David smirked, "Why? You ask for it, right? My brother-in-law?"
David again annoyed Ezra on purpose.
Ezra looked back resentfully, "Shut the fuck up."
Although Ezra had been longing for the call by David—my brother-in-law—to prove his status, he got goose bumps when he really heard of it; he did not get used to it at all.
Given that they were hating each other at present, it was best that they did not mention the status in law. It would even be better to hear David call him by his name rather than "my brother-in-law".
Maisie saw Ezra was disgusted at David's call, and she pulled Ezra gently and protested in a low voice, "Aren't you looking forward to his acknowledgement? Why don't you like it when he does as you wish?"
Maisie knew that Ezra and David "hated" each other, not in an essentially hostile or completely isolated way. They had their own tempers, which were childish in Maisie's eyes.
For example, David was alert to Ezra's things and always reminded her that Ezra had dinner outside or something else. Maisie knew what David meant—he warned her against other women.
Maisie laughed it off smile each time. If Ezra did not love her and their family, it was of no use to be alert all the time.
As for Ezra, he sneered each time he thought of David, "I've been your legal husband for so long, and I don't hear him call me brother-in-law once. He doesn't show any respect for me."
However, he was disgusted at David's call now. Maisie, of course, had to protest about it.
Ezra did not expect Maisie's protest, and he had no excuse for it in front of Maisie—to be exact, he did not dare to make an excuse.
He could do nothing but coax Maisie, "It's all my fault. It's good to hear David call me like this. I really do."
David smirked when he saw Ezra could not resist his sister's protest. That was how they "hated" each other: One would be happy if the other was frustrated.
Ezra admitted his mistake with a good attitude, but Maisie was drunk and had no energy to niggle about anything. The dinner ended with the departures of Ezra helping Maisie into the car and David helping Shania.
The next morning, after Shania had sobered up and took a long and enough rest, David and her went to the old home.
Before they went out, David held Shania's hands and asked her in an undertone, "Are you sure we are going there now?"
Shania gave him a dazzling smile. "If we tell them all the things early, we can come back and live in peace forever. Undue delays may lead to more troubles."
"Okay." David had no objections.
Shania stroked his face gently and said lovingly, "David, we've missed for years. In the future, every day of my life, I want to live with you undisturbed. I don't want to waste a second, nor waste my energy on those who are not worth it.
"Go back and settle down all these matters, and then we will start our peaceful and happy life."
Shania was not easy to be messed with. She was about to let Mr. and Mrs. Brennan give up the thoughts of harassing and torturing David. She wished they could stay in the little town and never appear to trouble them.
David, as their son, and she, as their daughter-in-law, would only take the responsibility for their illness and death; as for other things, they should not bother the young couple any more.
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