Now he seems to have more ex-wives.
Suddenly, I am in a panic and at a loss.
I am deeply convinced of what she says for an unknown reason.
Perhaps, her appearance convinces people that she won't lie.
I force a smile and shake my head. "I don't know that you are Frances' ex-wife."
"Ex-wife? Who told you I am his ex-wife?" Hilda smiles faintly and rejects me.
"We registered for marriage abroad. Although our marriage is not recognized at home, we are indeed a couple."
What Hilda said upsets me.
She and Frances are a couple. Who am I to Frances?
Is Frances a bigamist now?
Besides, Hilda was pregnant before, so...
"The child in your belly..."
"Frances is the child's father. He is not staying at home the past few days, because he is staying with me and our baby."
Hilda kept wearing a faint smile.
Such arrogant words from her mouth are not annoying.
I am disturbed and I don't even know if I should believe what she said.
If what she said is true, how should I face it?
I'm in a panic. But I know very well that if I keep being in a panic, it means that I give up.
With great difficulty, I calm myself down. I say to Hilda in a serious voice, "Why did you call me here? Is that all you want to tell me?"
"I never want to ruin your lives. If Frances is willing to be with you, I will sincerely wish you all well. I don't care what kind of life I lead. I just hope he lives a happy life. But now that our child is getting older and older and he will soon go to school. If he doesn't have a father, he will be teased by his classmates. He will not have a happy childhood. As a mother, I don't want to see my child live such a life."
I'm a mother, too. I know that her child is all she has. But it doesn't mean that I can give Frances to her.
If she didn't say those words, I might have thought she was an elegant woman who stood aloof from the rest of the world.
But she said so, I think that she is strange.
I also suddenly think that she might not be as extraordinary as I imagined. She just pretends that she cares nothing and wants to steal Frances from me.
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