Then Alex leaves. Miya looks at Alex’s back and is lost in thought.
Michelle comes over. She looks at Miya, who is hiding like a thief, and says, “he’s gone. You can come out.”
Miya just notices her posture. It’s a bit inappropriate! She stands up straight and looks at Michelle.
Michelle looks at Miya and thinks of what the man just said. She says, “Miya, I have something to tell you.”
“What is it?” Miya keeps smiling and looks at Michelle. But she seems flustered.
Michelle sees Miya’s panic.
“I met that man. He brought you back to the lounge that morning. He told me not to tell you that I had seen him, so I didn’t tell you.”
Miya remembers that day. She knows it was him.
“He said...”
“He is my husband.”
Michelle wants to say this, but Miya says it first. She looks at Michelle and apologizes, “I’m sorry I lied to you. In fact, my husband is not dead.”
“You...”
“We just quarreled.” It’s a quarrel, but they never seem to quarrel. Miya looks at the sun and thinks of something. She’s been here so long that she’s almost forgotten why she left home.
“Did you run away because of the quarrel?” And you curse your husband. Michelle doesn’t feel like she knows Miya.
Miya nods “because I feel I can’t let go of myself and him.”
The truth of that picture is not clear. How could she go back? She doesn’t like the feeling of being scolded in that house at all. Of course, she doesn’t want to see Alex flirting with other women.
Michelle feels that what Miya says is difficult to understand. She looks at Miya. “I don’t understand. You love each other, but why don’t you give each other a chance to explain?”
“Maybe we love each other so much. We are afraid.”
Miya looks at Michelle and slowly says, “since I was pregnant with this baby, I’ve been sensitive, and sometimes I don’t know myself. For my husband, I may say I’m sorry, but I really don’t have the courage to face him.”
Michelle is stunned. Finally, she shakes her head. “I don’t think I can understand it. Maybe my IQ is too low. But he said his son misses Mommy. Are you pregnant for the second time?”
“Yes.” Miya touches her stomach, and she looks proud, “I was pregnant for the first time when I was 18. I have three children.”
Michelle is shocked. It turns out Miya has so many children.
“Can you tell me your story?” Michelle looks at Miya and thinks there are many stories about this woman.
Miya thinks for a moment and finally shrugs, “I’m sorry. The story is too complicated. I don’t know what to say.”
“All right.” Michelle doesn’t ask.
Miya doesn’t go on. At night Michelle falls asleep. She slips out and drives Michelle’s car in the warehouse to the hospital.
She can’t really abandon her children. It’s midnight. She goes to the front desk and asks, “excuse me. Do you know which ward Ben is in?”
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