Chapter 140: An Unexpected Visitor
Sally was surprised hearing what Talia said after hearing Rebecca’s side of the story. She had never seen Rebecca this listless ever before and as a sister, her blood boiled and wanted to kill Joe for hurting her precious sister. But she knew deep in her heart that she needs to hear both sides of the story before reaching to a decision. For now, she did not want to talk to Joe as she was really pissed by the way he treated her sister and so she decided talk to her friend who knows the both of them to get more insight.
But she should say, she was a little disappointed to hear her opinion.
"Becky is not someone who throws away people so easily. But she couldn’t bring herself to accept him anymore. She’s talking about divorce..." Sally said taking a sip from her glass.
If Rebecca is this adamant, Sally could only infer that she has suffered a lot in Joe’s hands and that’s why she made this decision. Her sister was candid about some things but how much is she hiding? But... if Joe didn’t actually cheat and Rebecca is misunderstanding, won’t their marriage break for no reason?
"Joe is at fault here. I will not blame Rebecca if she misunderstood. He did a lot of stupid things that he needs to explain. But I do believe cheating is not one of them," Talia explained.
"Hmm..." Sally nodded and looked at Talia seemingly savouring the cookie.
She’s a good friend! Sally thought. With Rebecca’s character, she had many friends but no one stayed with her long. They all used her kindness and would disappear when she needed them.
But this one stuck for nine years and it wasn’t Rebecca who searched for her too.
Sally was there that day Rebecca met this Talia. Rebecca had full scholarship for the ivy league university and their family thought boarding will be included with the scholarship. But only when they got there, they realised, it was not.
That day, standing under a sycamore tree near the library, Rebecca was sobbing and no one could comfort her. That year the crops yield was not as good as anticipated and their farm was almost at loss. They really couldn’t spare money to pay for her dormitory. Their father had allowed her to attend university because of the scholarship and when they informed him about the issues in the scholarship, he asked them to return back and to continue her studies in a local community college.
Their family were farmers for generations and her father didn’t understand Rebecca’s ambitions to get a job in the city and thrive. He wasn’t a big fan of the city and he didn’t want Rebecca to have higher studies in the City either. He believed those City people are all corrupt morally and will drag anyone to eternal damnation.