"Crystal?"
Barbara was the first to notice her before Crystal reached their table.
"Hello..."
Crystal looked at them and called with mixed feelings.
"You came to me for work?"
"No, I just..""
Crystal was looking straight at Barbara, a little timid.
Just as Crystal tried to say something, the little boy beside her suddenly called a woman, "Mom."
Barbara was also shocked by this childish voice.
She looked down and saw that Crystal was holding a little boy.
It was Chandler's son, Geoffrey.
The fact that the boy called Erica "mom" made her angry and embarrassed.
With a sullen look, Erica pounded the table hard and scolded the child aggressively.
"Your father and I had divorced.Don't follow me.I'm not your mother!"
The handsome child was shocked.
He seemed to stand erect with fear, not daring to move.
Crystal was also frightened by her aggressive attitude.
She didn't expect Erica to be so fierce to her son.
"Erica, don't do this.."
Barbara couldn't bear to see it, so she advised.
However, Erica was in a bad mood today.
Instead of listening to Barbara's advice, she glared at the child at the table.
"I didn't want to give birth to him in the first place.Chandler forced me to give birth to him.Now that we're divorced, I don't want to see him”
Erica got more agitated as she spoke.
It was as if she was going to throw all her anger at the child.
She scolded him, "Barbara, do you know how hard it is to have a baby?"
"When I was pregnant, I was so fat, and I vomited everything I ate.I had cramps in my feet in the middle of the night.The scars from my c-section are ugly.I really don't know why I gave birth to him to suffer..."
"Shut up!"
"Have you said enough?!"
This was the first time Crystal had scolded someone so angrily.
She couldn't help it.
She even felt Geoffrey's little hands tremble with fear.
"Who do you think you are? Aren't you just relying on Christina to bluff? Do you think I'm afraid of her?"
Erica's face was grim.
She suddenly pushed away Barbara and rushed straight at Crystal, raising her hand and slapping her hard.
The slap stunned Crystal.
She backed off and her right cheek was red and swollen.
"Erica, calm down""
Barbara saw that they were locked in a fierce struggle, and she immediately rushed forward to mediate.
She turned to look at the palm print on Crystal's red and swollen face.
Her brows frowned, and she was still a little worried.
She said to Crystal coldly, "Crystal, Erica is in a bad mood today.Don't bother yourself arguing with the likes of her..."
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