I did not even check; I simply switched on airplane mode and stayed with my daughter while she drew.
Soon after, he rushed back quickly, staring at me and speaking.
“What are you doing, acting like this? Why did you contact the police?”
I quietly shut the drawing book and looked straight at him.
“I got back the money that belongs to my daughter. Is there any issue?”
“Or do you think I should report you as well?”
Seeing how calm I was, he could not hold back his anger; he suddenly seized my wrist.
“Come with me to the police station now and say you were wrong!”
With a loud slap, the room became quiet again.
I could barely recall how many times I had struck him because of Heidi, yet he still would not change.
“Ezra, that money was what you said you would never use, and now you spend it to please the mistress, is that it?”
Three years earlier, on Vera’s one-month celebration, Ezra and I set up a trust fund for her together, to keep her safe for her whole life.
He was the one who promised that no one would ever use this money.
“Yes, so what, Evie? I already stopped loving you long ago!”
“If not for this child, I would have married Heidi a long time ago!”
“You supported me before, I truly feel thankful, but now I’m telling you we have already settled everything!”
Ezra spoke many lines without stopping, every word hurting deeply.
I stared at his face, suddenly feeling a bit lost.
What was he saying…
When I was pregnant, he gently placed his ear on my stomach and happily said, “Baby, your dad and mom are both waiting for you; you need to arrive safe and healthy.”
After the baby came into the world, he changed diapers himself, picked up baby things, and softly said, “Evie, thank you, our little family is now whole.”
And he said, if not because of this child, we would have separated long ago.
My hands shook, and I cried out in a rough voice.
“Ezra, can you return what you owe me? Without me, you would be where you are today!”
Together with Vera’s weak crying, this argument suddenly ended.
Ezra glanced at me with impatience and spoke coldly, “Evie, believe whatever you like, I will not allow her to go to jail.”
“And for you, as long as you keep acting like you don’t know anything, this home will not fall apart, you can still stay as Mrs. Howard.”
After he finished speaking, the loud sound of the door shutting echoed.
So being happy means acting like you don’t know, but I no longer want that.