"Come on, Mom, Sula told me everything. You can't fool me. I would not believe you," George returned in contempt. "I know Holley better than you. Even though you treated her that way, she still spoke for you. Did she do anything to offend you? Why do you hate her so much? I don't get it."
"Well, I know what's going on," Donna sneered. "You came here because Holley wanted to break up with you, right?"
"Yes," the angry man huffed. "But I am telling you that I would not break up with her. You'd better know it."
With knitted brows, he said decidedly, "Even if I lose her, I would not choose Sula. You'd better give up on your stupid plan."
Donna was impressed by Holley. 'She is so effective.
The moment I gave her my assurance, she came to George and asked for a breakup. What's more, she let my son believe that I was the one to blame for their breakup.
She knew that I couldn't bear to see George suffer so she thought I would not expose her secrets to him.
It's ridiculous, ' she pondered.
With a speechless expression, Donna asked, "So you think Holley wanted to end your relationship just because I threatened her, don't you?"
"Are you gonna deny that?" George cast a scornful glance at his mother.
She suppressed her anger and snorted, "What a good son I have! I brought you up alone. Now that you had grown up, you blamed your own mother because of a woman. She fooled you but you don't even realize it."
Watching her irritated son, she continued, "Do you really think she decided to leave you just because I asked her to? In that case, she wouldn't have been with you now. Calm down and think about this. Her attitude changed after I said that I would fire you if she didn't leave you. Didn't you remember?"
George narrowed his eyes, engrossed in his thoughts. Looked like Donna was telling the truth, he concluded. But he still chose to believe his girlfriend. He retorted, "So what? She was worried about me. She was afraid that I couldn't take it after I was dismissed from BM Corporation. She probably thought I would have difficulty finding a good job to support our needs. After all, she also didn't have a job now. I could understand her concerns."
"My silly boy. You have been fooled, yet you refuse to believe it. You never doubted her, did you?" Smiling bitterly, she said, "What should I do to you?"
"Stop talking nonsense!" George exclaimed. He would not let Donna turn him against his girlfriend. He seethed, "I and Holley have been together for years, and I know her better than anyone else. She had always been too kind yet you kept on bullying her.
I am telling you that I wouldn't agree even if she insisted on breaking up with me. If you wanted to disown me, you could let me know right now. If I found out that you went and threatened her again, I would never forgive you." He turned around and stormed towards the door. Donna shouted at him, "Stay there!"
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